OASC Thread Excerpts Too Funny To Delete!
 

I returned from OASC at Cranwell last october after failing the aptitude. There are many reason for me failing one i was not well 2 i missed my alarm. However i am 17 and am not sure whether to go back in October or wait another year, when i will be 19.

I am very determined young man who is a very sucessful air cadet and a 2nd dan black belt in karate. I have also been told by the afco careers officer that i am one of the best candidates he has ever seen.


So what should i DO?

Suggest:

Don't go if you are not feeling well, and get a better alarm next time.

Also suggest that you don't believe everything you are told, either here, or in the AFCO!

YES, I have learned that now!!! I don't really need that kind of reply, one with no help to me at ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe it's not for me to comment about what the afco officer said, but I will mention that there are three lies most often told by a woman to a man and they are:[list=1][*]You're the first[*]You're the biggest[*]You're the best[/list=1]
Maybe he says that to all the lads.

In any event, I would go back in October myself. I don't see the point in waiting if its what you really want to do. Being able to show that you are still focused and the fact that you are going to do much better on the tests can only reflect well on you.

No the report he sent to cranwell said this. I know this for a fact as i saw this report. The AFCO officers as far as i know are not into lieing much!!!!

I know that you may think that this forum is a bit like text messaging but, if you are going to join the RAF and get on in it, you could do with checking on your spelling and use of capital letters, if your posts here are much to go by.

siy, I'm struggling to understand exactly what it is you are asking?

You say you failed your aptitude because of an alarm clock and being unwell. You know that, and you know the solution for the future is to get a reliable alarm clock, and dont go when you are unwell. No need to get stroppy for having this perfectly reasonable answer pointed out to you, but you seem to KNOW why you failed, and know what to do about it next time. So clearly this isn't what you're asking?

You say the AFCO said you were one of the best candidates they have seen. Good for you! Why is that relevant to us?

What you seem to be asking is.... Do I really want to join the RAF after having failed OASC once? Only you can answer that question after doing research into whatever trade it is you want to go in to. If its what you really really want, then why are you asking "something" here? Can you clarify what it is you are actually asking?

Just a suggestion of an alternative, and possibly more appropriate and relevant resource for asking this sort of thing is:

http://www.aircadetcentral.net/forums

There are a fairly large number of people in a similar position to yourself on this forum, so you might get some advice there too?

OASC
 

Did the report also mention per chance that you were an illiterate retard? The AFCO was probably blunt anyway...

Come on, be realistic - it's BLOODY competitive. If you can't pass the aptitude tests I'd look at something else.

Missed alarm ??? The fire alarm goes off at stupid o'clock specifically to wake you up.

They'll have told you where to improve - I doubt it was solely aptitude by your posts thusfar.

At the end of the day I failed however I believe that certain people on this forum are jealous. And that just fine be that way I don't mind.

Thanks to the people for there help and the others just go away and be a pain somewhere else.

Jealous of what ? Uhhh........ Not your English !

siy, the majority of people on this forum are already in the RAF therefore have nothing to be jealous of. The rest of them have the good sense and manners not to piss off the people whom this forum is aimed at, and the people who they may be or find themselves working with or for.

Believe what you want, but I think you will find that YOU are the one coming on here and being a pain for US, and with an attitude like the one you appear to have (juvenile), I think you'll find there were other reasons for you failing OASC.

I don't know who you are and frankly I don't care. You are more than likely a sad old man, a wannabe pilot, so just leave my forum and don't post again.

17 year olds can be such t@ssers at times, shudder to think we were all like that at one time !!

This one hasn't a prayer at OASC with grammar and attitude like that.

.......and before he goes on at me as well, I passed it 25 years ago when it was difficult!!

Reported to the mods - no need for crap like this, and giving the ATC a bad name. Still, at least I know which squadron they are from, so a bit of amatuer detective work, and a swift Email to their CO, and hopefully the ATC will be rid of them... :=

This is either a wind up (and not a very funny one at that) or perhaps a word in his 'shell like' from a moderator might be in order.

btw, it's OASC (not Oasc)

Well thank you and I understand that most people on this forum are in the RAF.

