Originally Posted by Sky Sports
(Post 10818310)
Thanks for that Bugs, massive thumbs up.
Do you know if it will be run as per pre-lockdown, or will the content be changed to accommodate social distancing i.e. modified hangar exercises? |
Yes. Early July. |
Leaving covid and MFTS woes to one side, what is the process for applying and joining as aircrew today? Looking back on the early days of this thread it was all very clearly laid out. Perhaps the same could be done in 2020.
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Originally Posted by medod
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Leaving covid and MFTS woes to one side, what is the process for applying and joining as aircrew today? Looking back on the early days of this thread it was all very clearly laid out. Perhaps the same could be done in 2020.
Apply online AFCO responds (takes about 6-8 weeks after applying) P2 presentation (a month+ later) Filter interview (same again) Medical (a month, possibly 2, then a huuuge wait for results because Capita are awful) Fitness test (a month or so after medical results) CBAT (another month) OASC - now only 1 day (another 1-2 months later) Then Fam Visit and on to IOT. Whole process takes over a year. |
Originally Posted by muppetofthenorth
(Post 10850132)
Process is basically identical, just with a few more gaps in it.
Apply online AFCO responds (takes about 6-8 weeks after applying) P2 presentation (a month+ later) Filter interview (same again) Medical (a month, possibly 2, then a huuuge wait for results because Capita are awful) Fitness test (a month or so after medical results) CBAT (another month) OASC - now only 1 day (another 1-2 months later) Then Fam Visit and on to IOT. Whole process takes over a year. I'll add that with single digit aircrew recruitment numbers, you will also probably go through a couple of sifts - if you are competitive at all - so add another 6 months. 18m overall I have found is average for aircrew. |
Originally Posted by muppetofthenorth
(Post 10850132)
Process is basically identical, just with a few more gaps in it.
Apply online AFCO responds (takes about 6-8 weeks after applying) P2 presentation (a month+ later) Filter interview (same again) Medical (a month, possibly 2, then a huuuge wait for results because Capita are awful) Fitness test (a month or so after medical results) CBAT (another month) OASC - now only 1 day (another 1-2 months later) Then Fam Visit and on to IOT. Whole process takes over a year. If you make it through that lot then frankly you deserve an offer just out of sheer bloody perseverence. However, I would also say it's probably good training for the faff you'll experience when you do finally get in and are out in the real RAF! |
My thoughts too. My experience was measured in weeks. Initial interest in Jan, OASC in Feb, IOT in Apr. Although it was the 1980’s!
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Well, if anyone has routes into the higher echelons of recruiting to have a moan about this, feel free to use them.
Gaps and delays are inevitable, but it's the 2 month wait for the AFCO to get back to you that I find worst of all. |
Socially Distanced OASC Boards
Does anyone know how the socially distanced boards are going? I've heard they are only testing 5 candidates a day, which by my reckoning, is not enough to reduce the lockdown backlog.
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Originally Posted by Sky Sports
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Does anyone know how the socially distanced boards are going? I've heard they are only testing 5 candidates a day, which by my reckoning, is not enough to reduce the lockdown backlog.
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Pilot applications closed
The RAF closed new applications for pilot earlier this week! They now join the Navy in not currently recruiting pilots.
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Medical OASC
Does anyone know what for the current OASC medical takes and includes. My son is currently going through the whole OASC process and has his ‘medical’ in a weeks time. Oddly though this is to take the form of a Skype chat.
clearly the whole process is being disrupted by Covid but what can be achieved with a Skype medical. He’s already a granted permission for his docs to be passed across. any thoughts. He’s going RPAS first then Provost and Supply after that. thanks for your thoughts |
They'll review his docs, chat about his medical history and if nothing requires follow up move him along. If he has medical issues they'll investigate further.
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Excellent. Thanks
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Is this skype medical that is done after his OASC board, i.e. the full aircrew medical, or the 'filter' medical that is done pre-fitness test and OASC board?
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Obviously Covid has scrambled thing a lot. He online applied. Then went for CBAT Then online filter interview with the AFCO. Next is the online medical as mentioned. There’s no fit test at the moment though he’s as fit as the proverbial butchers dog. Then to OASC for the final tests and hopefully an offer to follow on after that.
I’ve been informed that all branches other than control are closed, and after some digging that applies to new applicants not those already in the system so that should not affect him. |
Ahh, so his online Skype medical will be the 'filter' medical, pre fitness test, that only really establishes if applicants are potentially fit and well for service. If he successfully passes the OASC board, he will then have the much more thorough RAF medical at Cranwell, which is the final hurdle. This will involve blood tests, ECG, limb measurements and the like.
Interesting to hear that they have closed applications for all branches apart from control. I thought it was just pilot that was closed. |
Agreed. There’s only so much you can do with a Skype medical.
fitness testing has been paused at the moment. Applications are progressed with out a fit test at this time. I assume they will still need to figure a Covid friendly solution for that. All branches closed to new applications unless selecting control (ATC and ABM). But if you had a live application before the closure you application will be progressed. |
According to other forums, there are now candidates who are 18 months into the application process who have had 3 OASC dates cancelled on them. Sounds like a huge backlog forming that they hope to clear by closing most branches to new candidates.
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Originally Posted by Sky Sports
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According to other forums, there are now candidates who are 18 months into the application process who have had 3 OASC dates cancelled on them. Sounds like a huge backlog forming that they hope to clear by closing most branches to new candidates.
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Sensory Motor Apparatus
Hey all, I'll be going to RCAF pilot selection in the next month or so and have been doing a lot of prep with Lumosity, and the CBAT app. The only area that I'm really concerned about is the Sensory Motor Apparatus test with the little red ball that you have to keep in the middle of the screen using the joystick and rudder pedals. Can anyone recommend me to a computer program that I can hook up a stick and pedals to that will accurately replicate that test? I did the selection 7 years ago, and was told that this was the test that I did worst on, and it's also the hardest for me to prepare for.
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@nutlord, did you find anything that was helpful. cheers
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