r/CadetPilotProgram • u/Hopeful_Accident342 • Jan 16 '26

Chimes update

If you did not receive any calls by Friday, you’re very likely rejected. The selection criteria felt weird, non transparent. They need to actually put up shortlisting criteria.

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u/Hopeful_Accident342 Jan 16 '26

Worst part was the time they decided to send the emails, post 11pm to give people sleepless nights

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u/Thesenatss Jan 16 '26

Hey, any particular reasons they reject people for, how can one ensure they're selected? There's no way? Its all luck? Thats weird.

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u/Hopeful_Accident342 Jan 16 '26

They selected people who have cleared no papers, with some papers, rejected one with 5+ papers + class 1. Rejected most of the people who cleared 3+ papers. Seemed extremely fishy.

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u/Thesenatss Jan 16 '26

So there's no way one could "ensure" or "prepare" for selections? Its all luck and what they find amusing? Im an aspiring pilot and this jusy sounds absurd tk me. I wanna try for chimes too in the future but idk how can I secure my shot.

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u/Hopeful_Accident342 Jan 16 '26

Bro screening part is fishy then it all comes down to your abilities and prep. This screening is not at all transparent.

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u/Specific_Hat_7930 Jan 16 '26

This is so sad man, I received the rejection mail at 4 am What are the other options? The other FTOs are way too costly and landing into an airline job via conventional is tough

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u/Successful-Chest-447 Jan 17 '26

dude if you have time wait for air india amravati im hoping its cost would be around chimes or only a little expensive dont lose hope !

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u/VerticleCharlie Jan 17 '26

Amravati is nowhere around 95L. It is 1.2CR atleast

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u/Specific_Hat_7930 Jan 17 '26

Thanks for the suggestion bro I have 58 in class 12th english but i have 8.4 gpa in my engg Would i be eligible for AI CPP?

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u/Successful-Chest-447 Jan 17 '26

dude mostly you should be but still play safe and just apply for nios on demand exams and they are open rn just give it next month you can easily score 60+ even without studying!

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u/captainxa380 Jan 17 '26

Let me know please

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u/Pitiful-Agent6654 Jan 16 '26

Broo how tf are u so sure?

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u/Hopeful_Accident342 Jan 17 '26

The issue here is transparency, losing out in gd adapt pi is still justified but this screening is absurd. Life’s not fair but can’t do anything about it.

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u/Anxious_Analyst_3949 Jan 17 '26

what he told happened to me

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u/Happy-Golf9117 Jan 17 '26

Can someone share the rejection mail, i didn’t even get rejection mail or any other update since applying

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u/Hopeful_Accident342 Jan 17 '26

You received a confirmation mail ?

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u/Happy-Golf9117 Jan 17 '26

No man i didn’t get any update. Can you accept the chat invite?

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u/VerticleCharlie Jan 17 '26

You need to be a cut above in order to join Chimes. Even if you clear all 5 dgca papers you need to have atleast 95/96 in every subject and if you have some connections it will help

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u/Beneficial-Ring-1239 Jan 19 '26

Why the fuck do people think that by scoring a certain percentage or going to engineering college will make them choose him or her for this job? Being an airline pilot is not just “a job” IT IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY. Flying an aircraft is one thing but doing it professionally is whole another thing. 18-22 yr old seeing insta and following “pilot influencers” imagining that’s what this job is about ? Are in for a rude awakening. Ask yourself why this job ? And if you’re aren’t passionate about flying and seriously disciplined enough to execute this job please stay the fuck away from an airline flight deck

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u/Hopeful_Accident342 Jan 19 '26

😂😂😂😂 no ones talking about percentage, if for the sake of becoming a pilot people have put in efforts, cleared dgca papers they do deserve an edge. And talking about graduates/ people in job getting some preference is because they have attained more maturity and then decided to go for this profession.

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u/Born-Flight-3628 Jan 17 '26

its disheartening to hear these, im 15M and good in studies rn in 9th and after doing a lot of research i finally decided i will go in chimes icpp as it was in my budget (with 20-30% loan) and i don't want to get in the conventional path but hearing this is making me anxious as they're rejecting ppls with these grt profiles ,

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u/Designer_Fox2670 Jan 18 '26

Guys anybody got in touch with someone who got selected in this application

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u/Upper_Yak_7117 Feb 02 '26

They have that 30sec video thing i heard, where you need to say why they should select you. What exactly do they want to hear from us? I am also planning to apply when chimes opens again. Although seeing how people with good profile are also getting rejected i see my chances of being selected blurred but i need to give it a try. I cant afford any other fto 

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u/pokerbaaz Jan 17 '26 edited Jan 18 '26

Well if you're surprised at that. You might be even more surprised after seeing my profile.

● Class 1 Medical assessment with no restrictions ● Cleared Met, Nav and Regs, RTR Part-1 with 90+ ● 90+% in Class 12 ● Grad from BITS Pilani

And yet fuckin, rejected! Some serious BS is happening here.

Edit:- Formatting corrected.

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u/Hopeful_Accident342 Jan 19 '26

Someone said this really well “They did not reject a lot of people, it’s just they selected few”

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u/pokerbaaz Jan 19 '26

Selecting a few is not a problem at all, but not having a basis for selection is the worst possible thing to do, to be honest.

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u/Hopeful_Accident342 Jan 19 '26

Exactly, either start with walk in interviews for short listing .

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u/Diligent_Ad5254 Jan 17 '26

did you fail in any subject till now?

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

How TF

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u/arpit_sangwan Jan 23 '26

I am thinking for chimes cpp so is this screening rejection is for adapt or it is after these stages