Jamescorsa97
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As title says really?
Do we have anyone here who has applied served their time or currently in?
I have started my own application and on a real fitness push to get in atm.
If you were in the RAF what role did you do?
Cheers
James
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sc0ott
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pilot? that would be my choice, or an engineer.
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Jay
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Pilot would be solid to get into, probably the most desirable job in the RAF, got to have wanted to pursue that from a young age.
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ryzer
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Ste was in the RAF.
I have applied once, a month ago, as a pilot (officer) got a knock back, told me to do a couple of things and come back in 3 months,
what are you thinking of going in as? its pretty varied!
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Jamescorsa97
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I have applied as a Weapons Systems Operator. What things did they tell you to do?
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Kurt
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My gf wants to go in as Air Traffic Control... not looking forward to that 
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ryzer
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they said i needed to join the air cadets as a civilian instructor, as it shows leadership and organisational skills, and i have done and its fantastic, i know exactly what they meant now, i gre up in Hong Kong so couldnt do cadets as a kid,
i also needed to brush up on the officer training, although i think they were splitting hairs on this point. last week i went to a RAF base with the cadets, and got to ask some serving personnel questions, they were great, and they said that they like tanacity, so knock backs are not unusual in the sense that they do it to see if you really want the job,
WSO is an Officer role isnt it? they are actively recruiting for this, i know that much!
you need to know about:
Nato
RAF bases in the UK
Aircraft
current events - this is quite a biggie - know where the bloody hell Kabul is etc!
and the training that they do.
so have a very good knowledge of the RAF, and your role specifically.
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by Kurt
My gf wants to go in as Air Traffic Control... not looking forward to that
She not interested in applyinfor civvy ATC?
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mattk
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isnt ATC one of the most stressful jobs going? Im sure I read somewhere that it is, and that the dosh isnt that good
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Jamescorsa97
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quote:
Originally posted by ryzer
they said i needed to join the air cadets as a civilian instructor, as it shows leadership and organisational skills, and i have done and its fantastic, i know exactly what they meant now, i gre up in Hong Kong so couldnt do cadets as a kid,
i also needed to brush up on the officer training, although i think they were splitting hairs on this point. last week i went to a RAF base with the cadets, and got to ask some serving personnel questions, they were great, and they said that they like tanacity, so knock backs are not unusual in the sense that they do it to see if you really want the job,
WSO is an Officer role isnt it? they are actively recruiting for this, i know that much!
you need to know about:
Nato
RAF bases in the UK
Aircraft
current events - this is quite a biggie - know where the bloody hell Kabul is etc!
and the training that they do.
so have a very good knowledge of the RAF, and your role specifically.
Nope its not an officers role mate its aircrew tho.
Been reading actively for about a month on bases etc whats happening in current operations and all that the role entails. Have never been more enthusiastic about a job. Been training hard too for tests etc so I'm gonna give it 110%!
Fingers crossed for me! How old are you?
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Nath
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Originally posted by mattk
isnt ATC one of the most stressful jobs going? Im sure I read somewhere that it is, and that the dosh isnt that good
Qualified ATC's earn over £40k.
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John
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Civvy ATC dosh is good, 45k + shift allowance iirc as soon as you qualify.
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Nath
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I was just browsing the NATS website. Sounds interesting and like something I could do.
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mattk
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
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Originally posted by mattk
isnt ATC one of the most stressful jobs going? Im sure I read somewhere that it is, and that the dosh isnt that good
Qualified ATC's earn over £40k.
Yeah but for the stress they have to put up with thats shit (so I believe)
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
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Originally posted by Nath
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Originally posted by mattk
isnt ATC one of the most stressful jobs going? Im sure I read somewhere that it is, and that the dosh isnt that good
Qualified ATC's earn over £40k.
Yeah but for the stress they have to put up with thats shit (so I believe)
Surely a job is only as stressful as you make it?
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John
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ATC is quite high stressed and very difficult to get into.
Military ATC is totally different btw, they probably don't get paid as much and to be a civvy one you have to basically retrain from scratch.
