SkyTest UK Prep App vs mindfulness study

SkyTest® Preparation App for UK Pilot Aptitude Screenings (for iPad) – Comprises all features of SkyTest® desktop suite – SkyTest® Preparation App for UK Pilot Aptitude Screenings is a comprehensive software suite for pre-hiring aptitude screenings in the BA FPP and screenings conducted by means of other UK pilot aptitude tests. The software features five pilot aptitude training modules for UK Pilot Aptitude screenings, ten for a BA test preparation, eight reasoning tests, four math, six physics and six technical comprehension modules. All of these 39 training modules are designed to support sustained performance advancements in key pilot aptitude domains the screenings address like attentiveness, situational awareness and spatial orientation. Content SkyTest® Preparation App for UK Pilot Aptitude Screenings includes the following training modules: UK Pilot Aptitude Preparation • Grid Concentration Test • Hands Information Processing Test • ILS Tracking Test • Multidimensional Capacity Test • Pattern Recognition Test BA Supplements • Audio and Visual Attention • Basketball • Boxes and Points • Circles and Bell • Delayed Number Series • Friend or Foe • Flight Capacity Test • Orientation on Radar Screen • Radar Backtracking • Runway Multitasking • Selective Attention • Subtraction Speed Reasoning Tests • Computer Checking • Cube Comparison Test • Cube Folding Test • Diagrammatic Series • Diagramming • Matrices Test • Symbol Addition • Visual Analogies Test Maths • Math Word Problems • Mental Arithmetic • Number Series • Numerical Estimation Physics • Electricity • Magnetism • Mechanics • Optics • Thermodynamics • Waves Technical Comprehension • Electricity • Mechanics • Thermodynamics • Optics • Reasoning • General knowledge Scope of Software SkyTest® Preparation App for UK Pilot Aptitude Screenings accommodates several features to support training experience and outcome Training Modules • Comprehensive test explanations and interactive First Steps demos to get a quick feeling for the test • Several default difficulty levels for each training module • Randomly generated tasks to avert recurring tasks • Extensive custom settings options for each training module Performance Statement • Comprehensive performance analysis after each training session • Feedback on individual aspects of tests • Performance graphs to illustrate performance developments in tasks Stat • Stat tool with graphs to illustrate long-term performance development • Avg. performance graphs to benchmark your performance against • Save test results, settings and performance graphs for each test sessions to compare them later SkyTest® Training Assistant • Guides you through the training modules to support an efficient time resourcing and maximize training outcome • Takes your current performance level into consideration when suggesting the next training step for a sustained advancement of your performance • Applies difficulty settings that reflect upon your current performance and outlines the next steps • Puts emphasize on tests that returned a below-average performance • Recognizes task aspects that caused you problems and puts more focus on these SkyTest® Cloud • Save your performance data on SkyTest® server to restore your last training level in case of a re-installation of the app or change of training device • Auto-sync your training levels if you use the software on several devices • Benchmark your performance against anonymized pool performance stats from the SkyTest® community • Boards to exchange information with other software users • Messaging client to approach the SkyTest® support   Note Training modules of SkyTest® software are similar to the original tasks but not meant to simulate or reproduce actual tests. As this is a prep product all modules were designed under the premises to deliver gradual performance enhancements in those ability domains identified crucial for a successful airline screening participation.

The materials of 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction used in this application are from the Palouse Mindfulness program created by Dave Potter, a certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction instructor, and are available free of charge.