Engineering with the RAF
Not sure how many RAF EngO's are on here, but i'd like some honest answers to a couple of questions if you wouldnt mind.
I'm off to Uni in September to study Aeronautical Eng at Hertfordshire with an aim to being a Pilot in the RAF... Now all I have ever wanted is Pilot, however have said to myself that should I be medically unfit, or realistically just plain not good enough, my fall-back is Engineer.
However i'm a very hands-on person and I wouldn't enjoy purely managing others. How hands-on can an EngO get with the aircraft? Is their role purely management of personnel? I've contacted Coltishall (local base) to try and arrange various visits but with me being out of school they haven't been too positive and have failed on each attempt to get visits or work exp. for any period of time.
Really i'm just looking for the honest truth, not the BS i'll be fed to get me to fill their quotas!
All comments appreciated as ever.
Thanks, Joe