higthepig

siy247

Have you thought about giving up on OASC, its not all it is cracked up to be, I can see a bright future for you working for McDonalds or some other fast-food company. Have you thought about the exciting career of wheel clamping. You seem to have all the attributes necessary, big attitude, an inability to construct a sentence, even the karate belt might come in useful. Don't limit your horizons, I'm sure the Diplomatic Corps are always looking for talent like yours, there are many jobs out there that you could walk into tomorrow. You will go far, hopefully..................................

Megaton

Good grief. Is this what's attracted to the RAF these days?

D-IFF_ident

Hang on a minute - I think 'Siy' might be my wife's ex husband?

amb_211085

Now as much as you may find the originator of this post and their comments immature, perhaps it would be better to criticise constructively? Then instead of being disheartened and thinking that everyone in the RAF are full of themselves it would help motivate them to get their act together.

I have come across many pilots in my short life and most have been friendly and helpful and willing to help a young wannabe where they can. A few have been extremely unhelpful and arrogant, believeing that if you don't personally know it you should shrivel up and die or so it would seem. Most, but not all, of the latter category can be found on here. Similarly there are some helpful posters around too.

If you insist on posting here, realise that young people - probably very much less mature than yourselves - who are looking into a military career in aviation will ask questions. If you don't like it then put yourselves in their shoes before criticising, you may just be surprised at what you see.

adr

Having had, so far today, not the best of days, I found this thread to be thoroughly diverting. I don't need to hunt for a Jacques Tati DVD to depressurise after all.
Instructions:
1. At the foot of the page, click on the download link.
2. Give the file a suitable name with the .txt extension (oneofthebestcandidates.txt might be good) and save it somewhere you'll readily find it.
3. Compose your email, and attach to it your text file.

adr

johnfairr

Can't wait to see what Beagle will make of this.....

Bob the Norseman got it spot on and I can beat CarPete by 10 years.

A good laugh prior to departing the fix for the pub.

BEagle

I have indeed seen this thread; I dismissed the original post as an attempted wind-up.

Surely it cannot have been genuine. At least, I would sincerely hope not!

".....defacing there character." Would any serious OASC candidate really write such drivel?

stillin1

Please don't moderate this thread. I too have not had a laugh like it for ages. God help us if he ever gets in!!

Onan the Clumsy

amb I think the posts you mention were triggered by the thread starter's responses rather than his original question and would not necessarily have been written had he/she/it allowed the thread to evolve along more cordial lines.

as for I guess it's different in Blighty. The US military might not be able to make that claim...at the moment

not a bash btw, just a reported news story

baronmanfred

Forgive me siy247, but it's YOU who is the sad wannabe! YOU want MY JOB. YOU post sh*t on this forum.

I suggest you check out the following


http://www.careersinfoodanddrink.co....?company_id=61

"Do you want fries with that Sir?" Practice this over and over again.[

Tourist

This wannabe is:-
1. Illiterate
2. Has an over-developed sense of his own importance
3. Has an egregious personality.

Just trying to remember the last time I met someone like that...................
Oh Yes! RAF Valley! The place is full of them!
He will fit right in in the RAF

SACrIGGER

As another upcoming OASC candidate, this thread gives me great confidence in the standard of at least some of the competition. Some great responses, had a few laughs!

mr.nys

I don't know who you are and frankly I don't care. You are more than likely a sad old man, a wannabe pilot, so just leave my forum and don't post again.

MY forum?? I almost started choking with laughter on the floor...

Postman Plod

Ahhh you know, I take my report to the mods back now - if only he could have known what he was letting himself in for when he started the insults....! You think he might be regretting getting shirty now? Never be able to show his face in public again!

Ash, normally I'd probably agree, but I'm afraid he only has himself to blame for this - insult the people who are trying to help him, and what does he expect!

Well Travelled Nav

Aptitude tests are test inate ability and Siy getting up late will not change that. Furthermore, you don't start each test until you are ready and you have seen the examples so you shouldn't have been rushed.

Siy did you actually get to the interview or did you withdraw after failing the aptitude ?

Also, the average improvement is only 10% for you second and final attempt at the aptitude tests so I would suggest you will never be competitive if your only branch choice is pilot. You should widen your choices if you really want to get into the RAF and consider some non-aptitude related choices.

Anyway, if you do come back to OASC I look forward to Interviewing you.

P.S. The AFCO's opinion only gets you to OASC. Once there very little notice is taken of the report since you often find that what the AFCO sees is not what the is evident at OASC and guess whose opinion counts more?

WTN

exleckie

Hmmm,

Was this a wind up or youthful angst against advice? Not entirely sure.

To ask "what is the truth" suggests an inquisitive mind but admitting to sleeping in suggests, for a 17 year old that the individual may be ill disciplined, ( blame the alarm clock syndrome).

However, it is widely acknowledged that teenagers sleep more during growing phases and tend to rise later than most of us because of that.

Even at 17 yo, this is not uncommon.

One noted that his first few threads were of poor spelling etc, but that suddenly improved a few posts down.


I suspect that someone is fishing for info which would have been used with mal intent had it been given freely.

I go with the mods in banning said person.

Also, links provided by fellow pprune mates do not bode well for the discussed individual.

If the guy was gen, then I do not feel he was let down by the initial replies from us and also by the replies from himself. I certainly feel that if he grew up and learned not to insult , but to engage in banter etc, he may well fit in. Well, in about 15 years time anyway.


Exleckie

Onan the Clumsy

In fairness though, the second dan black belt should be useful...especially if the base gets overun or something.

Safety_Helmut

Ex_L
Sycophant, but I want your babies.
SAC_R
With you all the way, when will the RAF learn to go with WHO it knows ?
siy
You will probably understand this: u r a kn*b !

SH

J.A.F.O.

At first I was sure that this was a wind-up but now I'm not so certain.

siy, if you are genuine then my sincere advice would be that if you are intent on a life in uniform then you should look at all of the opportunities available; perhaps traffic warden would be suitable as nobody likes you anyway.

Either way you should go away and stop bothering both us and OASC.

RiskyRossco

Aahhh, yes, I remember who I was at 17 y.o., too. My diaries sound a little like yours, siy.
Word in yer shell-like, experience counts or a lot and, you have two ears and one mouth. Pays to listen twice as much as you talk. Until you've gained a broader perspective/greater understanding of ppl/objective awareness of your own weak points.
Dear ol' Dad used to say,
"At 16 it's amazing how thick parents and grown-ups are. When you're 21 it's amazing how much they've learned!"

I say that to say this. Take failures as they come. You're not going to make it in everything and along the way you'll start to figure out what's worth it and what's not.

FWIW