Australian Army Heli-pilot question
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Australian Army Heli-pilot question
Hi all,
I'm looking at joining the Australian Army as a Helicopter pilot. I meet the fitness/height requirements, but I am 29 years old. I know that is well within the age limit for entry, but I'm curious as to how I would be received by other entrants - does anyone know the average age for heli-pilots?
If someone joined straight out of school or even university, they'd have nearly ten years on me. Is this going to be a severe disadvantage at all or should I still go for it?
Also, I'm short-sighted but glasses/contacts bring it up to 20/20 vision and I'm likely going to get laser surgery for it within a year so it shouldn't be a problem but does anyone know of any complications in that area?
Cheers!
I'm looking at joining the Australian Army as a Helicopter pilot. I meet the fitness/height requirements, but I am 29 years old. I know that is well within the age limit for entry, but I'm curious as to how I would be received by other entrants - does anyone know the average age for heli-pilots?
If someone joined straight out of school or even university, they'd have nearly ten years on me. Is this going to be a severe disadvantage at all or should I still go for it?
Also, I'm short-sighted but glasses/contacts bring it up to 20/20 vision and I'm likely going to get laser surgery for it within a year so it shouldn't be a problem but does anyone know of any complications in that area?
Cheers!
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Your age should not be a problem. People significantly older than you have joined before. But regardless of your age, you will still be a student and treated exactly the same as every one else.
LASIK is allowed now IIRC. As long as you can get your eyesight corrected, you should be right.
LASIK is allowed now IIRC. As long as you can get your eyesight corrected, you should be right.
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If someone joined straight out of school or even university, they'd have nearly ten years on me. Is this going to be a severe disadvantage at all or should I still go for it?
At my sons 'swearing the oath' ceremony (only 5 weeks ago) there was a range of ages from 18 to 40. Made me think about signing up myself (then I had a reality check and decided...nah! 22 years in the RAF was enough!)
Might I suggest you get yourself down to your local recruitment office, or give them a call? I'm sure they get these type of questions frequently.
Good luck!
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Might I suggest you get yourself down to your local recruitment office, or give them a call? I'm sure they get these type of questions frequently.
I've got an appointment booked in for mid-July (am in the UK at the moment) so we'll see how it goes then. I wouldn't mind if the Army paid for my eye surgery.... :-D
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How to be Austrailian heli pilot as the other country's citizenship
Hi! I am South Korean soldier, actually army aviation officer. My rank is Captain and I am UH-60 instructor pilot here. I have worked in Korean Army for 10 years and my flight hour is 1,000 in helicopter. I wanna apply for Austrailian Army aviation helicopter pilot. BUT I don't any Austrailian citizenship or permanent resident. And I am 33 years old. I am thinking of join the Austrailian Army 10 years later from now after the retirement. If there is age limitation to join it. I will apply for it ASSP. so I wanna know if I can do this. If you know something, please let me know....