RAF- university sponsorship

According to my RAF liason officer, u should be applying for 6th scholarship after ur gcse's and universirty scholarship a long time before. And yes, if you fail fast jet training u will be re-streamed. However u are already streamed at the start, so all pilots dont fly fast jet.

Hope that helps

That reminds me; i've been watching that 'combat pilot' series on BBC2 every monday and was interested to know, when a trainee pilot is "axed" from the fast jet course at RAF valley because they aren't making the grade, can they get re-streamed to say rotary-wing or multi-engine, or is that it for their career as a pilot?

Would you say that blunties are those joining a UAS with no pilot scholarship?

Well I think you can get a university sponsorship for other branches than pilot ( as Wzz says in post #3 of this thread) so you dont have to be a pilot applicant to get a scholorship and be in a UAS. So basically there could be someone on a scholorship who is going into a branch such as intelligence or engineering officer. However you are correct in saying that people with no scholarship or anything can get into a UAS if they are eligible.

Wzz- I was wondering, are university bursary applicants only really likely to succeed if they have done extremely well in their passed exams? are the RAF only looking for very studious and academic people or do they take the attitude that if your mature and intelligent enough but have only achieved quiet good results they'll give you a shot?

I wonder if anyone could tell me how the RAF view AS/A level choices? Do they mind if your not doing maths or physics or other very academic subjects? What attitude do they take to an applicant doing things like history or politics or philosophy and the like? Also in RAF application circles what is meant by the term "a mickey mouse degree"?
thanks.

Mickey mouse is'nt an easy degree but a pointless degree that doesnt require any thinking. Thats how i see it anyway. They may want to know why you chose say A-level Art, Food studies and Media as they seem mickey mouse compared to A-level Maths, Physics/ Chemistry and English.

What just art, food studies and media specifically? what about things like politics and philosophy? what I meant was are they only really interested in people who are really into mathamatical and scientific subjects?i.e extremely academic people.

Im going to university in september (if all goes well with exams) and am interested in applying for a pilot scholarship. Do you know if the deadline for returning applications has passed? I suppose you contact your AFCO to apply. Do you know the proccess involved in applying?

Are you sure you're supposed to apply for university sponsorships before GCSEs? That means people would be applying at the age of 15/16. Seems a bit weird to me.

You can apply for sponsorship while doing your a levels and receive up to £2,000 a year during college and up £5,000 a year at Uni
The amount depends on chosen field. Southampton Loughborough and Newcastle are some of R.A.f linked unis I know of

I wonder if anyone could tell me how the RAF view AS/A level choices? Do they mind if your not doing maths or physics or other very academic subjects? What attitude do they take to an applicant doing things like history or politics or philosophy and the like? Also in RAF application circles what is meant by the term "a mickey mouse degree"?
thanks.

Regardless of your grades if you have the aptitude and they think your the right person for job then A-level are 'not really' important. However if you have say three A-levels at grades EEE they may think you dont put the effort in, cant make a commitment, are not determined enough etc. which will obviously effect there decision about you.

You can always go to university then apply for a bursary in your first year I think.

Can you be sponsored for a non-commissioned aircrew place? The RAF website is a bit confusing, there is a list of things which you can be sponsored for and there are a few things which aren't there which I would have thought would be there.