What is Aon / cut-e?
Aon's Aviation Suite — still widely referred to by its former name, cut-e, after Aon's acquisition of the business — is one of the most widely used pilot aptitude batteries in commercial aviation, appearing across many major airlines' cadet and direct-entry selection processes.
Publicly documented components include spatial awareness, short-term memory, multitasking, hand-eye coordination, arithmetic and logical-reasoning exercises — a broad spread that reflects how many different candidate stages and airlines license the same underlying suite.
CBAT Academy is independent and does not reproduce proprietary Aon or cut-e assessments.
What Aon / cut-e is known for
- Being one of the most widely licensed pilot aptitude batteries across major airlines
- Hand-eye coordination tasks that combine visual tracking with manual input
- Short-term memory exercises that test rapid encoding and recall under time pressure
- Arithmetic and logical-reasoning tasks alongside the coordination and memory components
Skill areas relevant to Aon / cut-e preparation
Based on Aon / cut-e's publicly documented components, these CBAT Academy modules are the closest training match. This reflects training relevance only — not a claim that any exercise appears in Aon / cut-e's actual proprietary assessment.
How to prepare for Aon / cut-e
Because this battery is used so widely across different airlines and candidate stages, treating preparation as broad-based rather than airline-specific makes sense — the same core battery structure tends to reappear regardless of which employer licenses it.
Hand-eye coordination and short-term memory are worth particular attention: both are trainable with focused, repeated practice, and both are consistently among the documented components across different candidate reports of this suite.
Frequently asked questions
Is Aon the same as cut-e?
Yes — cut-e was acquired by Aon and its assessments now sit under Aon's Assessment Solutions as the Aviation Suite. Many candidates and airlines still refer to it by the older cut-e name.
Is this the official Aon or cut-e test?
No. CBAT Academy is an independent training service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or contracted to Aon plc. Exercises are independently developed and do not reproduce its proprietary screens or items.
Do all airlines using this suite test the same things?
The underlying suite is shared, but individual airlines can configure which components and thresholds apply to their own selection process, so exact requirements should always come from your own application materials.
Preparing for a different system?
Each provider is developed and owned separately, so read the page for the specific system named in your application if it differs from Aon / cut-e.
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