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sxi boy

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14th Feb 05 at 11:28

posted a thread like this ages agi but didnt get 2 many replies.

basically am thinkin of joinin the raf as an officer, not really much info available on the RAF website, am going to careers office in next few days when i get my car back, but am 2 impatient to wait so just wana know if anyones in the RAF here of have applied ot be an officer in the past and wot sorta things they had to do for the selection process and their experiences of the RAF etc.

cheers

chris

ryzer

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14th Feb 05 at 13:16

yeah i went to the careers office last year before i started my degree, i thought about a pilot officer, but they wanted me to go to uni, and they would have paid for it, but i would have to sign up for a longer period of service, so i decided on doing the degree myself, and then joining afterwards - giving me more options.
the selection process is hard. you firstly have to go to a lecture where they gove u info on the RAF. then you have to learn that stuff and more, and you have an interview, then theres the fitness tests and hand eye coordination test. its not an easy task.
i dont want to burst ya bubble, but im saying it how it is. but definately go for it.. you will be fine.
what did u want to do in the RAF?

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14th Feb 05 at 13:24

i got asked to be an officer

got sent info packs etc, asked to come for an interview, and go to the officer school thing down south.... i didnt even apply

Rob_Scarborough

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14th Feb 05 at 13:54

Yeah im in the RAF, fire away !

Paul_J

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14th Feb 05 at 15:21

BlueCorsaSxi (on this site) is in the RAF.

stuartmitchell

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14th Feb 05 at 15:29

I joined the UAS last year and was training to be a pilot. But I got kicked out

Basically I had my initial interview, really informal then I got asked to go for a more formal interview, then down to Cranwell for the full medical and aptitude tests!!

Then I got accepted and thrown out 5 months later

Mark Petty

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14th Feb 05 at 15:30

You don't want to be joining the RAF because you won't be able to come on Corsa Sport

I would never deprive myself of CorsaSport for a job, get an office job then you can come on here all day forever

Russ

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14th Feb 05 at 15:44

Sean_cdti is, hes on CS alot, not an officer though

ryzer

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14th Feb 05 at 17:30

what did u get chucked out for stuart mitchell?

ryzer

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14th Feb 05 at 17:31

what did u get chucked out for stuart mitchell?

SEAN_CDTI

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14th Feb 05 at 17:47

I'm in the RAF

stuartmitchell

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14th Feb 05 at 18:10

quote:
Originally posted by ryzer
what did u get chucked out for stuart mitchell?

They said I had to go to this well posh function and that I would get home at about 5am. I used to start at 5am at my work so I told them I couldnt make it and they threw me out

They were probably looking to throw me out after I got in a fight with a pilot playing football though

I was considered a bit of a chav

TRL

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14th Feb 05 at 18:26

The officer side of the armed forces just perpetuates the awful class system we have in the UK. If you want most people on an airbase to think/know you are a twat....be an officer.
I left the RAF in 1990 after coming to within an inch of belting an officer. Big kids, the lot of them.
Oh, and the officer pension is not anything like it used to be. Good.

Tony

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14th Feb 05 at 18:46

quote:
Originally posted by TRL
The officer side of the armed forces just perpetuates the awful class system we have in the UK. If you want most people on an airbase to think/know you are a twat....be an officer.
I left the RAF in 1990 after coming to within an inch of belting an officer. Big kids, the lot of them.
Oh, and the officer pension is not anything like it used to be. Good.

Tony

totally agree with that 100%, there seems to be this hidden hierarchy in the RAF in my experience especially with the UAS.
I found the engineers to be totally sound and down to earth, the officers on the other hand

bwbw

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14th Feb 05 at 19:44

Heya people, I'm gonna join the RAF as an officer, Just wondering if y'all can tell me what it's like. I'm in college doing my HNC Fitness, Health and Exercise and then off to University to get my degree and then apply as an Physical Education Officer in the RAF. Wondering if anyone can give me advice on what to expect or how it works etc?

Cheers

Chris

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14th Feb 05 at 19:51

quote:
Originally posted by TRL
The officer side of the armed forces just perpetuates the awful class system we have in the UK. If you want most people on an airbase to think/know you are a twat....be an officer.
I left the RAF in 1990 after coming to within an inch of belting an officer. Big kids, the lot of them.
Oh, and the officer pension is not anything like it used to be. Good.

Tony

so so so so true

going straight in as an officer is the puffs way in - you will get constant piss taken

sxi boy

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14th Feb 05 at 21:48

see id like to join doing a trade for the fact that i think there would be less pomp than as an officer, but at the same time, i dont want to sell myself short id like to do something that would see me fulfil my potential.

Ive got all the info from the RAF and ive been in touch with them about becoming a pilot, im going down to the careers office in the next few days to get the ball rolling.

City

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14th Feb 05 at 23:40

need degree for a pilot

sxi boy

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16th Feb 05 at 12:04

ive spoken to my careers office and they told me that you don't need a degree, but they like you to do an in-service open university degree if they accept you as a non-graduate

barteh

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16th Feb 05 at 12:08

quote:
Originally posted by ryzer
then theres the fitness tests and hand eye coordination test. its not an easy task.

i shouldnt worry too much about that, you aint gotta be that fit or anything, most RAF workers have a nice amount of "winter fat"

Jamie

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16th Feb 05 at 12:10

I've done the tests and two interviews, its not that hard.

Didnt get my selected choice so back at college then once ive got my HND i'll decide if i want to persue it or not.

stuartmitchell

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16th Feb 05 at 12:25

quote:
Originally posted by barteh

quote:
Originally posted by ryzer
then theres the fitness tests and hand eye coordination test. its not an easy task.

i shouldnt worry too much about that, you aint gotta be that fit or anything, most RAF workers have a nice amount of "winter fat"

fitness test was a piece of piss, Its a bleep test, situps and press ups, a lot of the pilots I met were, "festively plump" too, so I wouldnt worry about that

The aptitude tests are like computer games, just do some hours on the Playstation and you will be fine

Then when you get in you can see where all the taxpayers money goes, happy hour in the officers mess is carnage, free food too

bwbw

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16th Feb 05 at 14:15

Hey all, Is that all the fitness tests are, Sub maximal test (Bleep test) and MSE (Sit ups ans Press ups). Anyone know about the Physical Education Officer job, It says Degree but professional qualifications also considered, Does HND count as a professional qualifications along with First Aid at Work, Coaching awards for both general sports and Rugby ?

sxi boy

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16th Feb 05 at 18:17

give ur local armed forces careers office a buzz n find out mate

SEAN_CDTI

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16th Feb 05 at 18:24

quote:
Originally posted by barteh

quote:
Originally posted by ryzer
then theres the fitness tests and hand eye coordination test. its not an easy task.

i shouldnt worry too much about that, you aint gotta be that fit or anything, most RAF workers have a nice amount of "winter fat"

especially the women

Us techies are the best to work with

[Edited on 16-02-2005 by SEAN_CDTI]

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