Hay Fever :|

[eGo]

Well, i was told that you needed to be free from Hay Fever for 4 years to be considerd for Pilot.

I've been Free from it for 2 years now, is there any way they could really check your medical records to find out if you have had Hay Fever in the last 4 years, i mean there's nothing on there i wouldnt have thought that even said you've had hay fever to begin with.

[eGo]

Nah, i wasnt gonna lie, lol.

I'm not applying for a another year or so anyway so i will have actully have been free from Hay Fever for 4 years then.

Just, i was told they could check your medical records, yet arnt they confidential beetween you and your doctor ???

[eGo]

you sign a form allowing the medical services to see them. If you don't allow them to see them, you don't get in, simple really

That's what i was thinking, LoL.

Just gotta hope i dont get a sudden reacurrance of Hay Fever this summer

[Devils_Advocate]

Put it this way:

Sneeze flying a jet at 250 feet, travelling at 500mph, the next thing you do is disintegrate with the a/c.

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[Doc]

.....or ram an exocet into the nearest orphanage!

They know all and will see all, might be worth trying to find out what type of hayfever you have and which pollens your allergic to if you relapse. Also there is alot to be said about getting food allergies tested as they can worsen hayfever. Milk and wheat are the main culprits!

[eGo]

Put it this way:

Sneeze flying a jet at 250 feet, travelling at 500mph, the next thing you do is disintegrate with the a/c.

Would the jet not have a pollen filter, pretty much every modern car has one these days

LoL, Anyway, even though i've actully been Hayfever free for 2/3 years now i think i might have still had a prescription going with the doctors at the start of summer last year, would there be anyway of proving this to the RAF that i was'nt using the tablet but had them just in-case ???

[Live]

I wanted to apply for pilot but I had hayfever. I haven't had it for over two years either but I have also not had prescribed drugs for it over those to years. As far as the medical board were concerened after two years I could apply for pilot. A prescription shows up on your medical records, every prescription does, unfortunately the fact that you needed a prescription to be issued means one thing to the R.A.F. You still have hayfever. They are not going to take risks, its not worth spending £X amount training you only to find that you start sneezing three days after passing out and get grounded. If youve had a prescription I can pretty much promise you that your four years start from the last time you had a prescribed drug for hayfever. And even then, just because you havent had drugs prescribed, they are still going to want to be 100% sure you are clear of it (allergy tests etc).

Sorry to be blunt, I just know how it feels by all means wait it out and apply once your clear!!

Good Luck

Live

[Slider]

With any recorded history of hayfever, you're ineligible to be aircrew. You need a certain number of years' clearance from things like hayfever and asthma to be a ground branch officer, but they can't risk reoccurrence in aircrew.

[eGo]

With any recorded history of hayfever, you're ineligible to be aircrew. You need a certain number of years' clearance from things like hayfever and asthma to be a ground branch officer, but they can't risk reoccurrence in aircrew.

Actully its 4 years clear of Hayfever for Aircrew.

[Biggles1211]

Would the jet not have a pollen filter, pretty much every modern car has one these days

2 factors to consider........

Firstly...do you think the RAF would take the chance with a £25 million aircraft, your life and the lives of other people?

Secondly...when the RAF recieves several 1000 applications for every pilot vacancy why would they need to make an exception for you?

[rawli]

The hayfever rule for aircrew is the same as the ashtma one, you can't ever have had it, simple as that.

[eGo]

The hayfever rule for aircrew is the same as the ashtma one, you can't ever have had it, simple as that.

Not according to the sheet my AFCO gave me the other day.

Here, i'll type out what it says.

"Hayfever. If you have been sympton-free from mild hay fever (Without wheeze) for 4 years, you may be considered for selection as Aircrew. Current, but mild, hay fever without wheeze, chest tightness or accompanying asthma is acceptable for Ground branches".

The sheet i was given is called.

Medical Standards for Officers and Non-Commissioned Aircrew (NCA) in the Royal Air Force.

The person i spoke to also confirmed to me the 4 year rule about Hayfever.

So unless i'm being lied to and the sheet given to me is wrong.

I dont mean to be rude, but thats just what i've been given.

[Biggles1211]

Can you define 'Mild Hay Fever'?

I would suggest that any form of hayfever requiring medication WASN'T mild. Thus, any medical record / prescriptions for hayfever are likely to see you ineligible. That, however, would be for the OASC Med staff to decide when you applied.