Tuts
1. Officers in HMs Royal Air Force don't carry big weights on long tabs. That's what the men are for! Seriously however, I seem to remember that you're only allowed to run for 10 mins each 30 in boots. Just remember that it only works in peacetime!
2. Almost every weekend! The first couple of weeks you're confined to barracks and there are another 3-4 weekends taken out of the whole course but that's it.
3. Don't quote me but I don't think they're allowed to pay you less. Certainly I think all the old branch commission guys (when we had them) got paid on their existing pay scales.
Just remember that no matter what they tell you, it's not REAL!!! Have fun