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Make your application stand out with expert guidance for your Pilot CV/Resumé, Cover Letter or Application Question Answers

Your Path to a Standout Pilot Application

At Flight Deck Wingman, we’re the airline industry experts when it comes to creating your pilot CV/Resumé, Covering Letter or answering those tricky airline cadetship or flight school application questions. Created by pilot recruiters with a deep understanding of what makes the recruiters minds tick, this is the perfect course for future airline pilots. We’ll train you in the techniques to create the perfect airline cadetship or flight school application. Our courses have a proven 95% success rate in helping pilots get to the airline assessment stage of their pilot recruitment journey.

Why Enrol?

  • Learn how to create the perfect CV/Resumé, Essay Question and Cover Letter!
  • More than 6 hours of online learning
  • Delivery from an industry leading pilot recruiter and trainer
  • More than 21 modules and 79 video lessons
  • Downloadable learning material
  • Interactive quizzes to check your understanding
  • Perfect for any Airline Cadetship, Sponsorship or Flight School Applications

What You Get

Module 1:

Before You Start – Discover how to prepare effectively for airline recruitment, avoid common pitfalls, and master evidence-based techniques to land your dream pilot job. (3 lessons/8 mins)

Module 2:

The Importance of Your Application and Common Mistakes – Your application is your first impression. Make it count! In this module, you’ll learn how to craft a CV and application that stand out, avoid common mistakes, and navigate AI screening tools. Let’s go! (2 lessons/6 mins)

Module 3:

Evidencing Competencies is the Key to Success – This module dives into key competencies like communication, adaptability, and teamwork, helping you showcase your skills, impress recruiters, and prepare for a successful pilot career. (16 lessons/1h 27mins)

Module 4:

Understanding the Company Ethos – In this module, you’ll learn how to research an airline’s ethos, identify key competencies, and tailor your interview to stand out as the perfect fit for your target airline. (7 lessons/52 mins)

Module 5:

The Triple Decker Sandwich – In this module, learn how to craft the Triple Decker Sandwich—combining ethos, competencies, and your story to “wow” recruiters and showcase yourself as the perfect fit! (3 lessons/14 mins)

Module 1:

The Importance of a Pilot CV – In this module, you’ll uncover essential strategies for building a standout CV. From avoiding common mistakes to perfecting key sections, get ready to elevate your application! (3 lessons/9mins)

Module 2:

Career History – In this module, we’ll guide you through crafting a standout Career History for your pilot CV. From structuring experience to integrating ethos, get ready to make an impact! (7 lessons/45 mins)

Module 3:

Profile Statement – In this module, you’ll learn how to create a concise, tailored profile statement for your CV that highlights your strengths and aligns with your target company’s ethos. (3 lessons/18 mins)

Module 4:

Entry Criteria – In this module, you’ll learn how to meet entry criteria, navigate ATS, and structure your CV to match recruiters’ expectations. (2 lessons/20 mins)

Module 5:

Other Areas – Here, we’ll investigate other important areas of your CV including Personal Details, Education and Other Interests. (4 lessons/13 mins)


Module 6:

Layout and Visual Impact – So many candidates fail to create a visually impactful CV, or don’t pay attention to layout. We’ll show you how to excel. (2 lessons/25 mins)

Module 7:

You’re Now a Recruiter! By this stage, you’ve got all the knowledge that recruiters utilise when reviewing pilot CVs! (1 lesson/3 mins)

Module 1:

Defining and Essay Question and Common Mistakes – You’re serious about landing this role, and that means nailing your essay responses. In this module, we’ll break down what essay questions really assess—and how to answer them with confidence. (2 lessons/5 mins)

Module 2:

The Essay Question Language Translator – Recruiters speak in competencies—do you? This module teaches you to break down essay questions, identify key competencies, and craft strategic, standout answers. (2 lessons/13 mins)

Module 3:

Applying the Triple Decker Sandwich and Demo Answers – Strong answers don’t happen by accident. This module breaks down how to decode questions, align with company ethos, and craft standout responses using the Triple Decker Sandwich. Examples of answers to essay questions are provided here. (6 lessons/25 mins)

Module 1:

Your covering letter is your first impression—so let’s make it count! In this module, you’ll learn how to structure, style, and tailor it to stand out. Ready to craft a winning application? Let’s go! (2 lessons/7 mins)

Module 2:

Your covering letter isn’t just a formality—it’s your chance to make an impact. In this module, you’ll learn how to structure, tailor, and refine it to stand out. (5 lessons/22 mins)

Module 3:

Your covering letter is your first impression—so let’s make it count! In this module, you’ll learn how to structure, format, and tailor it to stand out. Ready to craft a letter that lands interviews? (2 lessons/5 mins)

Your learning is available via our app or online and split into structured modules and lessons that you can re-watch at any time. These lessons are delivered by an industry leading pilot recruiter and commercial pilot who has assisted thousands of pilots with their pilot applications. Our training has a proven 95% success rate and will help your application to stand out against the crowd.

