Yep, passed assesment day! I'm told that I'll be on the 26th June-10 July FSP & OSB (Some more paperwork that needs to be arranged before that though)

I nearly coughed myself to death on the lung capacity test

The new sitting height requirement is only for the army, Its been reduced down to 92cm max because of the new MRH-90's

I'm 93cm sitting... but not an army pilot candidate.

92? It was 100cm! Thats a huge drop!

AlexB

congrats. How do you know that you are on a FSP course ? Has PSA contacted you?

In regards to the new height limit it is army only and as the navy fly MRH 90s this is not the reason.

Word on the street from the inside is that it is due to the Kiowa, have heard a few guys are getting screwed on this.

Yeah, good point. If they aren't changing it for navy then it must be specifically for the Kiowa.

Its a bit weird that its only now that they've decided to change the height requirements, the army's been operating the kiowa for a while now hasn't it?

I know my FSP is not set in concrete as I haven't gotten word from PSA (sorry to get you so excited), its simply from what I've been told by the recruiters. I'll let you know when I do hear from PSA though.

Cheers,

If any of you had've read the previous thread on Australian Army height limit decrease 6 days ago you would have known about this by now.

92cm does seem very short in the body... If only I had've known there was a height issue with the Kiowa 6 months ago! Still, don't make any presumptions measurement-wise until you've been measured properly by the nurse. I was convinced I had eyesight issues until I had my appointment with the Opthalmologist and got the all clear. Specialists are employed in these positions for a reason...

G'day

Johnny, would you mind me asking what your visual acuity's like? I may have eye issues up with the docs, assuming I get that far when I start the process. :\

Dilmah, I'm 6/5. I was just being paranoid I think!

Ah, pfft. You can still see the chart without your glasses! :p

I don't even wear glasses... But it just goes to show how much you can second-guess yourself when immersed in the selection process.

New maximum sitting height is 92cm. down from 100cm. I'm 96 according to PSA (although I have done numerous tests on my own which make me about 93.5) which now apparently rules me out for Army which is my first and basically only preference. PSA has told me this is affecting a lot of people. It is due to the Kiowa which has been the Army training aircraft for many years now so it baffles me that it's changed now. So I've done all the hard work, testing, interviews, flight screening, been recommended and awaiting an offer but now it looks like it's all over. Why can't this apply to applicants beginning the process at the same time the limit was decreased? A lot of people in the pool now have wasted a year of more of precious time, money and emotion all for now it seems, nothing, I just don't understand. I wasn't contacted either, I had to get this information by ringing them myself. :=

When they measured me,when i had my medical, they didn't tell me what sitting height I was. So out of curiosity, how tall are you guys? (So I can get a bit of an estimate)

Rotor11,

I'm 183cm. Another mate of mine who got his Army offer last month is 181cm with sitting height 93cm. Not looking good for him either. Word is it's all about crash-worthiness and the CA has made this knee-jerk reaction to cover their butts. I'm 31 so my chances of an Airforce offer seems slim. Navy is full. My heart is set on choppers.

Sorry to rave on but there are 25 perfectly good Huey's sittin in storage which I can't understand which in turn is contributing to the mass backlog of pilots waiting for conversions. But no let's get this French :mad: which is proven in nothing and supposed to operational at least a couple of years ago because it's new and expensive. Bravo :D

Army of midget pilots?

Sorry to hear about your situation cj.
That basically rules out anyone approaching 6ft doesn't it? There goes my 2nd preference. Im about 183 I think, seating height of 96cm (just measured). This could make RAAF even more competitive than it already is.

I realise some of this information has been posted in the past but here's some information I received about pre-op limits of refractive surgery and entry into the ADF.

If you are outside the following standards pre-surgery, unfortunately you don't meet the standard for ADF entry:
If anyone wants a copy of the sheet PM me, the info above is all that you'll need though.

Ah, thank God. My eyes have been sitting at a lovely -3.5 for the past few years.

Pity that French stuff is not proven in anything.

http://theasiandefence.********.com/...opters-in.html

Avionics Magazine :: French Tigers In Afghanistan

A few months in Afghanistan, I take it all back. I hear in Darwin the avionics melt in the heat.

Well Dilmah, I wouldn't be getting a part time job to save for flying lessons, start saving for corrective surgery. I had a consult today, $3,250 per eye for PRK surgery! I'm assuming that's because it was the latest laser and CustomVue thingy.