The Royal Navy is currently
desparate for pilots.
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No experience is required. You don't need to re-mortgage your parents' house and you don't need to worry about paying for training and having no job at the end of it.
All you need (provided that you meet the minimum educatonal and fitness criteria) is the ability to pass the Flying Aptitude Tests at RAF Cranwell and the Admiralty Interview Board at HMS Sultan.
I would urge anybody who is serious about a career in aviation to consider this option very carefully. The drawbacks are obvious, and as will become apparent, your primary role will be as an Officer, rather than as a pilot. You will have to consider the issue of your motivation and your future lifestyle very carefully, and be sure that you are ready to offer what is being asked of you. However, if you have the right motivation, then no other organisation (particularly the RAF, which has wound down its recruitment of pilots to the bare minimum) will offer you prospects anywhere near as promising.
Any
serious questions from
serious individuals will happily be answered in the Military Aircrew forum; however, there are lots of previous threads that will provide most of the quality gen that you will need; and in any case, I would recommend that your first port of call is your local Armed Forces Careers Office.
I start my training in a week's time, so please feel free to ask me questions until then. In the meantime, I wish you all the best of luck.
Pie
