RN|RM Aircrewman
 

Hi there,
I'm currently a serving royal marine and im hoping to transfer to the Aircrewmans branch. I was wondering if anyone knew anything about the grading process(RAF Shawbury) or the Central Air Medical Board(HMS Sultan)

I have been revising navigation and D,S,T but was just wondering if anyone had any advice about the aptitude etc.

Regards

P.S I am not appling to go pilot, just as an aircrewman in the rear of a sea king

Im not an aircrewman but I sit next to them.

Keep working on the Nav. You must be able to do S/T/D in your head. But above all work on the Maths. Maths, Maths, Maths.....

CAMB is fairly straightforward. You stand there, get poked and proded...cough a little, bend over and smile...breath into this, listen to this, can you see this....

If your fit and healthy (hope so as a Booty) then you should have no problems

"....bend over and smile...."

A well-known naval tradition......:eek:

Good luck with your Aircrewman application!

Without wishing to enter the usual inter service "bitchfest" and if your heart is set on becoming rearcrew have you considered a move to the light blue?

As NCO Aircrew the opportunities are excellent with a whole host of possible types to fly on, the bonus of entering as a Sgt, what many consider to be a much better standard of living etc than currently offered by either the dark blue or green and the real time prospect of service beyond age 40.

What ever your thoughts I wish you the very best in your quest :ok:

Hi,
Thanks for all your replies, I just looked at the RAF site and i must admit it does look very interesting especially as it says they URGENTLY need aircrewman. However I am Royal an wish to stay that way so i will try this route and if that goes pear the RAF can be my back up. I'll keep working on S,T,D and hope for the best.

Does anyone know what type of thing happens on the 4 week grading process?

Royal:

Loyalty, while being an excellent trait, doesn't put food on the table, buy a house or car or anything else you will want it to do. Decisions you make today will be with you for the rest of your life. Better you make the right one now than look back in 20 years and wish...

Oh, and don't be afraid of the Rocks... I'll put a word in for you... ;)

Good luck...

Aircrewman in RN fly in Sea King, Merlin? Pay not spectacular I guess.

Wsop in RAF fly in C-17, Tristar, VC-10, Hercules, E-3, Nimrod, ASTOR, Puma, Merlin, Chinook, Sea King, Griffin, Dominie. Pay £32500 - £56000.

Don't worry RAF has the word Royal in it as well.

Royal,

you can still take all your RM ethos with you. Once qualified it will stand you in good stead, give you shed loads of street cred etc.

Street Credit!!! Royal marine a cerdibilty dont go together!!! royal marine and surrender do!!!!! Only joking good luck mate dont worry about the maths to much get your nose into puzzle books and sodko. if you have done junior brecon it helps at the tactical phase off flying. Also if you have a mate flying already get him to go throught basic nav on whizz wheel. as for the medical mate you will be fine.
GOOD LUCK WITH IT.
AND REMMBER PARA REG ALWAYS!!:)

I never, ever do this... But this one I just can't resist... :E

Looking at your spelling mate I now understand where the phrase "sweating like a Para in a spelling test" came from...:} :} :} :} :}

II Field (Airborne) mate... We don't sweat nuttin'... :D :D :D :D :D

I would not admit to being RAF regiment if i was you!!!! Or is it RAF securty guards regiment. :)

Yeah, but remember who was driving.

Lol,
Thanks for all the great advice! What is a Whizz wheel by the way?

Wizz wheel. A rotating slide rule issued to you on commencement of flying training. A civvy version is the Pooleys CRP-5. Look it up on google mate.

Did AAITC with an ex-booty. Top man, aced the course and now flying as a Civvy Winchman earming a packet and only working a few days a month.(50K+)
Dont discount the light blue though mate.He was had his crown in six years.;)

One of these

Used to calculate headings taking into account wind drift etc.

The Whiz Wheel in the military is the Dalton Computer.

The picture is of a computer that is a similar size to a Dalton Mk 4a. The Mk 5 is a mini-version intended for fast-jey cockpits etc. By the time I got a Mk 5 it was too small for me to see :(.

If you can get onto a flying unit you may be able to blag one out of stores. It is made by the London Name Plate Mfg. Co. Ltd. of London and Brighton and was marked "Computer Dead Reckoning Mk. 4A Ref. No. 6B/2645.
Or you might find a friendly Observer who can get you one, I think they are still C-stores.

Or look here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARMY-AIR-FORCE...QQcmdZViewItem
The white one is the mk 4.

This is the same as the UK Mil Mk 4, ie without the compressibility features of the Mk 4a, but perfectly adequate for helicopters.

PS

Thank you for sharing that with us Samuraimatt, glad to see you have recovered.

Phew............. I was just going to ask that.

Royal,
Contact 848, 845 or 846 at Yeovilton. Lots of RM crewies around, and they will give you what you need to know.

Pontious and the Dalton...
 

Thread creep, sorry. PN, any idea where to get instructions for the Dalton; or will the CRP ones suffice. Memory an' all that- ain't what it was.

CG

Cg,

Pm

Pn :)