Originally Posted by
Will IB Fayed
If you are still keen, def try the RAAF. They're falling over thmeselves trying to recruit females. After wings, your contract (ROSO) is only like 3 weeks or something (ok, maybe 3/4 years) because apparently it cost less to train you (??).
5 years total, great experience and no debt.
I have a question regarding that. It sounds great in theory, have taxpayer funded training then walk out into a highly paid civilian job after a short obligation, but does it actually work out in practice?
I was under the impression most military pilots only flew a couple of hundred hours per year. So whilst they may meet the minimums for some airline FO jobs with those flying hours they wouldn’t meet ATPL requirements, and they’d be at a disadvantage to civilian pilots who could potentially rack up 2500ish hours in three years of full time flying. So while only being forced to stay in the Air Force for 3 years for female pilots does sound great are they exiting into similar civilian jobs as their counterparts who stayed for the full 10 years are?
Genuinely interested to know