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Click on the "joining OASC" sticky thread.
Click on "search this thread"
Type in "asthma"
Good luck at OASC.


Edit: And now that the mods have moved this question to the correct thread, my reply makes no sense at all. ---> Back to the bar!!!!

NDW

Evening all

Would like to say hello as Im new to the Forum.
Im 15 and now completeing my final year at Schools
Im hoping to Join the R.A.F as a Weapon Systems Officer once I completed my GCSE'S and A levels.
My target grades for GCSE'S are C's and a Few B's

Im currently working at My local Flying Club being Taught Air and Pilot Navigation
Im also Part of my Local Aviation Museum helping give Guided tours around the Aircraft

My Right eye seems to be a slight Worry I have booked an Eye Appointment for 1st September so hopefully Fingers crossed they will give me the Thumbs up.

I was just wondering My right eye seems to go a bit Blurry when im on the Computer i it just The computer straining it or is it actually my Eye getting worse?

Am i Going the Right way for the R.A.F Accepting me

Many thanks for your time and Help

Ndw

dagowly

NDW - the only way to find out is to carry on the process at the AFCO and when they give you your form to be filled out at your local optician, hand it in ASAP to the AFCO, they'll send it to cranwell and you'll know in a week or so.

davies_1

Hey Matt

im of to OASC soon too, and as fitness instructor ive been preparing many programs for people doing the same

at present the RAF fitness test that you will do on your 4 days will be (to the best of my knowledge:

Shuttle runs or bleep test over 20 meters... level 9.10 for 17-24 yrs
level 8.10 for 25-29 yrs
level 8.03 for 30-34 yrs

press ups (per minute) 13 for 17 -24yrs
12 for 25-20yrs
11 for 30-24 yrs

sit ups (per minute) 35 for 17-24 yrs
31 for 25-29 yrs
27 for 30- 34 yrs


the 1.5 mile run im pretty certin for males is under 12 minutes

hope that helps

george w

Hello could somebody please give me some advice i just received my GCSE results and i did excellent, i am looking for a career in the RAF as a piliot. but yesterday i phoned up the careers office to see if i was eligible for sponsorship and they said that i could not join because i had asthma as a baby, i grew out of this when i was five years old and i am now sixteen can anybody tell me if this is true and if there is any way around it.

thanks alot

2STROPS

George

I know you are young but if you want to be a pilot in the RAF you will have to present yourself in the best possible light. Modern youth has a tendency to be inaccurate when texting - this is not a trait which will stand you in good stead if you want to be a pilot.

A little time with a spell checker would produce the following:-

Hello. Could somebody please give me some advice I just received my GCSE results and I did very well, I am looking for a career in the RAF as a pilot, but yesterday I phoned up the careers office to see if I was eligible for sponsorship and they said that I could not join because I had asthma as a baby, I grew out of this when I was five years old and I am now sixteen. Can anybody tell me if this is true and if there is any way around it?

thanks alot

Read the sticky post above which gives answers on medical questions.

2strops

Re-Heat

Apply to get the definitive from the doctors on your particular case, particularly if it was believed to be misdiagnosis at a young age. Do not rely on the careers office staffers alone.

buoy15

2Strops
"received"
i before e except after c - whats the problem?
His grammar suggests to me he will become a doctor or an Air Marshall
Thankfully, he will not be doing my medicals or writing my reports!

RileyDove

Will they be testing young George on his texting at Cranwell ? I always thought it was a form of abbreviation !

scottyhs

George, Forget the answer to your question which refer only to grammar (You will get that alot on here). Basically if you have had a history of asthma as a child it can write you off as potential aircrew within the Royal Air Force, However there are certain exceptions to that rule - Only within the case of a mis-diagnosis from a doctor.

Your best option is to ask relevant questions to your GP, And obtain enough information to go to the AFCO in person and ask questions that can accurately give you the information you need.

Dont worry to much about the stick you get for Grammar etc... On this forum, Take it as an introduction to Banter - And to learning to avoid certain people in life

All the best mate with whatever career path you follow.

Gwas

George, you need to research whether or not it is possible to 'grow out' of asthma. If it isn't, then it wasn't - if you take my meaning. Up to the age of about 8 I had breathing difficulties (wheezing, tight chest and so on) which were diagnosed as asthma but subsequently were found to be caused by an allergy. This problem was fixed by a course of (de-sensitising?) injections. The medical people had no problems with this backround when I joined as a pilot in 1963.
You probably realise by now that officialdom finds it easier to say "no" than to expend time and effort to see if a "yes" is possible. So the effort has got to come from you. Start by asking your GP to refer you to a specialist who not only has expertise in the field, but also has some clout in aviation medical circles. When you're sure of your facts and (hopefully) have a clean bill of health, apply again .... and this time don't take no for an answer.
Good luck

Timelord

If it happened before you were 5 and never recurred - AND you can cope with hard physical excercise then you may well be OK but any evidence of wheezing in later life would be a problem. Good luck

2STROPS

DA
Ho Ho - I just love that NCA humour which uses the English language at its best.

The poor chap hasn't got a chance of being a pilot if his post is an example of how he communicates. The trouble nowadays it is not PC to criticise/correct anybody and if you do you get M*R*Ns making puerile comments.

I am sure you wouldn't want the pilot flying you to be someone who always accepts second best!

buoy 15 - you will notice he edited his post after mine!!

2strops

Moose-ish

Hi all, I'm in the same kind of position as that shown above.
Im 15, and just starting my second year of GCSEs. After having my heart set on being an RAF pilot since I can remember, I've found out that any history or Asthma will exclude you completely. However, although it is on my medical notes as asthma, my parents are sure that it was not, but just an allergy. The last time it troubled me was when I was about 4 - and when I (hopefully) come to join up after Uni, I will have been clear of the (supposed) asthma for 20 years.

Have I got a chance of becoming aircrew?

Regards,

Ben

mike172

Ben,

Are your parents doctors? Speak to your GP and let him/her diagnose you.

Moose-ish

That's true, but say it was an allergy, and not asthma, what could I do?
Even though I dodnt actually have asthma, would what my GP said 20 years ago be the final word for the RAF Doctors?

Thanks,

Ben

mike172

Well, if you don't have asthma then I would assume that your doctor isn't going to tell the RAF that you do infact have asthma!

I'm in a similar situation to you. I want to join as a pilot as well, though I've finished college now so I'm a few years older than you. When I was at school a teacher became concerned that I was out of breath after running long distance. My mum took me to see the doctor, he gave me an inhaler and I never used it. When I spoke with my GP not long ago, he told me that I had never actually been diagnosed as suffering from asthma.
So I assume (hope) that is what the RAF doctors will be told - that I don't have asthma.

As I said though, speak to your GP to be sure. That's what I'm going to do.

Moose-ish

Same, Im off to the Doc on Monday

blimy

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me...

I passed AIB back in March (for Pilot) yet have not been offered an entry in the previous two Dartmouth intakes.

Has anyone, or does anyone know of cases in which people have passed for aircrew and not been selected in their waiting period? I just wanted to know if this is a common occurance really. I am hopefull for the January or febuary as last year they didn't meet their requirement for Pilots for these intakes.

Cheers, Blimy

airborne_artist

Blimy - time for a call to the ACLO or direct to AIB I think. Pilots (did you pass both P and O under the old system pre 01 Nov 06?) are particularly needed, I understand.