Speedbird, if you want to join the RN as a pilot then you first have to go through the recruitment process. The AIB in particular is an assessment of your personality and the powers that be on that course, with the amount of young recruits going through, will know exactly whether your heart is in joining the military or not. Of course this is all after you have passed your Aptitude Test, which is yet another hurdle to jump.
Remember they spend millions to train you to be a pilot and naturally they want to keep hold of you as long as possible. Especially as they are so short of pilots at the moment. It strikes me that if you are thinking about the airlines at this short distance along the track, then perhaps you should examine that option more fully.
Fly the fun stuff first and then go and watch over a computer doing the work. The military is a life experience that cannot be matched, but as everyone has said, it only works if you REALLY want it.
Last edited by Tbird; 24th Aug 2002 at 21:43.