OASC 'CANDIDATES' and WANNABES, PLEASE READ THIS THREAD FIRST!
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OASC 'CANDIDATES' and WANNABES, PLEASE READ THIS THREAD FIRST!
Fray - you sure? Read p4 of http://www.assoc-optometrists.org/up...pdf/06-raf.pdf
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I would like some advice, I am applying to the RAF as Pilot and WSO. I would like to be a Pilot with the Air Force, but if for what ever reason they select me for WSO not Pilot, I would definetly inclined to accept the offer.
Say that I complete my training as a WSO, then complete one tour in this role, then I applied to re-branch to pilot and the RAF approved a re-branch, would the RAF accept a re-branch to pilot even if my eyes had deterioted, say went short sighted.
I know that a candidate has to have perfect eye sight at Intial Selection, but does this still apply if I was already a WSO.
Hope I make sense,
Say that I complete my training as a WSO, then complete one tour in this role, then I applied to re-branch to pilot and the RAF approved a re-branch, would the RAF accept a re-branch to pilot even if my eyes had deterioted, say went short sighted.
I know that a candidate has to have perfect eye sight at Intial Selection, but does this still apply if I was already a WSO.
Hope I make sense,
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Surferdude, at a wild guess I would give a conditional yes but of course it would depend on:
How much deterioration.
If you had displayed any aptitude to join the master race, ie situational awareness and capacity etc.
If they had a surplus of WSO at your age.
If they had a need for pilots.
If they considered a single tour was sufficient to amortise training costs - usually it is 2 tours after first OCU.
And so on.
In other words don't join in the expectation that it would be easy to transfer. I know 2 navs that did and one transferred under a scheme but the other, now flying civvie, had to fight tooth and nail to get a slot.
How much deterioration.
If you had displayed any aptitude to join the master race, ie situational awareness and capacity etc.
If they had a surplus of WSO at your age.
If they had a need for pilots.
If they considered a single tour was sufficient to amortise training costs - usually it is 2 tours after first OCU.
And so on.
In other words don't join in the expectation that it would be easy to transfer. I know 2 navs that did and one transferred under a scheme but the other, now flying civvie, had to fight tooth and nail to get a slot.
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Depending on whether you have passed all the required tests for Pilot and still get WSO, it is possible to re-muster. But...
Wait a few years to do it; the RAF would have trained you up in WSO and ploughed millions in to it in doing so. It is possible to do it but don't bank on it. At the end of the day it is up to them. I have heard of someone going in as WSO and at 25 go through Pilot training. He now flies Civvy after just 8 years flying for the RAF. Again it is possible but by all accounts fairly uncommon. If it's really Pilot you want though, why not apply for the FAA aswell and see where you get with that. It's all fine being WSO but if your hearts not with it and all you want to do is fly then it will show on the surface.
Good Luck all the same mate
Dave
Wait a few years to do it; the RAF would have trained you up in WSO and ploughed millions in to it in doing so. It is possible to do it but don't bank on it. At the end of the day it is up to them. I have heard of someone going in as WSO and at 25 go through Pilot training. He now flies Civvy after just 8 years flying for the RAF. Again it is possible but by all accounts fairly uncommon. If it's really Pilot you want though, why not apply for the FAA aswell and see where you get with that. It's all fine being WSO but if your hearts not with it and all you want to do is fly then it will show on the surface.
Good Luck all the same mate
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free pilot training????
dave_perry...
...someone you heard of trained as a WSO (3years) and a pilot (4years) and out to fly civvy inside a total of 8... I think the teller of that story was yanking your chain m8. The return of service required for completing an OCU is 6 years at the moment.
Dont think the RAF will spend millions teaching you to fly and let you sell your skills to the highest bidder.
Unless just maybe you become a conscientious objector some time after getting your 4-jet tick...
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...someone you heard of trained as a WSO (3years) and a pilot (4years) and out to fly civvy inside a total of 8... I think the teller of that story was yanking your chain m8. The return of service required for completing an OCU is 6 years at the moment.
Dont think the RAF will spend millions teaching you to fly and let you sell your skills to the highest bidder.
Unless just maybe you become a conscientious objector some time after getting your 4-jet tick...
CS
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Before you do the fitness test you have to pass the initiative test
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WSOp
hi guys i've just completed my first trip to OASC and passed my Apptitude and medical for all aircrew (excpet pilot only 2 points off!!!)
but now i've been givien medical forms to ahnd to my doctor and i''m a bit worried! i believe i was diagnosed with Asthma when i was young. I think they did this on the side of caution as my brother is a serious asthmatic!
i personally believe i was never asthmatic as i have never suffered an attack. i'm just wondering if anyone on hee has any advice for me or are my dreams of being a WSOp on the merlin drifting away?
cheers cameron
but now i've been givien medical forms to ahnd to my doctor and i''m a bit worried! i believe i was diagnosed with Asthma when i was young. I think they did this on the side of caution as my brother is a serious asthmatic!
i personally believe i was never asthmatic as i have never suffered an attack. i'm just wondering if anyone on hee has any advice for me or are my dreams of being a WSOp on the merlin drifting away?
cheers cameron
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Well done, CamMack.
