Air force pilots
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Hi all,
My bf just complete his poly studies and enlisting in 9 June(PTP)
He receive an invitation from the air force saying he's potential pilot material and invite him for the seminar on 22 may.
Q1) He was not even a youth flying club member. How did they determine if he's pilot material? Is it by random pick only or what?
Q2) He is enlisting soon. How would he be able to attend the interviews and such?
Q3) what are the chances of poly graduate becoming an air force pilot?
Q4) How many rounds of interview does he have to go through? -
can't any1 help me?
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i was sent the airforce thingie also...
crap lah.. they sent to all mi friends also.
eh... i also enlisting on 9th june.. PTP also... -
not sure how they shortlisted ur bf - do u think hes pilot material? anyway there r rumours tt they keep track of medical records of all the kids so as to identify all the potential pilots and approach them when they come of age. dunno how true this is.Originally posted by shirurinu:Hi all,
My bf just complete his poly studies and enlisting in 9 June(PTP)
He receive an invitation from the air force saying he's potential pilot material and invite him for the seminar on 22 may.
Q1) He was not even a youth flying club member. How did they determine if he's pilot material? Is it by random pick only or what?
Q2) He is enlisting soon. How would he be able to attend the interviews and such?
Q3) what are the chances of poly graduate becoming an air force pilot?
Q4) How many rounds of interview does he have to go through?
yes he would be able to go for interviews and such even if hes enlisting soon.
hm.. the pilot selection criteria itself is stringent enough that if he is able to pass it dont think they will be very bothered by his educational background (o cos mus be certain minimum)
dunno abt how many rounds though. -
well, i was asked twice by RSAF for the seminar, went for one, lots of goodies but didn't go for the 2nd one. They just filter all those with goodeye sight and some other qualities that they want. My friends wear spects also went for the seminar. Think they get the records from ur CMPB check-up bah...
think carefully, its 12 yrs....no joke. u got to really like the job. as long as u pass N or O level then can liao lah...u dun need to really be educated although they prefer u to be. when i went for the seminar, i was in JC and there are poly people there too.
u will not always fly, u will be rotated to officejob regularly, dats wat they said during the seminar. then they is UAV 'pilot', fighter pilot and helicopter pilot and etc... -
What are the citerias for the people to receive the invitation???
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I think becoming a RSAF pilot is not a bad thing,it is a long time career even u retire after RSAF,u still can work in commercial airline!
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Yah all of them thought so. However what will become of you if you become a heli. pilot? My friends told me before that being a heli. pilot is the most useless one. Is that so?Originally posted by zenden9:I think becoming a RSAF pilot is not a bad thing,it is a long time career even u retire after RSAF,u still can work in commercial airline! -
Q1) He was not even a youth flying club member. How did they determine if he's pilot material? Is it by random pick only or what?
He got perfect eye sight or less the 125
Q2) He is enlisting soon. How would he be able to attend the interviews and such?
Sure. Even he in BMT can also come out for it.
Q3) what are the chances of poly graduate becoming an air force pilot?
There are plenty of RSAF pilots graduated from poly (he will need to go for a degree in order to advance when he is in the force liao)
Q4) How many rounds of interview does he have to go through?
I only know there's at least one that he will have to face a panel of interviewers... one of them being a psychologist I think -
Then make sure u don't become a helo pilot!Originally posted by BMEngineer:Yah all of them thought so. However what will become of you if you become a heli. pilot? My friends told me before that being a heli. pilot is the most useless one. Is that so? -
take note: you must be handsome in order to become a fighter pilot!!Originally posted by zenden9:Then make sure u don't become a helo pilot!
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Well that's a myth propagated by fixed-wing jocks which has been very nicely taken up by the general public.
Not saying that fixed-wing flying is easy, but flying a helicopter is much more demanding than a plane due to the fact that a helicopter is aerodynamically unstable on all 3 axis (take your hands off the controls for more than a few seconds and you can say bye-bye to stable flight; autopilot notwithstanding). It's another case of comparing apples and oranges, but the actual flying part, IMHO, is more demanding for a helo pilot.
And yes, there are commercial helo pilot jobs available and I would believe they have it easy since former airforce pilots also have to compete with a huge army of commercial pilots who were never in the airforce.
Just look how easy it was for the 9/11 hijackers to get flying instructions for commercial flight. As a civilian, you can get to be a commercial pilot without having to go through the airforce.
As for airforce pilots, almost everybody wants to be a fighter jock, that's a natural mystique. There is a hierarchy of status within most airforces. Fighter jocks think ground-pounders are fighter washouts. Both think transport pilots are glorified bus drivers. While all think that heli-pilots are a combination of the above. Just let it be known, all of them have a place within the airforce.
