Originally Posted by
AntCliff
my Opthalmic supplement back from Cranwell, which tells me I am unfit for Pilot.
If I was to join as trades and apply for Pilot, could I expect any leniancy over this?
1. You have expert opinion ie NO.
2. Probably not. The principle is that you must be fully compliant with the fitness rules when you enter as you are unlikely to improve as you get older, quite the reverse.
There is a sufficiency of fully fit applicants that they do not need to make exceptions.
Rather than go for airmen entry why not apply for a commission right off? if you are successful then that is OASC out of the way followed by IOT. Then all you have to do is convince the medics. If you follow the airman route you have to convince both OASC, IOT and medics later on.
That route also puts you almost a year ahead of the game as the airman applicant then has that 9 month IOT hurdle too.