Engineering officer RAF medical

Hi,

There seem to be some pretty knowledgable people on here so I'm hopeful of getting some good advice. I am due to have my interview for engineer officer in 2 weeks. I was looking forward to the experience. Then today I received a letter saying I was excluded due to medical history. I had asthma as a child, not had an inhaler for over 10yrs. I had read through the notes re application criteria in detail and did not think this would be an issue. I fully intend to appeal and was wondering if anyone had any advice or words of wisdom for me, is appealing ever successful, should the asthma have excluded me, etc. Feeling like I've been kicked in the gut.

Thanks

You need to be symptom free for 5 years.
Have no episodes of asthma after the age of 16.
Never be hospitalised due to asthma.

Any of these apply to you?

You need to be symptom free for 5 years.
Have no episodes of asthma after the age of 16.
Never be hospitalised due to asthma.

Any of these apply to you?

None of them, very mysterious. Everyone else thst was at the initial presentation with me was going for pilot, and I can clearly see that would exclude them.

Also all of your recorded peak flow tests need to over a certain range in your age gap.

I only thought asthma history was an issue for aircrew, and any other branch/trade just needed to have been symptom/inhaler/prescription free for 5 years. Have you searched the forum for other asthma related threads? And looked on the RAF website at the medical exemptions? It may be worth contacting the OASC med pers to ask the question if you can find contact details.


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