PBI

Thank you for the replies.It is Scottish University, so I have another 2 possibly 3 years left to do.By which time I would be 25.

As I say OASC is at least a year away yet as I have only just started PDT, but it is something I thought worth lookin ginto now.

a_a

Those details would be very useful, as they say it's not what you know but who you know!

airborne_artist

PBI - check incoming

Slinky1989

Thanks airbourne artist, unfortunately I think my UCAS points only add up to about 160 I think.

Also I don't think I'm able to actually fit in the fast jet cockpits as I'm 6ft 3 lol. Maybe something like a c17 but I'd probably have trouble in a eurofighter.

I can imagine weapons systems operator being something I'd enjoy aswell and only need 5 gcse's and since I have a gcse in french included (and they like you to have the aptitude to learn foreign languages according to the RAF site) I'd probably do well.

airborne_artist

6'3" is no barrier to FJ - tallest in the Harrier I know of is/was 6'6", so unless you have a very long back and terminal duck's disease, it won't on its own stop you. Clearly the A levels can, though if you have 160 points already, then an AS level taken pronto could get you above 180.

Language aptitude is only needed for WSOp linguists. Not required for Loadies.

ScrumpyJ

N.B. Previous posts are incorrect. The RAF only requires candidates applying for commission to have 2 A Levels. Grades E and above. AS levels are not considered to be a subsitute, i.e. two AS doesnt not count for one A.

Slinky1989

So my Grade C in Geography and D in biology A-levels are ok then?

2078OWHC

Im 16 and been looking forward to a possible career as a fast jet pilot, somthing that i has been my dream since i was 5 years old. I recently discovered that hayfever may stop me from carrying on with this possible career. I have never been tested for hayfever, so it is not on my medical record, although in my younger years i did suffer from it for a couple of weeks in June. However over the past few years my symptoms have become less serious and they are now practically nothing. I sneeze once or twice a day and my eyes do not itch or water (this is during peak hayfever times). Hopefully, fingers crossed my hayfever will disapper by the time i leave University. Would i be able to not inform the RAF careers about my hayfever if it has disappaeared? Also are there any possible medicines or methods to completely remove my hayferever?
Any replies would be much appreciated, thanks for your time =)

bowly

What hayfever? Deny everything....

airborne_artist

If you've not been diagnosed, then how do you know it's hayfever? Sounds like a summer cold - wash your hands more often.

gashman

Keep schtum, it will only raise questions and you don't need the selection process to be any more stressful or drawn out than it already is. For what it's worth, I developed my "summer cold" one summer a few years ago, having been in the RAF for several years. It doesn't stop me doing my job, the offices and cockpits I work in are air conditioned. Deployed field ops might be a pain in the arse, and I'd suspect some of our rotary crews have issues with pollen. The bottom line though is that once in, you become an expensive asset which can be treated with drugs to control the symptoms. I think you can call it what it is now, rather than a "summer cold".

scarecrow450

I had hayfever when I joined up(not as the elite from the skies though !!) did'nt tell them, saw my MO when at my first unit, he gave me some tablets, then did another 11 yrs til I got out.

If it ai'nt on your medical records don't tell anyone !!!

Yamagata ken

If you have not been diagnosed with hayfever then don't admit to it. Volunteering information to the military will get you farked. The Lance Corporal at the gate will take great pleasure in making your life hell, if you give him the opportunity.

My very short military experience was that lieing was good, and telling the truth will get you no-where.

(I got out asap)

Chris Kebab

Same story as scarecrow450 - don't mention it at the medical, just say no.

"Introduce" it late on in training, doc gives you pills and then, as I did with no shame whatsoever, go on to fly for years.

Symtoms all but disappear once you put on an oxygen mask. I think Helimutt must be refering to the joystick response on his early version of Flight Sim...

Aerouk

Yeh I agree... If you haven't been diagnosed with it then don't mention it.

spheroid

No you didn't


No you don't


What hayfever?....No hayfever here.


Some good tips from fellow Prruners here

2078OWHC

Cheers guys, thnx for all your replies, they are much appriciated!!

Wander00

Just remember that civilian recruiters look at personal networking and other websites to see what candidates are saying about themselves (and others). Would it be naive to think that military recruiters were not as devious/bright/careful!

Wander00

spheroid

Take it from me that they don't. Generally an interview for a civvy job will last under an hour. An interview for this job lasts for a few days.

Motleycallsign

Have a look in BOOTS for 'Combination H' by New Era, that always cleared my 'summer cold'; no side effects or drowsiness!!! Ensure you ask for 'Combination H' tho' as 'Preparation H' is an entirely different matter!!!!!!!!!!

Pontius Navigator

Spheroid, may I be permitted to answer for one of 'them'

"Oh yes we do."

Not only do OASC have a presence here, but so do instructors from the schools. When a particular nav was chopped not that long ago he had given so much of his story away that everyone knew who he was. Not only was it hugely amusing for the instructors on the other sqns it also earned him additional grief of an interview without coffee.

Do be very careful what you say. You never know who is looking and contrary to many views, some most are exceptionally clever people.