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Entry requirements

To be admitted to the selection tests, you must:

  • be between 17 and 27 years old
  • have successfully completed secondary education

To be admitted to the selection tests for the course, you must provide:

  • a filled in registration File (see below)
  • a Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • a copy of Identity Card or Passport
  • a Letter of Motivation of 20 lines maximum
  • a certificate of good moral conduct (for foreigners: a certificate of nationality)
  • a copy of the medical license (or a copy of the confirmation of the appointment for the medical examination (see below)
  • information about financial planning. This can be done together with ING (T +32 2 712 49 25) or with the candidate's own bank.

A medical examination (CLASS I) must be performed before starting at SFA

Contact SFA Medical Department at 02/416.22.70 or brussels.medicalaviation@cae.com.

Selection procedure

SFA's selection procedure will focus on 3 major field of competence:

  • Intellectual learning capacity (test English & test Physics)
  • Future pilot skills / aptitude (psychometric test & simulator test)
  • Personality / Motivation / psychological profile

See below for detailed information.

Physics

  • The test is based on the knowledge required at the end of secondary school (level comparable with 2 hours of physics per week) and takes 1h30.
  • The holders of an academic degree are not exempted.

English

  • Edgewater test
  • Oral, grammatical knowledge as well as vocabulary

ADAPT

  • Assess, Develop and Performance Training
  • System developed by Symbiotics (UK based company)
  • Content:
    • Online questionnaire
    • Structured interview with 2 instructors
    • Physical assessment using PC based equipment to test aptitudes,
      for example:
      • Situational awareness
      • Decision making
      • Verbal reasoning
      • Psychomotor skills
      • Confidence
      • Team player
      • Problem solver
      • Self-improver
      • ...
    • Debriefing based on video of physical assessment

Result analyses

Decision board