I applied this year. I sat the interview in Knightsbridge and passed that so i went of to RAF Cranwell to do my aptitude tests and medical. This was the second time i have been to OASC Cranwell, i first went when i was 16 as i applied for a sponsorship, but i didnt get in becuase my aptitude scores wernt good enough. Anyway when i went this time I passed the medical and was told that i didnt have to sit the aptitude tests again becuase my scores from last time were good enough for the UAS but not for the RAF. I was told if i wanted to join the RAF after i left the UAS i would have to resit the tests then. So i left cranwell and received a letter a few weeks later saying i hadnt been sucessful, so i called up the UAS to get a debrief on how i could improve for next time, i was told my aptitude scores wernt high enough. You can image how annoyed i was at being told this, i questioned them on why they had told me i didnt have to sit them and they wernt having any of it.
But i will be applying next year and hopefully this time i will be sucessful.
By the way edders you have to be pretty serious about flying, they can pick out people with motivation in the interviews and if you dont have the motivation they will see right through you. Also becuase ULAS only offer entry for air branches they train you to be a pilot, this training is the same as pilots do when they join the RAF and so is an important stage in your learning. If you dont want to join the RAF do you think they will pay for your flying training, expeditions and wage if you dont want to join in the end.