If you believe you were misdiagnosed, best thing you can do is to speak to your GP about it, kick up a massive fuss and try and get it rescinded. I know people who were misdiagnosed for things, both of them managed to convince the RAF that this was the case, admittedly with a lot of time and effort liasing with OASC and their GPs.
If you believe you were misdiagnosed, best thing you can do is to speak to your GP about it, kick up a massive fuss and try and get it rescinded. I know people who were misdiagnosed for things, both of them managed to convince the RAF that this was the case, admittedly with a lot of time and effort liasing with OASC and their GPs.
Might well be pointing out the bleedin' obvious here, but remember that the aptitude test for each branch is differently weighted. A high score in one branch won't always mean a high score in all branches.
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True that, to elaborate - what you will get presented with upon completion of the aptitude tests is a letter with a small table on it, one column listing the possible jobs, and the other column listing your score for each, having weighted your performance appropriately.
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Orthotics
Not sure if this is really the right thread to post in, but I doubt it's worthy of a new thread.
Has anyone been medically rejected during the ADF Pilot recruiting process for wearing orthotics/inner soles?
I'm struggling to find any information as to whether it is a cause for rejection. I asked DFR if I could speak to a doctor, only to be told I'd have to get right through to the Assessment Day before I'd have a chance to speak to anyone. I feel that at that point it'd be likely the doctor would be the one doing all the talking.
I knew plenty of people in the RNZAF that wore orthotics, the difference being that they (and myself) had been issued them whilst serving (post recruitment). I'm not sure what view the ADF takes. The reason I ask is that the question of wearing orthotics is raised on the recruitment Medical Questionnaire. Obviously I'm not prepared to lie about my wearing of orthotics, but I would like to be aware of the consequences of saying I do.
It seems a silly reason to prevent someone from going any further in the process, especially since wearing them never once stopped me from being posted, deployed or from passing a fitness test.
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Has anyone been medically rejected during the ADF Pilot recruiting process for wearing orthotics/inner soles?
I'm struggling to find any information as to whether it is a cause for rejection. I asked DFR if I could speak to a doctor, only to be told I'd have to get right through to the Assessment Day before I'd have a chance to speak to anyone. I feel that at that point it'd be likely the doctor would be the one doing all the talking.
I knew plenty of people in the RNZAF that wore orthotics, the difference being that they (and myself) had been issued them whilst serving (post recruitment). I'm not sure what view the ADF takes. The reason I ask is that the question of wearing orthotics is raised on the recruitment Medical Questionnaire. Obviously I'm not prepared to lie about my wearing of orthotics, but I would like to be aware of the consequences of saying I do.
It seems a silly reason to prevent someone from going any further in the process, especially since wearing them never once stopped me from being posted, deployed or from passing a fitness test.
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Hi,
I'm 15 and I've got my heart set on joining the RAF as a pilot (rotary, hopefully) and was wondering how much field sort of things you do, such as shooting, field craft, and section attacks.
I'm in the CCF RAF, but we get to do the exciting army bits too
And, would a firearms licence help at all for the career as I'm training for one at the moment.
Thanks!
I'm 15 and I've got my heart set on joining the RAF as a pilot (rotary, hopefully) and was wondering how much field sort of things you do, such as shooting, field craft, and section attacks.
I'm in the CCF RAF, but we get to do the exciting army bits too
And, would a firearms licence help at all for the career as I'm training for one at the moment.
Thanks!
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Hi,
I'm 15 and I've got my heart set on joining the RAF as a pilot (rotary, hopefully) and was wondering how much field sort of things you do, such as shooting, field craft, and section attacks.
I'm in the CCF RAF, but we get to do the exciting army bits too
And, would a firearms licence help at all for the career as I'm training for one at the moment.
Thanks!
I'm 15 and I've got my heart set on joining the RAF as a pilot (rotary, hopefully) and was wondering how much field sort of things you do, such as shooting, field craft, and section attacks.
I'm in the CCF RAF, but we get to do the exciting army bits too
And, would a firearms licence help at all for the career as I'm training for one at the moment.
Thanks!
Shooting, field craft and section attacks will all feature at IOT.
I did my part 1 and part 2 and still remember my fieldcraft from long ago. It can come in useful at anytime - like in combat evasion even.
A nephew is in a similar position to you but in the ACF as his school does not have a CCF. He is now becoming more green orientated than light blue
Get whatever experience you can. It will all be good.
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thanks! also, could you give me any info on the (I think) EAW? We were at Coningsby in the summer, and almost everybody was in combats and the reg were doing a shootout near the runway - looks good 
I'm 100% dedicated to the RAF, but if it comes to failing, it'll have to be AAC in apaches
I'm 100% dedicated to the RAF, but if it comes to failing, it'll have to be AAC in apaches