I am from Ireland, and I am not screwed nearly as much as I would like to be!!
However, if you want to join Mrs. Windsor’s armed forces as a pilot your kind of F***ed!
You are allowed to be a grease monkey or cannon fodder infantryman, but not a pilot, that’s reserved for the public school boy, Gin and Tonic drinking chaps!
I tried to get in, even being an instrument rated commercial Helicopter pilot, but no joy.
I may have had a slight chance if I had lived in the U.K for at least 5 years, but that was only a slight chance, nowhere near a guarantee, and sure why would I want to leave the mainland to go across the water over to that island, with no guarantee?
You may have a slightly better chance in getting in to the U.S armed forces, if you can get a visa, and are willing to go through a mountain of paper work. Then move from there to ROTC, (Officer training) and slowly into a flying role, it’s a long journey but I know people who have done it.
The IAC is a bad joke at the taxpayers expense; think seriously about it if you decide to go down that route!
Last edited by Watchoutbelow; 20th Apr 2004 at 00:20.