A Day in the life of Air Corp/RAF/NAvy Pilots
 

So what do you guys do on a typical day? What times do you work? I cant seem to get this kind of info from the forces websites. Can you give me any info on what it is like being a pilot for oen of tehse forces?

Cheers in advance,
Fraser

This'll be good...:}

I hope so!
 

A mate of mine in the RAF Regiment doesnt seem to do anythign when he is back at home (he is in Iraq at moment working his boll**cks off) He is always beign let off early, doing pointless tasks.

I guess that pilots are constantly training?? Unless they are on tour somewhere. Am i right??:confused:

Fray, apart from going sick with newly discovered asthma, they get sent to hot dry places where asthma isn't a problem?

Why exactly do you want to know? We have already established that you do not have the requisite fitness levels to join the RAF http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...=267829&page=2

This site might be more useful to you.

http://www.rafcollection.com/

Would this be something like what you are looking for? http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=267072 or perhaps Srl 59 of, http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...=266521&page=3

It is ARMY AIR CORPS. A corp is an NCO in the RAF, I believe.

Brilliant read!

Because..
 

Becuase my G.P has cleared me as suitable for application to H.M Forces.

Posted on another forum a while ago....
Day in the life of a loadie at Shawbury in the late '80s....
07:55 Test of station crash alarm wakes you up, rollout of bed into boots and gro-bag placed next to bed, sprint to Sqn Crew Room.

08:00 Morning Prayers, (ops & Met brief)
08:30 check roster and speak to first hop's Captain about flight.
08:45 Briefing with Instructor on flight profile
09:00 over to Station Ops to make map, check Notams, plot route and obtain detailed Met (Captain returns to Mess for light Breakfast)
10:00 Check which aircraft you will be using and go through Form 700 for Green, Amber and Red lines (defects)
11:00 Pre-flight Briefing, I outline route, Initial Points (IPs) and confined areas brief. I also outline aircraft defects
11:30 I go out to the aircraft to start External pre-flight (Captain has coffee and Gauloise)
12:00 Internal Pre-flight and Cabin Prep
12:15 Captain comes out to the aircraft, kicks the tyres and straps in.
12:30 20 mins of pre-start checks, I check that Captain carries out checks correctly, then we light the fires.

13:00 lift off! off we go for a jolly good wheeze around Shropshire, picking up Concrete blocks from one woodland clearing and dropping them in others, I have to talk the captain in and out of the confined areas whilst managing the load

14:00 Land, I stand out the front, whilst the Captain slows the Rotor head, watching that the stops go in.
14:10 Captain returns to the Crewroom for a Coffee and Gauloise, I put the covers on and tidy up the aircraft
14:30 return to Ops to discuss the defects with Ground crew
14:45 Return to Crew room for large Coffee and sandwich...

That about sums it up!

Fray,

GPs do not clear you; RAF Medics clear you.

Not only aircrew can experience problems with asthma. Movers fly, flighter controllers fly, air trafficers fly, medics fly, the list is endless.

You use an inhaler. See what Dr Moonie said in 2002.

<<Dr. Moonie: The principle applying to health conditions is that new entrants must be fit to serve anywhere in the world, in all environments and in locations where medical care may be limited or remote and medical resupply uncertain, or impossible. Many conditions, especially those controlled by medication or other intervention, which may not limit civilian employment are, nonetheless, incompatible with military service.

The following conditions make a person unsuitable for enlistment:

The G.P simply cleared me as eligible to apply with a recommendation. I realise its up to the RAF doctors to make the ultimate decision, and thats just what i plan on allowing them to do, however i cant say im confident, but i have nothing to lose. It will be nearly a year until i apply but unless i have a go, i will never know any different.

Regards,

Fraser

Get up.

Go to work.

Work my tits off.

Come home.

Look on PPrune.

Laugh at nobs like you.

Go to bed.

Sum it up in one word C**P!

Professional Student,

Well you seem to think a lot of yourself!

Good to see you are conforming to the 'welcoming' Pprune aspect - the poor chap was only asking a question.... Were you perchance bullied at school? :)

My working life is similar to PS's less a couple of items:

Work my tits off.

Look on PPrune.

Laugh at nobs like you.

Work my tits off.

Look on PPrune.

Laugh at nobs like you.

Work my tits off.

Look on PPrune.

Laugh at nobs like you..........etc, etc.

Just no time for sleep, unfortunately. Oh, for the good old RAF job of a 5 day week and weekends off! Bliss!

Hey, come on wotsit. Give me a break. It's hard being this good! ;)

Why it's not a "Job"
 

Option 1. Pilot.

Get up, go to work, fly, go home;


Option 2. Military Pilot.

Get up, go to work, fly, go home; all the while reflecting on the contribution you have made to the Defence and Security of British Isles, consider how diligently you have upheld your Oath of Allegiance to Her Majesty, ponder whether you have set a suitable example of professionalism to your mentors and subordinates, contemplate whether or not you have portrayed your particular Branch or Service in a positive manner to the Public, in whatever country you happen to be, and finally ensuring you have checked on the well being and morale of those fellow sevicemen or servicewomen who support you daily in all your flying endeavours.

and then write up the minutes of the Squadron fund AGM, sort out the accounts as OIC Families Club, salute the flag, write a point brief for the Stn Cdr on the VIP visit that you are Proj O for, inspect the defaulters, go to bed, get up at 0200 to read the Priority signal about a lack of blankets at Stafford/WRAF tights at Halton etc etc, go back to bed, get up ,go to work, find you have been stitched with an OOA in 2 weeks time etc etc etc.

I have realised that there is an easy way to simplify my day. If I trash my computer I get this:

Work my tits off.

Work my tits off.

Work my tits off.

Forgot to add:
Measure all White and yellow Lines groundside to calculate how much White, Yellow and green paint would be needed for the Queen Mother's visit (green for the worn patches of grass)

Build new Pillbox at Main gate on instructions from SWO

Tear down Pillbox and re-build it in different place on instructions from Station Admin Officer

Tear down Pillbox and re-build it in original place on instructions from SWO

Tear down pillbox and rebuild it it new place on instructions from visiting Rock-Ape SNCO

Appear in Cartoon in Station Magazine.....:rolleyes:


Serves me right for being one of the few SNCO Aircrew with Landrover and Trailor endorsement on F600, also had to go and collect Bad-Weather Barrels from the mess:}