Hello TSR,
Technically, this is my second introduction as I've already posted elsewhere on TSR, so, hello again, I'm Vizzini.
I’ve been lurking on this site on and off for the last 3 years, with a vested interest: I’m a serving Aerospace Battle Manager / Fighter Controller based at the School of Aerospace Battle Management (ABM) at RAF Boulmer and I know a lot of our prospective candidates use TSR as a source of information.
It's my job to get the word out over the internet to people who might be looking at RAF Officer as a career and help them find out as much as possible about the ABM role. Our reasons are simple. Few people, even in the RAF know what ABMs actually do, even at some AFCOs (not a dig!), so people aren’t applying for the job. We’re losing 6 officers a year and the posts aren’t being filled, so there are definitely jobs for anyone with the aptitude.
I'm here to answer your questions about ABM. Ask me anything, within reason!, and I'll attempt to answer as best I can. I'm standing by for some inter-Branch banter as well; I know there's an ATC contingent on here already! Really, though, I just want to make sure people on here have the right information and the right idea of what to expect if you either apply for the job of, or just encounter, an ABM.
There's a lot of very good, general information on here already about applying to the RAF, so if your question relates more to that, please use the search function before you ask me
This is not because I don't want to talk to you, it's just that I'm not as much of an expert on that side of things as, say, threeportdrift or wzz! Finally, I'm doing this at work, so if you post a question one evening you may not get a reply until the morning. Please be patient: I'm not ignoring you, it's just that I may be doing home-stuff
Happy posting!