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If you have already started the process, and have already applied via the Careers Information Line (CIL) (the 0845 number) and being dealt with by the AFCO, then your application SHOULD be safe as your application was accepted (for processing) under the current regulations, before the change was announced. However, even though the change doesn't come into play until 01 Jan 2011, we (AFCOs) have been instructed to apply the new rules to all those making enquiries as of last week. Just to reiterate, if your application has gone through the CIL and has been passed to the AFCO, then you should be OK. Bear in mind that any pilot applicant who is successful wont start training until 2012. This includes those going through the system now.
The B grade for maths is for GCSE. The subjects taken at 'A' level remain irrelevant as long as a grade C or above is achieved. A degree can be used to offset a deficiency with an 'A' level and sometimes with a GCSE, although this would be the exception and not the rule. It depends heavily on what maths content the degree had. In any case, the details of the degree would passed up to the education specialist at RAFC Cranwell by the AFCO staff for a decision to be made. The AFCO can't, and wont make this call.
As any successful pilot applicants wont start training until 2012, please also bare in mind that no waivers will be issued with regards to age. You still have to be eligible age wise in 2012 ie 25 years and 364 days old or younger on the first day of Initial Officer Training.
Jolly
Applications for the RAF are made via the Careers Information Line (CIL) who, once a position is available for you to apply for, E-mail you the application forms and all other relevant documentation to you.