Air Loadmaster ?

[markie18042]

hey! I have bin interested in the RAF for some years now and really want a challange.

At first i was thinking about joing the RAF Regiment as a gunner, or an officer. But a friend of mine brought it to my attention that it would be a good idea to join as an Air Loadmaster. He said that it would be a good challange and i would get to 'see the world' .

What do you think? Is he just getting my hopes up? Or would it be a good idea to joing as a loadie ?

Another career i was think about was joinging the RMP. I was considering this because i was hoping to apply for the CPU (Close Protection Unit) as i think that it would be a great experience and worthwhile. what do you think ?

0X Markie18042

[RobT]

What put you off going Rockape, may i ask? Theres some other Loadie posts around here also so have a look around.
Rob

[jim2001]

i'm from round that part of the country to. At first i wanted to join as a loadmaster but for some reason i would rather be stuck in a field somewhere as hopefully a gunner.
Does anyone know how long it takes the application to come, applied for it online and its been over two weeks?.

[rawli]

you can go into CPU through the RAF police as well as the RMP. In a way ALM is half way between an joining as an officer and joining as an airman. On completion of your basic training you move striahgt to the reank of sergeant with sergeants pay. Your responsibilities as ALM are everything behind the cockpit of an aircraft including troops, equipment and operating the door guns! If you are interested in 'getting your arse in the grass' then go on to chinooks and ferry troops into the action.

[Cheeks]

If you are interested in getting your arse frozen off, invest in a duvet jacket then go on to chinooks and ferry troops into the action.

[Biggles1211]

Behind the trigger of a f#@k off big MINI-GUN !!!

[Falkens]

The SNCO or loadmaster ldoesnt look impressive, what else can they do apart from supervise missions by walking up and down the herc for example and give the pilots tea and pasties. That was my experience from my flight in a C-130c.

[Biggles1211]

The job varies enormously depending on the aircraft type on which you serve.

Most people's only experience of seeing ALMs 'in action' is on trooper flights aboard C130s, VC10s or Tristars......

Remember, those C130 ALMs might also work within the Special Forces flight....altogether FAR more interesting stuff

They can also serve on Helicopter...Air-Sea Rescue on Sea King, Chinooks (on the mini-gun etc) etc.

They are also responsible for managing the 'cabin operations' of the aircraft - everything from preparing Customs paperwork on international flights, calculating the loading and trim of the aircraft, performing small essential repairs where neccesary and a million other tasks.

I've never met a Loadmaster that was bored or unchallenged with his job.

[markie18042]

hey guys, thanks for the posts. i really wanted to be a gunner in the reg. but i thought that it would be better to join as a loadie. but i'm gonna go to my local AFCO and have a chat with them again to see if he can give me any tips on what to decide.

cheers

[day tripper]

Do chinooks have mini guns?

I thought we had GPMG's.

[rawli]

yeah they are gpmgs

[HVM_Boy]

OPSEC ALERT!!


I heard recently that there is a SF VC10, anyone know anything about it?

Please reply in a whisper, so that the enemy won't hear you.

[Dave.Mil]

SF vc10 is no longer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pilot got carried away with the SF tag and ran it into a hangar because of the tape over his eyes blocking his view.

[Biggles1211]

Do chinooks have mini guns?
I thought we had GPMG's.

They also have mini-guns - was chatting about this recently to an ALM (trying to scrounge a sortie and watch them fire on the range!)

[rawli]

well you learn something new everyday!