PDF downloads to support and reinforce your learning within the lessons.

We want to make sure you have the opportunity to check your knowledge. These aren’t mandated, but help to reinforce your knowledge.

Our Success Stories

14 Days Access

£ 99
99
one-off
  • 6+ hours of comprehensive online learning
  • More than 75 videos, downloadable content and quizzes
  • Learn how your application is assessed and how to create a powerful application
  • Detailed guidance on how to create a pilot CV/Resumé, Cover Letter and how to answer Application Questions
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28 Days Access

£ 149
99
one-off
  • 6+ hours of comprehensive online learning
  • More than 75 videos, downloadable content and quizzes
  • Learn how your application is assessed and how to create a powerful application
  • Detailed guidance on how to create a pilot CV/Resumé, Cover Letter and how to answer Application Questions
Enrol now
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60 Days Access

£ 249
99
one-off
  • 6+ hours of comprehensive online learning
  • More than 75 videos, downloadable content and quizzes
  • Learn how your application is assessed and how to create a powerful application
  • Detailed guidance on how to create a pilot CV/Resumé, Cover Letter and how to answer Application Questions
Enrol now

Frequently Asked Questions

Whether you are applying to an airline, a flight school or for some kind of pilot sponsorship scheme, answering application questions often forms part of the pilot, or future pilot selection process. Our pilot application questions services can help!

For some free tips on completing a pilot CV, check out this article from Flight Deck Wingman – we are experts at helping all pilots achieve success with their applications. Check out our pilot CV services!

Definitely! We would strongly recommend creating a bespoke pilot CV for each and every airline or flight school application. This helps you stand out against the other pilots applying for the role and helps the pilot recruiters more easily recognise why your experience would make you the ideal pilot candidate!

If it’s your own pilot CV design and template, then this is absolutely fine! However, we would strongly recommend not using any services that offer to write your pilot CV for you. Airline recruiters can recognise this and it doesn’t look good! Give yourself the best chance on landing your dream flight deck job and work hard to create a really stand-out pilot CV!

You should carefully consider the skills and qualities you have that would make you an asset in the role of a pilot and to any airline that you are applying to. You must “evidence” these skills, known as ‘competencies’ to the airline or flight school that you are applying to. The Flight Deck Wingman team are expert in training you in techniques to do this!

Creating a bespoke CV for the airline you are applying to is an easy way to evidence why you are the right cultural fit for them. Want to know if your pilot CV is hitting the mark? Why not check out our pilot CV services starting with our GROUND LEVEL Pilot CV service!

A pilot cover letter should be considered as a kind of “motivational speech.” You should carefully research your chosen airline or flight school and then think about how you can use this research in your pilot cover letter to evidence your motivation. 

Definitely! We would strongly recommend creating a bespoke pilot Cover Letter for each and every airline or flight school application. This helps you stand out against the other pilots applying for the role and helps the pilot recruiters more easily recognise why your experience would make you the ideal pilot candidate! Generic covering letters are easily spotted!

No longer than one page. Make sure that everything you include on your pilot covering letter is relevant and concise – just like a brief in an aircraft. Around three 100 word paragraphs is about right.

Try to focus on areas that are important to that airline or flight school. For example, if they are very focussed on teamwork, then you should include some evidence of your experience and competence in the teamwork competency. Aside from the content of the pilot covering letter itself, it is vitally important to make sure that you check your covering letter for any grammatical or spelling mistakes. If your first language isn’t English, then we would recommend using a specialised service such as that provided by Flight Deck Wingman. 

Essay questions are frequently used at all levels of an initial screening process for airlines, flight schools and pilot sponsorship or scholarship schemes. These questions are often poorly answered by candidates who don’t understand the importance of putting together a well thought answer. Recruiters and assessors will be looking for you to evidence knowledge of the position you are applying for and to evidence how your competencies would make you a worthy recipient of further consideration. If you don’t put the effort into answering these questions properly, then don’t be surprised if you are not successful!

Most airlines, flight schools or sponsorship/scholarship schemes will make it clear how long your answer should be e.g. “In no more than 300 words…”. If this is the case, then make sure that you count the words carefully using a word count on your computer. If they don’t specify a limit, then we would recommend keeping answers to no more than 300 words – relevant and concise, just like a brief in an aircraft.

Almost – certainly! You might think that your experience would speak for itself, but a well motivated pilot candidate will take the time to answer a pilot essay question thoroughly and comprehensively. This could mean that a pilot with less experience is progressed over a candidate with more experience – take your time!