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Prepare for the PILAPT pilot aptitude battery

A tracking, spatial and pattern route for candidates preparing for PILAPT.

Start with Mental Arithmetic
Exercises
7
Total, about
~14 min
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The route, step by step

Work through them in order, or jump to the ones you want to sharpen. Each opens on its own page with a how-to, worked examples and instant scoring saved privately in your browser.

  1. Mental ArithmeticNumericalNumerical fluency and speed under time pressure.~2 min
  2. Tracking ControlPsychomotorHand-eye coordination and continuous control.~45 sec
  3. Rule ClassificationAttentionMeasures rule-based selective attention and processing speed: how quickly and accurately you can hold a classification rule in mind and apply it to a continuous stream of stimuli.~60 sec
  4. Audio Figure CountingSpatialSpatial left/right re-mapping combined with working memory under an auditory instruction: re-mapping each figure’s own hand to the side you see it on, while holding a three-part spoken rule and counting against a clock.~4 min
  5. Figural Odd One OutLogical reasoningNon-verbal classification and concept formation.~2 min
  6. Tunnel FlightPsychomotorAnticipatory hand-eye coordination and control.~60 sec
  7. Triple-Task CapacityMultitaskingSpare mental capacity and divided attention: sharing focus across continuous tracking, an auditory rule and a visual search at the same time without any one collapsing.~4 min

Compare step durations

50s1.7 min2.5 min3.3 minMental Arithmetic~2 minTracking Control~45 secRule Classification~60 secAudio Figure Counting~4 minFigural Odd One Out~2 minTunnel Flight~60 secTriple-Task Capacity~4 min
Where the time goes. One run of each step, estimated; the timed ones use their own clock.

About this practice path

PILAPT, from People Technologies, is a pilot aptitude battery that was used widely for many years and is now owned by Multi-Health Systems (MHS). Its documented subtests run in sequence: mental arithmetic, a compensatory tracking task with a concurrent audio channel, a rule-based concentration grid, an audio-and-spatial figure-counting task, a three-panel pattern task, a fly-through-boxes tracking task with deliberate control lag, and a demanding three-channel capacity task. Most schools and airlines that once ran PILAPT have since moved to online cut-e screening, so you may not meet PILAPT itself, but the skills it trained are exactly what modern selection still samples. This route rehearses that mix with original SkyStudy exercises. It is a practice route, not the PILAPT battery.

Tracking & Spatial Path. Independent practice for candidates preparing for PILAPT, the selection system from People Technologies Ltd, now owned by Multi-Health Systems (MHS).

What the real assessment covers

A legacy aptitude battery, now largely replaced by online screening, built around tracking with a concurrent audio channel, rule-based concentration, spatial figure-counting, pattern recognition, laggy fly-through tracking and a three-channel capacity task.

A pilot aptitude battery used widely for many years, now owned by Multi-Health Systems (MHS). Tasks commonly include compensatory tracking, multitasking, spatial transformation, pattern recognition and mental arithmetic under time pressure. It is now a legacy system: most schools and airlines that once used it have moved to online cut-e screening.

  • Tracking
  • Multitasking
  • Spatial reasoning
  • Pattern recognition

Ready for a timed run?

A path builds the skills at your own pace. When you want to rehearse selection-day pacing, a timed mock battery runs several exercises back to back under one clock and scores them together.

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Frequently asked questions

Is this the real PILAPT test?

No. It is an independent SkyStudy practice route built from our own exercises. It is not affiliated with PILAPT, People Technologies or Multi-Health Systems (MHS), does not reproduce their questions or scoring, and does not predict any selection outcome.

Is PILAPT still used?

PILAPT was used widely for years, but most schools and airlines that ran it have since moved to online cut-e screening, and it is now owned by Multi-Health Systems (MHS). The underlying skills, tracking, spatial pattern work and multitasking under time pressure, are still central to modern selection, which is why this route stays useful.

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