RAF pilot vs RN Pilot
 

I was wondering if anyone could reply to my following questions regarding pilots in the Navy and the Air Force;
1. Which would be better to apply for if I want to fly fighter jets?
2. Which has the more gloabl operations?
3. Which pilot would be more recognised by commercial airlines?
4. Which would be best to apply to for in terms of the governments future plans for fighter jets?

I think someone is trying to be a bit mischievous. Please don't take the hook.

Floodgates - open!
This one will either run and run, or be closed within 24hrs.

How long before a certain bearded commander gets a mention? :E

Beer and popcorn for one please waiter. :E

Is that a can of worms I see before me? Yum yum.

Easy. RAF, RN, neither, neither!

Depends on whether One is Limp Wristed or Limp Dicked!:oh:

To be fair, if One is both then the Army would be the better choice.

Assuming you're talking about Australian services, if fighter jets are your thing, the RAN is out cos they ain't got any. But you knew that, right? If you're asking about UK, a recent thread had good info on nationality requirements.

A minute or two on Google will answer your q'n on aircraft types. The fact you haven't done so already may make some question whether you're serious. If your motivaton is a commercial job, a) why not become one to start with b) perhaps best to avoid mentioning it to the careers officer.

The RN has no fighters. No current plans to get any either.

Come on you lot, give the young fella a go.

Heres the deal mate.

For starters, you dont want to go with the navy. They wear faggy white shorts with the socks pulled up and lawn bowls shoes.

No, walk into a recruiting office and tell the corporal there that you've come to be a real life RAF Top Gun (he'll know what you mean ;) )

If you have your career already planned they'll view this as proactive. For example "After I get my wings, I'd like exotic postings flying around the world at Mach 2. Then, after I've pulled lots of hot chicks with my wings, medals and tales of dering-do, I'd like to retire to BA so I can fly A380's to LA, tap a hostie, and be home in time for pink gins" would get you on to the first course available I'd imagine.

Good luck, and make sure you wave to us from 39,000!!!

Hempy, you're a bad man. :D

Hopefully some of us will still be around in 35 years time when you come back to regale your stories :uhoh:

Good luck with your career :ok:

You can answer this yourself: are you a poof or brown-hatter?

If neither, then it's the Air Force for you laddie.

Which uniform looks better - a black one with a bit of gold on, or one that is easily mistaken for that of a car breakdown service?

Would you rather train at a college based in one of the UK's prettiest seaside towns or in a county largely occupied with growing carrots?

Would you be comfortable joining a service whose leadership lied about the location of Australia?

I could go on ;)

Dartmouth is hardly a seaside town! I'd call it a port/harbour, whereas Brighton, Southend, Bournemouth, Skegness, Hunstanton, Newquay, etc... are what I would call seaside towns. I guess it's because Dartmouth doesn't really have any sort of beach...

...the rest might have an element of truth! :ok:

LJ

Seaside, n "a place by the sea, especially a beach area or holiday resort"

Two out of three for Dartmouth then.

The attractions of Sleaford are listed below:








:E

Leon, the one objection to your list is that Skegness is NEARLY a Seaside town (it is normally about 3 miles from the sea, at low tide). (And, having spent a week there for each of the first 16 years of my life I know this for certain).

And, Hempy, you say:-

I believe the full procedure is that you walk into the office and say "Ive come to be a dum-dee-dum-dah-dah-dum-dum-dee-dum Top Gun". Then accept their fawning adulation.

Flying Soldier
 

Naw got a better one,

1) Go to uni AND join the best alcohol fueled - get - paid - to be soldier and sober (not necessary in that order ) :p and train to be led astray then LEAD others to be astray come the Tuesday Nights (as I remember them) and more weekends of fun plus a fortnight of fun and games in some remote outpost during the summer months.

2) Use the above for a nice RCB and ask for sponsorship by an arm (may cost you an arm and a leg but be worth it)

3) Play X box and Wii till the cows come home preferably in sync

4) Go to Lincs and do aptitude tests

5) The skies the limit after one year of fun at Sandhurst being led astray and teaching others to be led astray then its to the 'heath for flying like man intended with wings.

6) If you're lucky and get through the above its off to the west country and back to southwest for lotsa cyclic and collective in an AS350

7) After that year - streamed to the bestest and baddest beasts on the battlefield called Wildcat and Longbow (if you are very very lucky)

8) More living in tents, more getting wet and muddy then nice staff duty

9) Retire as Montgomery

cheers and good luck

I used to follow blokes like you, chopper.

Mainly out of curiosity to see what you'd do next. A Subaltern isn't a great deal of use without a good SNCO to give guidance.