Hi Alistair, i've enjoyed following your application story

Much different to when i joined in 2008! We only had an informal interview covering mainly paperwork, a BARB test then a formal interview with the OC and if he liked you well enough and all your paperwork was done... you were packed off to ADSC where everything was just pass or fail not the points system! I was in my phase 1 after just a 3 month application period. It was much easier back then if you ask me

but there were a lot of guys that dropped out or were binned by the training staff. When i passed out there was only 20 left out of the original 50!
That's my little story just to highlight how much things have changed

Best of luck to you guys that are joining up!