Originally Posted by
Hesperus1892
Hi everyone,
Recently got back from OASC and recently told I was unsuccessful. Rather than wait another 12 months I am applying to the non-commissioned ranks and get some experience before perhaps trying again. However, do you get many applicants in their late 20s.
The boarding officer suggested it may be teenagers and would like to know if its worth it..?
By all means join as a tradesman, or NCA, but do not assume that you will automatically get another go at a commission. You will have to be a high performer in your chosen trade to get the chance and it may not hapoen before you get too old. Still you could follow my path and stay in the NCA world for 34 years instead - after passing the maximum entry age for Pilot before getting good enough reports to go back to IOT.
Oh and you'll need way better sentence constuction than that too!