Pontius Navigator

Reduced but not slashed as you need a throughput in the system to maintain the age profile and keep the system ticking over.

Braddersb

Are Uni bursaries and the UAS going to stay on? or has the funding been reduced post SDSR?

Pontius Navigator

Bradder, I think things will be confused for a week or so. Any answer you get in good faith is as likely to be wrong as right.

WANTING WSOP

Hi There

I returned from OSAC a couple about 6 weeks ago getting down to the last 5 from the original total of 32. I am applying for Air Crew.

I recieved a letter shortly afterwards to say that I needed to get my liver function test repeated. Due to various things my liver results were inflated - I had been taking too much cod liver oil etc - stupid I know but after a 2 week detox and a re-test my results came back all clear.

3 days later I got another letter to say I had been sucessfull to this point and now my application would go infront of a board sometime in Decemeber! Not surprised due to the Strategic Defence Review - just a very long process and the waiting game is awful.

Whilst I know no-one has a magic ball -I was just hoping someone may have some views on my particular situation. Do you think they will be given a set amount of places for the new financial year and that everyone who has made it through selection will be discussed at the board meeting and then the best put through? If so - clearly my future depends on the amount of recruitment and the grade I achieved at Cranwell?

I have dedicated everything to getting this job - just concerned now that recruitment will be so low - I have possibly chosen the worst time ever to try and get in!

All I can do now is wait for the letter in Dec at some point...

Any advice or insight appreciated.

Cheers

Pontius Navigator

Good analysis and probably true. The $64000 question is how many.

Best money will be on somewhere between zero and very few.

Treebeard04

I have recently, after fighting the med baord for almost a year and a half, been passed fit for aircrew (my initial application was barred due to migraine on my med records).
The letter states that it has passed on the information to the exceutive. I have phoned the number given to me at Cranwell where, like the million other times I phoned, i got a grumpy sounding recepionist who had no clue about my case or any idea of where to pass me on to and once again took my number and promised to phone me back, that was a week ago!!
Does anybody have any insight into who I should phone regarding my application as I'm sick of waiting for months on end to hear back from anyone?
I know it is a terrible time for recruitment and that they are being tight but my initial application was sucessful and if my medical clearance had came through when it should have I would currently be on week 9 at IOT.
Any thoughts would be welcomed

Pontius Navigator

I suggest you write to OASC.

The receptionist has lots of thigs to do and the person to whom she would pass your request may well have been away. Records of telephone calls tend to be prioritised and less important ones easily overlooked.

If you write then you have a better chance of getting a response.

Kernow Jam

Im new on here so learning the ropes still,
I have done my aptitude tests and passed so i am eligible for weapon systems operator, I have my interview on the 15th of November and then hopefully selection after that. I just want to know what to expect and the best things to revise and be prepared for? If anyone could help would be great, cheers

ElSupremo

This may be a silly question with an obvious answer but with all of the recent cut backs have the RN stopped intaking FJ candidates with immediate effect?

airborne_artist

No such thing, anyway. They are only streamed FJ at the end of EFT. Until that time no-one has any idea which route they will take.

ElSupremo

AA - so people can still apply through the RN even though the FAA seems to have been disbanded?

muppetofthenorth

ES, a lesson in facts:

The SDSR has brought about the retirement, premature or otherwise, of the Harrier GR9.

Removal of one type of aircraft, no matter how important that aircraft might be, does not equal the disbandment of an entire force structure.


For someone who's been, supposedly, looking into this for years, you appear really quite dim sometimes.

ALM In Waiting

Kernow Jam

I found thestudentroom.co.uk very useful when I was applying, tends to be very up to date. There are normally posts by people describing the whole Filter/OASC experience, some only a few hours after getting back. Good luck.

airborne_artist

Given that less than 10% of FAA aircrew are FW, thatś a strange assumption.

OneFifty

Potential officer applicants should be aware that, from the new year, the basic educational requirements for entry are to change. The revised requirements will mean candidates must have 5 x GCSEs at grade A-C and 2 'A' levels at grade A-C. Candidates applying for Pilot, ABM, ATC and Int will have to possess GCSE maths at grade B or above.

hightower1986

Do you know how that would affect someone that has just had a filter interview and only has grade C for maths. Sounds like it could be a bit of a blow, can I ask where you got your information? Thank you

OneFifty

Higher1986, if you have already been filtered, you should be ok as long as OASC call you forward before the new year. This is likely. I got this information from an internal email: I am an RAF recruiter responsible for officer application.

Regards.

Bromhead

Hi all,

Sorry, I know it has been done to death, but does anyone know the current OASC standing on laser eye surgery for pilot applicants? Is it true that they accept on a 'case-by-case' basis?

Thanks.

Aerouk

OneFifty,

Do you know what it will be for Scottish qualifications? i.e. Standard Grades, just so I can pass them over to a relative.

Scottish grades are slightly different, they're marked by numbers 1/2 = Credit, 3/4 = General and 5/6 is Foundation.

OneFifty

Bromhead, a quick search for 'Medical Standards' on the RAF web site will provide you with your answer. Essentially, you can't have had the procrdure in the twelve months prior to submitting your application. The medical bods at OASC will decide the rest.

AeroUK, I'm sorry but I do not yet know the exact equivalents. I could give you an assumption but I don't want to risk giving incorrect information. The answer to your question should be answered with the release of the directive which could be on Friday.