The multitasking battery is the toughest test of cockpit workload: several tasks running at the same time. Keep a marker centred, reset any system that faults, and acknowledge each radio call, all together. Inspired by the published flight multitasking task.
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This measures workload management and task switching: running several tasks at once and deciding what gets your attention now. Airlines watch how you prioritise and shed load, not whether you can do everything perfectly together.
Treat the tracking task as your primary reference and keep it running with small steady corrections, which frees attention for systems and calls. Let fault indicators and radio calls catch your peripheral attention rather than actively hunting for them. Letting the marker drift while you handle a fault costs more than catching the fault a beat late.
The score is a weighted blend of all three sub-tasks, so neglecting any one limits the total even when the other two are strong. Strong candidates hold the marker roughly centred, catch most system faults before they time out, and acknowledge calls without a long delay. If one sub-task drops sharply, start by smoothing the tracking, because steady tracking is what gives you the spare capacity to manage the rest.
On-site selection systems run tasks like this on calibrated joysticks, rudder pedals and custom response panels that no browser exercise can replicate, so treat this as training for the underlying control skill rather than a replica of any machine. One practical tip from candidates who have sat the real assessments: practise with a mouse or a gamepad, not a laptop trackpad. A trackpad makes smooth, continuous two-axis control far harder than the real test ever would.
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