RAF : Officer / Pilot Entry

If people are worried about mental arithmetic stuff, next time you're in a car and pass a road sign work out how long it'll take you to get to each destination on the sign at your current speed.

I suspected the mental arithmetic element would consist of questions where there is a long route and a short route to the answer. What you guys are saying confirms this.

For practise questions, I've been trying to find the short-cuts each time. Attempting to solve each one with the standard "speed/distance/time" formula is going to take far too long.

I've found that it's best to work it down to how long it takes to travel a mile at said speed, then go from there. Easy way to do it: Take the speed, and see how many times it goes into 60, this will give you the time it takes to travel a mile. Multiply this by the time to get your answer. Much quicker method!!

ive had my first attempt at oasc. believe me, the aptitude and maths wont be your worry.. its not hard... concentrate on the internview

hey, im intending to join the RAF as either a WSO (navigator) or an air loadmaster (im still deciding which one at the moment) i would love to be a navigator working in a fast jet but (call this immature if you wish) would really not like working on the flight deck of a sentry/nimrod etc as i would prefer to be in amongst the exitement a bit more. The question is: to what extent does the future navigator get to decide how he is streamed at the correct point in training, and if navigators are streamed judging on ability, what abilities can a future navigator have which would put him on the jet stream? i understand why pilots would be streamed on ability but not navs. (sorry if this is a bit long winded by the way)

Someone told me that a lot of the tests have multiple choice answers. Is this true?

hey, im intending to join the RAF as either a WSO (navigator) or an air loadmaster (im still deciding which one at the moment) i would love to be a navigator working in a fast jet but (call this immature if you wish) would really not like working on the flight deck of a sentry/nimrod etc as i would prefer to be in amongst the exitement a bit more. The question is: to what extent does the future navigator get to decide how he is streamed at the correct point in training, and if navigators are streamed judging on ability, what abilities can a future navigator have which would put him on the jet stream? i understand why pilots would be streamed on ability but not navs. (sorry if this is a bit long winded by the way)

Hey, does anyone know any thing more about "Provost Officers" than whats on the careers website please? Are they the officers in command of the RAF police, are they something different?

cheers

Sorry, can't answer the first part of your question, but as to the jetstream part.....it has just retired from RAF service (March 19th)!!
The jetsteam used to part of the WSO training before streaming, but no longer. As far as I'm aware unless you are an instructor you wouldn't have the opportunity to work on the Jetstream (even if it was in service) anyway.

The "jet stream" is different from the Jetstream T.Mk1. The Jetstream was a twin engined turboprop used to train multi-engine pilots, the "jet stream" is presumably a term for the fast-jet training stream.

Navigators are trained on the Dominie, which is remarkably similar to the Jetstream in looks but is a completely different aircraft. It's still in service. You're right the Jetstream's gone.

oh just something about medical entry to the RAF, whats the RAF's policy on excema? i have excema , its not visable, just a small patch of dry skin behind my ear, never caused me troubles, but have been to the doctor about it and said it was excema, does this affect entrance?

Anyone have any ideas, i mean obviously i'll have to tell them this is i was to get so far as the OASC,