Good advice from Okiedoke!

Hi guys have just finished my you session and have achieved good enough results to access pilot aditional testing Which i am incredibly excited about however i was just wondering what exactly they test you on during additional testing? i have read through this thread and other online forums but am having a hard time getting solid answers..
I have been working full time the last 7 years and am just wondering what math i may need to brush up on etc? Btw trying for helo pilot in the RAN :)

A couple of tests. Firstly instrument reading, in which you have 7 or 8 instruments displaying various things (eg. airspeed, altitude, etc) and it will ask you for a value for a given variable and you have to quickly identify the right instrument and give the right answer. The reading on the gauges will change between questions so it isn't a memory game at all. Various exercises where it will show the instrument reading for banking, inclination, orientation, etc, and you have to choose the correct silhouette of an aircraft that matches the instruments. Last one is a math test. It is simpler from an educational stand point than the YOU day math test (you don't need to know any formulas or how to factorise or anything), but harder from a general math aptitude perspective. A lot of math questions thrown at you where you have to estimate the answer (eg. `12 x (3x149) = ? a) 5000 b) 5500 c)7000 d) 4500. I'd recommend practicing on Arithmetic Game ? Online Speed Drill to get your speed up. Also, make sure you know what fractions correspond to decimals (eg. 1/8 = 0.125), this will be very helpful. Good luck mate! Let us know how it goes.

Medical
 

So today I went into the ophthalmologist and did a pretty thorough eye exam. I could read lots of the letters at distances but not perfectly. Obviously without correction but the lady did not tell me what my situation was. She just said "we send in the forms"

Any idea of understanding my results before I am told based on how I saw? I feel my eyes are really good but there tests are annoying as.

PMed you Harry

Just curious if anyone can give me advice on my current situation. Just finished doing my A-Levels, achieved two A's and one B, which means i am finally qualified to apply for the pilot role in the RAF (something i have wanted to do all my life), but i do not know whether to take a GAP year to australia and travel gaining experiences or go straight into the RAF as it seems there is a big recruitment drive on at the moment? .. if i go to Australia and come back a year later, i dont want to have missed out on the chance !!
- Pete

Think you're looking for this one...
http://www.pprune.org/military-aviat...ead-first.html
Extra "A" in "RAAF".

Hi all, just a quick question to see if someone has had anything similar. I went through all testing, assessments and FSP and received a high recommmendation - got my pilot letter of offer few weeks after for start last June. AVMED then came back and made me class 4 for aircrew as I had had laser eye surgery and my refractive limits BEFORE the operation were slightly outside their limits (even though I was well within the limits for USAF and RAF). I appealed and was unsuccessful and I thought that was that until about 6 months ago I was contacted by an Air Commodore who was doing a report into recruitment problems and offered to chase up my case - good news is out of the blue yesterday I got a call saying I had been awarded a waiver.
I have to go in in the near future to sit my additional testing again, and the assessment day. Everyone I've talked to though is unsure whether I have to complete flight screening again or if the RAAF can allow me just to sit the OSB part? - has anyone had a LOO and been classed ineligible and then down the track had a waiver or successful appeal? My FSP was in October 2014 (2 years ago) and start date was meant to be June 2015.
Hopefully the fact that I had the job offer works in my favour in terms of having to sit all the same interviews and tests again - but it'd be great if my FSP results carried over and they only require me for the OSB.
Any help from someone in the know or similar situation would be great.

You have to wait 3 years to redo the flying part of flight screening so your results should still stand. You'll just have to do OSB again because it is only valid for 12 months. Hope this helps.

Hoping to get on October FSP
 

Hi,

First time posting in the forum for me... Thank you thus far for all the information I have been reading through this thread.

I'm currently going through the process for a pilots position with the ADF and had my paperwork sent off to the FSP team about two weeks ago. I'm going through officer direct entry (not ADFA) and was hoping to be on an October FSP as from I can see Oct is the last DEO offerings for 2016.

Just wondering if anyone has actually heard whether they have a place on an October FSP as yet?

Thanks in advance, Jen

Hey Jen,

According to the ADF flight screening schedule there is 3 DEO flight screenings in October and then ADFA entries for the rest of the year. I am also hoping to get into one of these. If you want to see the schedule yourself go to the link below and click on the link down the bottom of the page.

https://www.airforce.gov.au/Our-People/Careers/Becoming-a-Pilot/Pilot-Selection-Flight/Flight-Screening-Program-Schedule/?RAAF-e9g2z8vIikaumcv6ylDo1q9luRRCcBKo

Cheers

Hi ARJM,

Yes, I have previously looked at the schedule you linked in your reply. Fingers crossed for both of us then.... Will be torturous to be waiting until 2017 otherwise lol!!

Good luck

ARJM and Jenn2205

I am also having the painstaking wait to see if I get on the last set of spots for flight screening for the year.


I am not sure if they are filled but a mate of mine who just got in as a pilot said that this year they struggled to fill spots. Here is hoping.

Can anyone else confirm this?

I spoke to my enlistment coordinator about 2 weeks ago and she mentioned the issue of not having enough candidates being available. She said if they can't fill all the spots then just not doing that session of FS is a very real option. Not sure if that's any indicator on current demand.

I'm in the same boat waiting for a call. Personally I'd welcome a January session as it gives me more time to prepare. That's just me though.

Hope we all get a call :)

Hi All,


Long time follower first time posting. I've been given my FSP dates for the course starting on the 16th of October. My files were sent to Tamworth (after getting medical clearance) around the beginning of March this year as a rough guide. It has also been 2 years since I first attended my YOU session.


Happy to chat further with anyone and also anyone attending FSP in October.


Cheers.

Hey guys,

I actually made contact with Tamworth where they do flight screening to try and find out where my application was at and when I may get I call. The person I spoke to said that the lady that fills the spots usually does so about 3-4 weeks prior to it beginning which means around 16th of this month is when people would get a call for the first Oct FSP. Best of luck to everyone.

Heads up to anyone who started the process in 2015.

Your DFR medical, specialist medicals i.e. bloods, eyes, dental & the "av med seal of approval" all need to be completed 12 months prior to enlistment

This means that anyone looking at the FEB 16 intake will have to repeat their medicals if they where done prior to FEB 15.

Caught me by surprise and i'm now in the process of repeating them all.

JBWings. Most medical reports will only be valid for 12 months, therefore if your application takes longer than 12 months from assesment day you will have to have the medicals done again.

I'm in the same boat, my medicals will expire in November but my appointment date is likely to be in January so I am in the process of having them done again.

Best of luck to everyone hoping to get onto October FSP!

Well done Billy and best of luck!

FLFS, pmed you