The Southerner wrote:I realise this is an old thread, but I've been reading into the requirements for RAF pilots since I heard Prince William (over 23 years old and wears glasses) had been accepted for pilot training.
First of all, isn't this blatant discrimination against everybody not of royal blood, and thus illegal?
Secondly, (with reference to the above post) why is the RAF interested in whether or not you've done charity or community work? It hardly seems relevant to flying helicopters or fast jets, and seems like just another way to potentially overlook a modern-day Johnnie Johnson.
Don't worry about it being an old thread, I do the same all the time!
I agree that it is unfair to the rest of us that he has been accepted at over 23, but I also appreciate that I don't know all of the facts. For all we know, he could be a perfect candidate. The RAF has often bent over backwards to get certain people in.
However, that is only if you don't take into account the fact he wears glasses. The fact he wears glasses makes this a right royal piss take of the highest magnitude. Although I do remember the gentleman doing my eye test saying that once you are in the RAF, if you lose you sight a bit then they make lenses that fit inside your helmet to correct your vision. This was a man from Specsavers Opticians btw, and he said he personally had a hand in such lenses.
Overall though, it is extremely unfair to the rest of us and is definitly discrimination.
As for you last question; the reason they are interested in charity work etc is because it is something that puts you above the rest. It shows you put effort into things that aren't compulsory, can do things as an individual and can do them well, all under your own initiative.
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