RAF Careers Officer coming to school

[taxydual]

So you answered the questions you expected to answer. Did you not manage to ask questions yourself?

No disrespect Culio, but, to me, it seems a strange sort of prelim interview. Was the Sqn Ldr a medic?

Or, perhaps, after pregnant pauses, was he trying to draw you out into conversation?

Squadron Leaders ain't daft (oh, watch this space), they are there to glean things from you. I gather you are not a black, lesbian, disabled, single mother, but were you erudite enough to impart that fact to your interrogator?

To be the best, first you have to show you have the ability to be the best.





Apologies to any black, lesbian, disabled, single mothers who frequent Pprune. I do not wish to be disrespectful at all and apologise unreservedly if I have offended any one.

Oh, shut up Shorty, I didn't mean you.!!.

[Pontius Navigator]

Originally Posted by Culio

What I meant was, he asked what I thought he would ask, and there were no unexpected questions I wasn't prepared for.

Well done, you got all the key words there. no unexpected and prepared

The job, all along the line, is to find out about you. You know the answers so really it's a piece of wee wee. The fast ball is to test depth of knowledge and in some it can be more like Morcambe Bay - shallow.[/QUOTE]

As for Sgt Bitter and Cpl Twisted, I was on a resettlement course with Staff Sgt Bitter. The trainer asked what he did - recruiter - did he like the Army - no - didn't he feel he was being deceitful in trying to recruit people?

Bottom line, he would not employ the Staff Sgt

Good luck Culio.

[parabellum]

Nice to hear that recruiting teams are still allowed into some schools, the hard left teachers union have tried to get them banned in many schools

[ProM]

Maybe thats for the best though parabellum. We all know the most interesting things are those we are not supposed to want to do.

Good luck Cuilio
(though remember that there is flying in the other 2 services, and that the army-navy rugby game is by far the most important of the 3 inter-services game for a reason)

I will now don my nomex suit, respirator and pick up the fire extinguisher

[Culio]

taxydual - I asked many questions myself, also expressing my interest in becoming a Legal Officer if I fail the aptitude, he said he was pleased that I would still try and enter into the RAF.

I have to honestly say, there were no pregnant pauses We kept talking and talking, and it wasn't just a one way conversation.

And the Sqn Ldr was not a medic, he was a Careers Officer. He filled in a form about my details, my desired field, my interests, health, career aspirations etc. I'm not sure what he will do with the form however

I don't know why, but I said at one point "For me, it's not about being a pilot, it's about being in the RAF". He seemed very pleased but afterwards I was worried he might think I was just going for aircrew for the hell of it...which of course I'm not

At the end of it, we ended talking about aircraft and I mentioned I watched the XH558 at Southport Airshow and all of a sudden we were in very chatty conversation about some good ol' plane spotting. He mentioned a time when he saw two Herc's flying over his house in formation, I wouldn't have minded seeing that.

By the way, thanks for the many votes of confidence guys

[taxydual]

Well done.