I do so love these spit-roasting rituals. Pontius's simple, understated
was exquisite. A rite of passage for any who've not done their homework - nor even know what homework is (was?).

Travel Warrents
 

Do you all still get 4 a year ? We used to buy the Married guys ones....
£10 from Carlisle to London return. Superb

And to the OP, Don't give up , carry on asking any questions you like.

Aidan,

Assuming you can really spell and have some grasp of grammar.......at least the RN FAA are recruiting and have a plan - unlike the RAF who are still recycling mega holdovers and will be for some considerable time.

The RN have and will be selecting FJ jocks and posting them to the USN programme until the Joint F-35 school starts (in the USA). As I understand it any RAF pilot who accepts one of the USN slots has to sign up for a maritime life....so not many are signing up.

Go into your local RN Office and ask.

one has to be tremendously charming, talented and good looking.

Harrier slots WILL be on exchange with the USMC.

No its not. Its F18s (Super and legacy), Harriers and helicopters.

F-18s and Harriers will hardly be organic....

I would suggest to the Aidanjeez that he consider the following as he plots the course of his career:
Do you have 20/20 vision?
Are you an adrenaline junky?
(You seem self confident, so that's good.)
Are you willing to work your backside off?
What does it mean when someone says clockwise?
Do you realize that there are these neat machines known as helicopters that the Royal Navy flies?
Does that interest you?
I ask for the following reason: when I was in flight school, I wanted to be a jet pilot, but the breaks and my flying skills didn't quite match up. I ended up a Navy helicopter pilot. It was a good thing.
In other words, what is your plan B?

I used to get bus warrants as well as we lived a couple of miles outside Carlisle... Never thought of buying the married guys Warrants as most used them as mileage claims.

Did used to go back to Germany with a pockets full of old 5p coins as they were the same weight and size as a mark coin, and of course fitted German vending machines.. :O

GO FLY
 

Both Fixed & Rotary wing offer a great career path.
There are some great civvie rotary wing jobs when you leave & earn loads of £££.
Sadly not so many FJ options in civvie street !

Enjoy either way & go fly !

And the fruit machines in the Mess at Gütersloh when I was O i/c Machines!!

Could always tell when there was a det on - more shillings and 5ps than DMs! (and there were 5 to the £ then :{).

So I used to fill up the jackpot hoppers with the shillings ..... :E

Or, on the evidence, English.

Aidan, I think the best places to look for information would be careers websites, the Careers Office and the wannabes forum. It would save you the trouble of trying to post here and being met by a barrage of abuse from a bunch of the usual sad to$${rs who should know better. The only consolation for you is that they are likely to have disappeared up there own ar$}h@les by the time you reach the front line. Keep your chin up, your options open and don't let these goons put you off.

Aiden and other wanabees,

Further to my last, the RN are full steam ahead with recruiting into both FJ and Rotary whereas it would appear the RAF will not need an aircrew intake for many years (up to 10??) as a consequence of (bizarrely) not making any aircrew redundant. The RN learned many years ago never to turn off the tap.

So, if you want to fly.....Fly Navy!

Sounds like a wind up to me.
Certainly seems to have worked!
ES

What a terribly fine example you are setting. Most encouraging. I do hope we get the opportunity to aviate together before I disappear up my own ar$}h@le!

AllTrimDoubt, I suspect I am a little too late ;)