Or you could fly commercially, get paid double or even triple that amount without dropping bombs on people. Just a thought
I read learning to fly costs like £90K and i do like the other benefits and qualifications the RAF offers. I was thinking that doing the RAF would be good and stable while i am young but when i am older my saved money ande experince could benefit me in the commercial side of piloting.
I read learning to fly costs like £90K and i do like the other benefits and qualifications the RAF offers. I was thinking that doing the RAF would be good and stable while i am young but when i am older my saved money ande experince could benefit me in the commercial side of piloting.
I thought scholarships were for really determined people. Being a pilot to me is a recent thing and i am not the most passionate person in the world but it is the only real job i have ever pictured myself actually enjoying and wanting to do.
I thought scholarships were for really determined people. Being a pilot to me is a recent thing and i am not the most passionate person in the world but it is the only real job i have ever pictured myself actually enjoying and wanting to do.
You would need to be extremely committed for either route - via the civil or military paths. And the RAF is by no means a good idea unless you are very committed and understand exactly what you are signing up for.
I thought scholarships were for really determined people. Being a pilot to me is a recent thing and i am not the most passionate person in the world but it is the only real job i have ever pictured myself actually enjoying and wanting to do.
Well if you do become a pilot in the RAF, perhaps you'd enjoy being part of the air rescue team like Prince William was? I forget the official name of it. At least you could sleep peacefully at night knowing your bombs didn't accidentally kill an innocent person but instead you are saving peoples lives.
Then after your service you could join the police or civilian air rescue service.
However they are very competitive. (Although so is becoming an RAF Pilot.)
I have researched quite a lot and i do not think that RAF pilot is competive but more that only people with the appropriate skills after training are accepted, obviously, They do not just let anybody in but i read the training seeks to push candidates through rather than weed them out.
You would need to be extremely committed for either route - via the civil or military paths. And the RAF is by no means a good idea unless you are very committed and understand exactly what you are signing up for.
I know that is why i am in turmoil trying to find out everything i can.
You would need to be extremely committed for either route - via the civil or military paths. And the RAF is by no means a good idea unless you are very committed and understand exactly what you are signing up for.
I would most prefer to become a civilian commercial airline pilot. The RAF training and experience appealled to me because they pay me to learn and train. SInce pilot lessons or whatever cost like £100K the RAF seemed better. But a viable understanding of commercial airline pilot traing via scholarship or apprenticeship ETC will be appreciated.
Well if you do become a pilot in the RAF, perhaps you'd enjoy being part of the air rescue team like Prince William was? I forget the official name of it. At least you could sleep peacefully at night knowing your bombs didn't accidentally kill an innocent person but instead you are saving peoples lives.
Then after your service you could join the police or civilian air rescue service.
stop trying to push your views on to other people we get it, youre against military careers, thats not what this thread is about.
I would most prefer to become a civilian commercial airline pilot. The RAF training and experience appealled to me because they pay me to learn and train. SInce pilot lessons or whatever cost like £100K the RAF seemed better. But a viable understanding of commercial airline pilot traing via scholarship or apprenticeship ETC will be appreciated.