Eng.O's.

[The African Dude]

Feel a bit cheeky posting this one in the pilots forum!

Will give it a shot any hoo.

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...threadid=71199

Andy

[Hertz Van Rental]

Before you make any plans or financial committments I'd get yourself a Class 1 Medical. Because if your eyesight isn't up to JAR requirements you could be wasting your time. Good luck, that is a very difficult and expensive path you are proposing. May I also suggest that you look closely at the JAR ATPL experience requirments, you may find that a CPL/IR is a more appropriate target.

[Blacksheep]

I too wanted to be a pilot when I was a slip of an Air Cadet, but one eye steadfastly refused to point in the same direction as the other so I joined up as an engineering apprentice. Since then, I've had a long, interesting and worthwhile career in aircraft engineering. Take Hertz Van Rental's advice and if you can't make it through a JAA civil medical, call it quits and do something else. If it turns out that your eyes don't have it, engineering is a good career, but don't ever think of it as second best. Do it because you want to. Good Luck in whatever the future brings.

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[The African Dude]

Thanks for the replies gents.

I've always wanted to fly, even earlier than I can really remember according to my folks.

A common story in this day and age but... I just can't think of any other way to afford my training, and get some unparallelled experience, in a profession I would find fascinating but which just wouldn't rival flying, at the same time.

My eyesight is way within CAA standards, but the Force is pretty stringent. Much more so, and for obvious reasons.
So, no problems with that. And I'm prepared to work hard for my liscenses (spelling!?).

We'll get there eventually :-)


Thanks for all your replies.
Any advice at all is still gratefully recieved!

Andy

[BEagle]

There is now a Royal Air Force Flying Clubs' Association. Within the Service there are facilities to achieve a PPL with IMC and Night qual. - a first start for those who, in particular, may have been unsuccessful in passing aircrew assessment or the gold plated ab-initio eyesight standard but who would make perfectly acceptable civil pilots....

Costs are about 60% of what it would cost outside.....

[The African Dude]

BEagle,

That's excellent - I didn't know it was possible to do that type of civilian training in the Force!
How would I be able to get more info about this?

Filter interview next week. Must brush up on general RAF knowledge.

Thanks!

Andy

[HOODED]

Dude, one of the clubs BEagle refers to is at Cranwell a place you are soon to visit. Best of luck, whatever you end up doing.

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It's dificult to soar with eagles when you work for turkeys!

[The African Dude]

Fluffed up the main interview at Cranwell yesterday morning.


Gave me 2 years to think about it, too.
Bit of a kick in the teeth! but life goes on.....

Andy

[sarboy w****r]

Not to worry. If you're applying for a bursary I'm assuming that you're still at uni, with several years to go to the end of your course. Just concentrate on what's important at this stage: drinking loads and chasing women. Then go back in 2 years and do the interview properly.

Good luck.

[ZH875]

Cranwell - A place where the best get rejected, second best become pilots and the rest become Engineering Officers.