ADAPT is a pilot aptitude test battery — a fixed set of subtests sat in one sitting — published by Symbiotics Ltd in the UK. Unlike an airline's own in-house test, it is a shared, off-the-shelf battery that CAE has standardised across several of its cadet programmes — which is why preparing for the test itself, rather than one airline, is worthwhile.
Who uses ADAPT
IndiGo Cadet Pilot Programme — the Stage 1 assessment, run by IndiGo's partner academies (CAE sits it in person at its Gurugram centre and calls it CASS/ADAPT). The IndiGo Cadet Programme course covers it.
Generation easyJet MPL — stage 2 of CAE's selection, sat online at home under remote invigilation.
Volotea's MPL with CAE — the same stage as Generation easyJet (Volotea's route through BAA Training uses Aon instead).
Academies' own admissions — Greece's Global Aviation, for example, screens applicants with the ADAPT battery directly.
Administration and retake rules are set by the operator or school, not by the test. On CAE's IndiGo route, for instance, you get two Stage 1 attempts, and on Generation easyJet two attempts at stage 2, in both cases at least six months apart. Always confirm the current process with the operator or academy you are applying to before you invest weeks of preparation.
How the battery is built
The exact modules an operator switches on vary, but the documented ADAPT components are consistent:
A personality questionnaire (the ADAPT Personality Questionnaire), read alongside the aptitude results.
A cognitive test: short reasoning, pattern, spatial and memory items under time pressure.
Progressive mathematics and physics knowledge tests.
FAST, a multitask flight scenario: you steer, spot traffic and waypoints and answer quick questions at the same time, then answer questions about what you noticed.
Joystick tasks: a coordination task and a short flight test. Operators decide whether to use them at selection; on the easyJet MPL, CAE runs them during training instead.
How this course works
The next three lessons take the battery in three parts (the cognitive and knowledge tests, FAST and the joystick tasks, and the personality questionnaire plus test-day strategy), each with a concrete mapping to the practice exercises on this platform. Selection procedures evolve, so always verify the current process with your operator or academy.