However I believe that calling me a tosser is totally out of order.

I understand that spelling and grammar are not my strongest areas and I will work on them. I believe that people on these types of forums should be helping and encouraging young people not calling them names and defacing there character.

Where do I begin?!
 

Imagine my surprise when I logged on this afternoon after a hard day flying and read this forum. Laugh...I nearly bloody cried.
I have been a critic of the selection process in the past but it seems on this occasion they have done us all a huge favour.

My advice?

Quit. Give up now and don't come back, you irksome little gimp.

If on the other hand you manage to grow up any time soon, take a long, hard look at yourself, do your homework, then go back and try again.
Now, before you start raging at me in response just think for one moment. I have been through the system you are currently trying to crack and I am now having a fairly excellent time flying single seat jets and from the impression you have already given people it just may be that you are the one with the problem and have a little maturing to do before you return to Cranwell.
If you do, good luck and don't sleep in!
BV

Moderators.

Is this thread necessary? If it was at all possible I would forward it to OASC and save a lot of people a lot of time, and the tax-payer a few bob too.

Please Moderators, I totally understand those who say remove this thread but I'm with Bob Viking...I nearly just wet myself.

Oh, the joy of youth!

Well, a good bit of advice for the future might be not to use the same username on here as you use on other forums and spanking websites if you are going to go around upsetting people!
Google search

siy247

Have you thought about giving up on OASC, its not all it is cracked up to be, I can see a bright future for you working for McDonalds or some other fast-food company. Have you thought about the exciting career of wheel clamping. You seem to have all the attributes necessary, big attitude, an inability to construct a sentence, even the karate belt might come in useful. Don't limit your horizons, I'm sure the Diplomatic Corps are always looking for talent like yours, there are many jobs out there that you could walk into tomorrow. You will go far, hopefully..................................

Good grief. Is this what's attracted to the RAF these days? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Hang on a minute - I think 'Siy' might be my wife's ex husband?

Now as much as you may find the originator of this post and their comments immature, perhaps it would be better to criticise constructively? Then instead of being disheartened and thinking that everyone in the RAF are full of themselves it would help motivate them to get their act together.

I have come across many pilots in my short life and most have been friendly and helpful and willing to help a young wannabe where they can. A few have been extremely unhelpful and arrogant, believeing that if you don't personally know it you should shrivel up and die or so it would seem. Most, but not all, of the latter category can be found on here. Similarly there are some helpful posters around too.

If you insist on posting here, realise that young people - probably very much less mature than yourselves - who are looking into a military career in aviation will ask questions. If you don't like it then put yourselves in their shoes before criticising, you may just be surprised at what you see.

Having had, so far today, not the best of days, I found this thread to be thoroughly diverting. I don't need to hunt for a Jacques Tati DVD to depressurise after all.
Instructions:
1. At the foot of the page, click on the download link.
2. Give the file a suitable name with the .txt extension (oneofthebestcandidates.txt might be good) and save it somewhere you'll readily find it.
3. Compose your email, and attach to it your text file.

adr

Can't wait to see what Beagle will make of this.....

Bob the Norseman got it spot on and I can beat CarPete by 10 years.

A good laugh prior to departing the fix for the pub.:ok: :ok:

I have indeed seen this thread; I dismissed the original post as an attempted wind-up.

Surely it cannot have been genuine. At least, I would sincerely hope not!

".....defacing there character." Would any serious OASC candidate really write such drivel?

Please don't moderate this thread. I too have not had a laugh like it for ages. God help us if he ever gets in!!:yuk:

amb I think the posts you mention were triggered by the thread starter's responses rather than his original question and would not necessarily have been written had he/she/it allowed the thread to evolve along more cordial lines.

as for I guess it's different in Blighty. The US military might not be able to make that claim...at the moment

not a bash btw, just a reported news story

ATC Illiterate t*sser
 

Forgive me siy247, but it's YOU who is the sad wannabe! YOU want MY JOB. YOU post sh*t on this forum.

