Hi guys,

New to the forum but have been scanning through this thread.
Have completed the assessment day and additional testing for Pilot and was told was Tier 1. Have also just been signed off medically by all the appropriate people.

Have seen the FSP schedule for this year and was just wondering from past FSP participants how far ahead they call?

Cheers and thanks for the wealth of knowledge in the thread!

Hi again,

Looks like i answered my own question. Got a call this morning for flight screening for the 6th or 7th of March. Anyone else get a call for this slot? If so feel free to send me an email or Private message.

Cheers:ok:

Im heading down to screening on March 6th. Pumped!

Bailey i've sent you an email

Anyone else heading down shoot me an email too.

when did you submit your file to FSP? im still waiting for a call

pilothopeful, I sat my assessment day 1st October, and got a call 1st February regarding flight screening. I was unable to make the course starting March 7th, so I'm booked onto the course in April.
All up, that's 4 months, but between I had various information that they needed. Never actually got a confirmation that it had been sent/received until I got the call last Monday.

Congratulations Bailey and JB, and good luck.

Hey guys, I'm sitting my additional testing in a couple of weeks and was just wondering if anyone that has done it recently can give me a bit of a low down on what goes on. All I've been told is that its an hour long test that assesses speed, accuracy and precision but this is fairly vague. Any informatiom would be very much appreciated. Cheers.

ARJM - That's pretty much it. You might find a bit more information in this thread, but not knowing exactly what you'll be asked could be seen as an important aspect of the test itself.
As for what happens on the day itself, you'll all go into the testing room, fill out a couple of forms, complete the tests, then wait for the results.

Aptitude books
 

Anyone know the name of any good aptitude books?

Additional Testing
 

Recently completed 'Additional Testing' for Pilot/ACO/ATC. We were a group of 10, and all of us passed (yay! :D). From our group 8 were applying for Pilot, 1 ACO, and 1 ATC. Testing comprised of 4 tests, and took about an hour all up, if that.

I was expecting far worse on the day. No hand-eye co-ords test either - for pilot candidates I think this comes later.

Does anyone want to share their experience of the day (i.e. was it equally brief), and was the pass rate equally high?

Hey oldbogie,

Ive also just completed additional testing and my experience was basically identical to yours. About 10 candidates, all of which passed. The testing was simpler than what I had anticipated. Where abouts did you do your testing? Just awaiting a call from dfr to book in for assessment day. Have you booked in for yours yet?

@ ARJM
I did mine in Brisbane. DRF chased me up for some paperwork, but haven't heard from them since.

You guys are lucky, there were only two guys who passed out of ten when I did it. The guy I went with didn't get through FSP :/

G'day everyone.

Wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread. It's been an absolute gold mine in terms of tips and what to expect coming into these tests.

I have just today completed my "Assessment Day" and have been 'highly recommended' for flight screening, which I am absolutely stoked about. Hopefully I will be getting the call in the not-so distant future for an FSP date. If anyone else is waiting for the call feel free to send me a message!

Cheers everyone and hope to hear where others are at this point.

All the best,
machzero

hi guys,
I want to apply for ADF pilot but I am bit over the age of 27.5 shown on the RAAF website...
however, after speaking to their recruiters got told that the RAAF consider all the applicants and if shown great potential they might wave the age factor.
Another option would be going for heli pilot since the age restriction is set at 49.
I am happy to hear suggestion here :)
the plan at the moment would be:
1. apply for RAAF pilot
2. if I get told I'm too old then go for navy or army pilot...

any thoughts?
cheers

Hi Bruce

I think go for what your heart is set on. As mentioned elsewhere on this thread, there are a number of people who are "older" and have made it through. One guy at BFTS when I was there was in his late thirties/early forties IIRC?

Also I think having a second option is a smart idea, as a PSF applicant your file will have the option of being considered by all three services if you rate well enough at FSP regardless of your nominated preferences at DFR. This means you can set "Pilot" as your only job preference at DFR and still potentially get a GSO offer for RMC or SSO or a Navy offer (as mentioned earlier this depends on your performance).

EDIT: Changed "preferences" to "performance".

Thank you! this boosted my hope :)
When talking to recruiters there is always that feeling that they tell you what you want to hear as they try to get as many people on board as possible... I needed an "external" opinion.

so basically during the YOU session I just need to say "pilot" without specifying raaf? Or can I actually say my first choice would be raaf and then navy and army?

You'll complete preference of service on your additional testing day. The recruiters will give you a form asking your preferred service and previous flying experience etc

Still waiting for FS dates
 

G'day guys,
I only found this forum tonight and am finding it very helpful. I have passed all testing and was recommended for FS & OSB back in September 2015 but after all the interviews was feeling pretty nervous and had high blood pressure in the medical... Surprise, surprise which is very unusual for me. Anyway after 3 months of regular blood pressure checks at the GP I'm all good just a bit of white coat....

Due to the medical delay my file wasn't sent to FSP until early January and I've been waiting for that phone call ever since.

My question is, has anyone had their file sent away about the same time? If so, have you heard anything yet?

This waiting game is killing me! As I'm sure it usually does with everyone else.

I did see a earlier post for the FS board phone number etc but id rather not make the first contact.

Just correcting what Wazza21 said. What you put down during additional testing day is useless beyond assessment day. During your FSP you will get told many times how the system works, and the first question of every FSP OSB is "I have these as your preferences, would you like to change them?".

Bruce so how it works is you preference RAAF pilot at your YOU Session or over the phone and they'll test you on that specific job for your Assessment Day. The additional testing is the same regardless of service.

Once you get to Flight Screening they will explain to you how to change your preferences over the two week course which you can do at any time and as Khargify said, you will be asked in the OSB at the start what you want your preferences to be.

The reason for this is that the Army and Navy give "single service briefs" while you're there to try and convince you to preference them as well, and you can change it at "the window" at any time.