Originally Posted by
Baldeep Inminj
I will add that you need to be honest with yourself about your goals. As an RAF pilot you will likely fly around 30hrs per month as a very rough average (could be 100hrs in wartime, or less than 10 on a Fast Jet Sqn). That leaves a LOT of time to do all the other duties the military will require of you, many of which have nothing whatsoever to do with flying.
You will be told where you are posted, be offered dreadful housing, and may be sent to some complete sh!tholes where you will live in tents for months on end whilst people try to kill you.
The military has a massive problem with retention for a reason.
If that sounds good to you, then go for it.
Actually, Chinook pilots are averaging around 10 hours a month….and a very good point about retention! And I wouldn’t have missed the last 30 odd years in the Mob for all tea in China!