On your wg cdr, the RLO is a retired officer serving as a civil servant and I don't think is in the recruiting loop at all, except a little more than we on pprune are.
Really? He definitely said that he will be on the interview board (or something along those lines) and he will ask me about what I have done since the last time that we spoke. So I assume he must be in the loop somehow?
So, remembering that when joining the RAF you do as 'Pilot' and you stand equal chance of getting FastJet, MultiEngined or Rotary, what would you do then?
If your goal in joining the RAF is purely to fly 'fighters' - as your general jist seems to imply - then what would you do when confronted with a contract for minimum service of 12 years and the only
slot available is for Rotary?
If you're not prepared to do that, forget the Forces right now; it's the only sensible choice.
Yes exactly. I would still be unbelievably happy to fly anything I got offered. Preferably not rotary, but even with rotary I would be happy.
My main concern was that if I was to try and do everything I can now to increase my chances of joining the RAF (i.e. joining some hill walking club at university whilst I'm still a student there), I could potentially sacrifice a better degree which could get me a good job which in turn could pay for the rest of my commercial pilot training and maybe land me an airline job one day. If I knew for a fact that I would join the RAF by sacrificing a better degree, I would. But I don't know that. Hence I'd rather concentrate on my degree for now.