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Posted: Sun 06 Mar, 2005 9:17 pm
by Maverick00
P.S. I note you describe yourself as a 'gap year bum'. If you aren't doing anything constructive with your gap year the RCB will want to know why - basically it will not bode well for you. Just in case you didn't know being an Army Officer isn't something you can just stroll into...
Posted: Sun 06 Mar, 2005 10:16 pm
by King_duck
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Posted: Mon 07 Mar, 2005 6:23 pm
by Maverick00
Fair enough! Good luck with whatever you choose to do though.
Posted: Sun 13 Mar, 2005 6:03 pm
by luke
I suspect that's the last we'll ever see of WJC
Still, fun(ny) while it lasted
Posted: Sun 13 Mar, 2005 8:13 pm
by King_duck
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Posted: Mon 14 Mar, 2005 12:45 am
by df2inaus
King_duck,
My real aim is RAF but i was just looking at the possibility of AAC and wanted to know a bit more about RCB..thanks.
I'd stick with applying to the RAF and forget about the AAC, not only do you have to pass "flying grading" during your first leave but you will also need to be in the "top third" of your intake at RMAS, and its a subjective top third.
Sorry to sound pessimistic, but if you have to get through the Commissioning Course to get where you want, I'd think about it very carefully.
All that said, the Army offers so many things to aspire to, and thousands rise to the occasion to get into elite units or trades, so good luck and enjoy the process as much as the goal.
df2
Posted: Mon 21 Mar, 2005 4:42 pm
by letsrole
By the way doc_holliday 'an' is a word.
Posted: Tue 22 Mar, 2005 2:07 am
by df2inaus
TJD,
Have I got this right - you are trying to insinuate that getting into the Army Air Corps as a Pilot is harder than the RAF?! Or have I missed the point.
I don't know which one is ultimately harder, I'm just trying to point out that the AAC is not a soft option. I went to Sandhurst and the people who went to the AAC stood out.
You can tell me, then. Do you go to Cranwell and then do pilot selection or are you chosen as a pilot before you begin officer training?
df2