Truth? or recruiting bullshit?

[Trooper4]

Ok lads,

I asked the lads from the recruitment team (army recruiting team not para team, if there is a specialised para recruiting team.....)

They told me i could join the para regt, as a soldier, and apply for flight training to train as a heli pilot

Is that true or is it just recruiting bullshit telling me what i want to hear?


Cheers,
Trooper

[ChrisGray]

There you go mate -

Parachute Regiment Recruitment Team -

Email = recruiting@parachute-regiment.com

Telephone = 01206 782343

[Paratrooper01]

Its true.

Alot of blokes in the regt have gone on to the Army Air corps and trained as apache pilots etc.

The hard part is getting in the regt.

[harry hackedoff]

James, you are serious are you? The Army have finally managed to qualify pilots on the Wild Angry Hamster?
Wonders will never cease mate, er, how long did that take then
In years will do, round figures ish. Oh fugg it, it`ll never happen

[Paratrooper01]

I hear they have 1 or 2 apache pilots now yes. Not too good though....almost had a blue on blue with an apache myself. Nearly took some 30mm on board!! (and i KNOW the new body armour aint THAT good)

[TinCanMan]

if you join the reg u will never b a pilot simple

[81mm]

tincanman, your wrong mate, there have been a number of blokes that moved over to flying choppers, at the time they were flying lynxx, think they wore the maroon machine, but with different cap badge? one of my mates applied, but he failed on the coordination test, so the opportunity is thereif you want it.

[Maroon]

I know two guys that I served with in 1 Para that are now Lynx pilots in the Air Corp, so I don't know where you get your info from Tincan!!

[Brian-]

Come on guys, he's a student so he obviously knows these things...

[Sully]

Why join the Parachute Regiment if you want to be a pilot?

Someone I knew got hacked off with gravving (in the RM) and went for helo pilot (which he was entitled to do) and entered a world of shit with his branch sponsor when he put his chit in for his P2's (pilots course). You fail and welcome to shitstreet. I'd assume that the para's generally want para-trained infantry not badge collectors and the Corps is the same. Not knocking anyone on the forums that took that course - I s'pose though that there's a realisation that you don't have to go to public school to fly things so go for it if that's your only way in.

[harry hackedoff]

Sully.
My Office, 08 00 tomorrow.
You can explain the reasoning behind that argument to Rotary Booty, El Prez and Murphy.
Er, on the other hand, how much do helo drivers get paid outside?
HOW MUCH

[Sully]

I don't know Murphy but I'll bet EP and RB didn't think "I'll be a bootneck so I can fly helos" - in fact I reckon they both had to wait in their shell scrapes until helos were invented

A fella called Eddie Candlish (bootneck P2?) posted on this site (or Tony Lang's) in the early days. I read about him before joining up and his heroism was jaw dropping.

Erm........sorry cherry berries for the cabbagehead diversion I didn't realise where I was posting.

[g_conaty]

Anyone in the army can apply to do the pilots course. It doesn't matter which regiment you are serving in as long as you reach the rank of corporal before applying. Then its a case of going throguh the selection process from there.

[Alfa]

Come on guys, he's a student so he obviously knows these things...

Actually he's in the Paras mate, guess he just never got round to changing his profile.

[Greenronnie]

if you join the reg u will never b a pilot simple

What a load of crap! Three mates of mine are now helicopter pilots, all ex Para Reg. One of them is now doing his conversion to type on the Apache. The chief Apache instructor is ex Para Reg, FFS!

Of course you couldn't do it just as a course, you would basically be transferring to the AAC, like you could transfer to any other Reg.