[Edited on 26-08-2009 by John]
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ryzer
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamescorsa97
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Originally posted by ryzer
they said i needed to join the air cadets as a civilian instructor, as it shows leadership and organisational skills, and i have done and its fantastic, i know exactly what they meant now, i gre up in Hong Kong so couldnt do cadets as a kid,
i also needed to brush up on the officer training, although i think they were splitting hairs on this point. last week i went to a RAF base with the cadets, and got to ask some serving personnel questions, they were great, and they said that they like tanacity, so knock backs are not unusual in the sense that they do it to see if you really want the job,
WSO is an Officer role isnt it? they are actively recruiting for this, i know that much!
you need to know about:
Nato
RAF bases in the UK
Aircraft
current events - this is quite a biggie - know where the bloody hell Kabul is etc!
and the training that they do.
so have a very good knowledge of the RAF, and your role specifically.
Nope its not an officers role mate its aircrew tho.
Been reading actively for about a month on bases etc whats happening in current operations and all that the role entails. Have never been more enthusiastic about a job. Been training hard too for tests etc so I'm gonna give it 110%!
Fingers crossed for me! How old are you?
ive just turned 23, age limit for pilots is 24 so im going for it now, fitness is key, but you dont need to go mad, they told me that for aircrew you need to be able to do this at the point of application
level 9-10 on the bleep test
30 sit ups
25 press ups
but they are going to push you hard, thats the absolute minimum, you need to be a decent swimmer too, but cant remember what the criteria is, its pretty tame though. i think you have to be able to do 200 metres but dont quote me on that!
just have a good all round level of fitness, you dont need to go mad.
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John
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Do you not need to sign up for a stupid length of time to be a pilot?
It's not just fitness either is it, do you not need to be shit hot in general?
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
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Originally posted by Nath
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Originally posted by mattk
isnt ATC one of the most stressful jobs going? Im sure I read somewhere that it is, and that the dosh isnt that good
Qualified ATC's earn over £40k.
Yeah but for the stress they have to put up with thats shit (so I believe)
If you don't tighten a compression straight you've flooded someone's house, same difference 
Fully qualified ATC's are on 90k+ at Swanwick and Heathrow, hence my tests for it at Prestwick are at the start of next month.
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Nath
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How far are you into the application Hammer?
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Nath
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u2u me if you like.
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John
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I've got as far as their shitty psycometric test and not any further.
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mattk
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Id rather flood someones house and claim a couple of thousand off my public liability than have 2 planes full of hundreds of people colide... Il leave that in your hands 
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Jamescorsa97
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quote:
Originally posted by ryzer
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Originally posted by Jamescorsa97
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Originally posted by ryzer
they said i needed to join the air cadets as a civilian instructor, as it shows leadership and organisational skills, and i have done and its fantastic, i know exactly what they meant now, i gre up in Hong Kong so couldnt do cadets as a kid,
i also needed to brush up on the officer training, although i think they were splitting hairs on this point. last week i went to a RAF base with the cadets, and got to ask some serving personnel questions, they were great, and they said that they like tanacity, so knock backs are not unusual in the sense that they do it to see if you really want the job,
WSO is an Officer role isnt it? they are actively recruiting for this, i know that much!
you need to know about:
Nato
RAF bases in the UK
Aircraft
current events - this is quite a biggie - know where the bloody hell Kabul is etc!
and the training that they do.
so have a very good knowledge of the RAF, and your role specifically.
Nope its not an officers role mate its aircrew tho.
Been reading actively for about a month on bases etc whats happening in current operations and all that the role entails. Have never been more enthusiastic about a job. Been training hard too for tests etc so I'm gonna give it 110%!
Fingers crossed for me! How old are you?
ive just turned 23, age limit for pilots is 24 so im going for it now, fitness is key, but you dont need to go mad, they told me that for aircrew you need to be able to do this at the point of application
level 9-10 on the bleep test
30 sit ups
25 press ups
but they are going to push you hard, thats the absolute minimum, you need to be a decent swimmer too, but cant remember what the criteria is, its pretty tame though. i think you have to be able to do 200 metres but dont quote me on that!
just have a good all round level of fitness, you dont need to go mad.
Yeah done all them fitness tests and aced them all lvl 16 on bleep test 56 press ups and sit ups are easy.
Im a decent swimmer so that should not be a problem
I'm 24 myself and yeah they give you a really hard time in training.
Good luck mate!
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
isnt ATC one of the most stressful jobs going? Im sure I read somewhere that it is, and that the dosh isnt that good
I think it used to be, but now systems are in place to stop the controllers from getting overloaded. Plus they are very strict on who gets a job in ATC.
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