I suggest you check out the following


http://www.careersinfoodanddrink.co....?company_id=61

"Do you want fries with that Sir?" Practice this over and over again.[

This wannabe is:-
1. Illiterate
2. Has an over-developed sense of his own importance
3. Has an egregious personality.

Just trying to remember the last time I met someone like that...................
Oh Yes! RAF Valley! The place is full of them!
He will fit right in in the RAF

As another upcoming OASC candidate, this thread gives me great confidence in the standard of at least some of the competition. Some great responses, had a few laughs!

I don't know who you are and frankly I don't care. You are more than likely a sad old man, a wannabe pilot, so just leave my forum and don't post again.

MY forum?? I almost started choking with laughter on the floor...

Ahhh you know, I take my report to the mods back now - if only he could have known what he was letting himself in for when he started the insults....! :} :\ You think he might be regretting getting shirty now? Never be able to show his face in public again!

Ash, normally I'd probably agree, but I'm afraid he only has himself to blame for this - insult the people who are trying to help him, and what does he expect!

Aptitude tests are test inate ability and Siy getting up late will not change that. Furthermore, you don't start each test until you are ready and you have seen the examples so you shouldn't have been rushed.

Siy did you actually get to the interview or did you withdraw after failing the aptitude ?

Also, the average improvement is only 10% for you second and final attempt at the aptitude tests so I would suggest you will never be competitive if your only branch choice is pilot. You should widen your choices if you really want to get into the RAF and consider some non-aptitude related choices.

Anyway, if you do come back to OASC I look forward to Interviewing you.

P.S. The AFCO's opinion only gets you to OASC. Once there very little notice is taken of the report since you often find that what the AFCO sees is not what the is evident at OASC and guess whose opinion counts more?

WTN

Hmmm,

Was this a wind up or youthful angst against advice? Not entirely sure.

To ask "what is the truth" suggests an inquisitive mind but admitting to sleeping in suggests, for a 17 year old that the individual may be ill disciplined, ( blame the alarm clock syndrome).

However, it is widely acknowledged that teenagers sleep more during growing phases and tend to rise later than most of us because of that.

Even at 17 yo, this is not uncommon.

One noted that his first few threads were of poor spelling etc, but that suddenly improved a few posts down.


I suspect that someone is fishing for info which would have been used with mal intent had it been given freely.

I go with the mods in banning said person.

Also, links provided by fellow pprune mates do not bode well for the discussed individual.

If the guy was gen, then I do not feel he was let down by the initial replies from us and also by the replies from himself. I certainly feel that if he grew up and learned not to insult , but to engage in banter etc, he may well fit in. Well, in about 15 years time anyway.


Exleckie

In fairness though, the second dan black belt should be useful...especially if the base gets overun or something.

Ex_L
Sycophant, but I want your babies.
SAC_R
With you all the way, when will the RAF learn to go with WHO it knows ?
siy
You will probably understand this: u r a kn*b !

SH

At first I was sure that this was a wind-up but now I'm not so certain.

siy, if you are genuine then my sincere advice would be that if you are intent on a life in uniform then you should look at all of the opportunities available; perhaps traffic warden would be suitable as nobody likes you anyway.

Either way you should go away and stop bothering both us and OASC.

Aahhh, yes, I remember who I was at 17 y.o., too. My diaries sound a little like yours, siy.
Word in yer shell-like, experience counts or a lot and, you have two ears and one mouth. Pays to listen twice as much as you talk. Until you've gained a broader perspective/greater understanding of ppl/objective awareness of your own weak points.
Dear ol' Dad used to say,
"At 16 it's amazing how thick parents and grown-ups are. When you're 21 it's amazing how much they've learned!"

I say that to say this. Take failures as they come. You're not going to make it in everything and along the way you'll start to figure out what's worth it and what's not.

FWIW