An old A-6 pilot saying -"Fighter pilots make movies. Bomber pilots make history."Originally posted by BMEngineer:Yah all of them thought so. However what will become of you if you become a heli. pilot? My friends told me before that being a heli. pilot is the most useless one. Is that so? -
during the selection process, a psychologist will be tagged to a guy and he/she will access him throughout the selection loh....so must be 'on-the-ball' all the while, cannot after a test then do some 'unacceptable' things else wait the shrink dairy down then jialat eh...
helicopter pilots are not necessary the less 'elite'... some people like helicopters mah...but...as far as i know, many of the helicopter pilots wear spects...not trying to hint anything though. -
If your bf had gone for the pre NS medical checkup, CMPB would have the health info. That's how SAF tracks these potential RSAF pilots or Naval divers. The thing is, if he is into airplanes, by all means, apply. If he changes his mind before finishing OCS, just do something to get chopped aka rejected. If nothing had been changed since '98, 1 day of pilot = 1 day of NS, compare to the other vocations. That's a bargain. And there's of course the $$$ and reputation. Though the young pilot trainees nowadays seem more how lian than before. The education criteria is at least diploma.
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I doubt CMPB selection of potential candidates. I have astig. and yet they send me for the NDU selection. In the end I failed at the medical checkup stage when the medics in NDU discover that I actually have astig.Originally posted by Phoebeng:If your bf had gone for the pre NS medical checkup, CMPB would have the health info. That's how SAF tracks these potential RSAF pilots or Naval divers. The thing is, if he is into airplanes, by all means, apply. If he changes his mind before finishing OCS, just do something to get chopped aka rejected. If nothing had been changed since '98, 1 day of pilot = 1 day of NS, compare to the other vocations. That's a bargain. And there's of course the $$$ and reputation. Though the young pilot trainees nowadays seem more how lian than before. The education criteria is at least diploma.
Now I feel their selection is sort of random from all the Pres As -
Hmm...
You guys made it sound as though its easy being a pilot!
To be true, your bf is only confirmed to become a pilot after he gets his wings...
Other than that, its all too early to say...
They can kick anyone out throughout the whole of the training program...
So, no worries about your bf being a pilot yet...
Maybe, he gets kick out earlier than you can keep track!
But, being a pilot earns lots of $!
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think it is during the medical test at CMPB that they determine whether you can become a Air force pilot..... But he has to go through a stringent of selections and interviews..... If i nv remember wrgly u have to go for a computer test the whole test will take ard 2 hrs.... something quite similar to that that all will do at CMPB..... after that 2 or 3 interviews and lastly medical check up..... all this can be done during his NS liabilities especially during BMT..... of cos last but not least you have to have officer qualities and results must be average Bs and Cs..... in order to become a trainee pilot... the pilot course will take around 3 yrs.....
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Nah.... those flying the E2C and C130 are the condemn ones....Originally posted by BMEngineer:Yah all of them thought so. However what will become of you if you become a heli. pilot? My friends told me before that being a heli. pilot is the most useless one. Is that so? -
An old A-6 pilot saying -"Fighter pilots make movies. Bomber pilots make history."
Anyone watched "The Flight of The Intruder?"
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Brad Johnson (as LT Jacob Lee Grafton, USN) mentioned this line...
not saying it was him whom it originated but that line did come from him.. -
I could be wrong but the line itself has been in use since WW2, probably started by USAAF B-17/B-24 bomber pilots.Originally posted by Kaczynski:Anyone watched "The Flight of The Intruder?"
John Mulius (as LT Jacob Lee Grafton, USN) mentioned this line...
not saying it was him whom it originated but that line did come from him.. -
Sorry for the wrong name of the actor (which has been corrected since then..)Originally posted by ferret69:I could be wrong but the line itself has been in use since WW2, probably started by USAAF B-17/B-24 bomber pilots.
Well, he mentioned an A-6 , so Jake (Jacob Lee Grafton) was the first one that came to my mind... He probably quoted from the B-17/24 pilots I guess... -
this is absolutly untrue. whether you're a fighter,tanker or helo jockey, when you transfer over to the airlines, you will still have to be trained in the airline's aircraft just like everybody else. experience wise, it is not that important as the RSAF has a standard airgrading system where everyone flies their trainer aircraft before being streamed into fighter, multi-engine or helo.my friend's father once flew a super puma. now, he's a 777 captain.Originally posted by BMEngineer:Yah all of them thought so. However what will become of you if you become a heli. pilot? My friends told me before that being a heli. pilot is the most useless one. Is that so?
i personally aspire to be a heli pilot. i once wanted to become a fighter pilot, but after flying r/c helis, i really do prefer helis over fixed wing anytime. flying at tree-top height at high speeds in an aircraft that is unbelievably unstable and hard to fly is an absolute rush and challenge. just flying it is hard enough, don't even say fighting in it efficiently. -
Yeah,another true believer. To give an approximation of the difficulty of fixed-wing flight vs helicopter flight, fixed wing flight is like riding a bicycle with training wheels attached while helicopter flight is like riding a unicycle (one-wheeled bicycle).
(Waiting for eggs to be thrown from the fixed wing pilot jocks)Originally posted by branzzz:this is absolutly untrue. whether you're a fighter,tanker or helo jockey, when you transfer over to the airlines, you will still have to be trained in the airline's aircraft just like everybody else. experience wise, it is not that important as the RSAF has a standard airgrading system where everyone flies their trainer aircraft before being streamed into fighter, multi-engine or helo.my friend's father once flew a super puma. now, he's a 777 captain.
i personally aspire to be a heli pilot. i once wanted to become a fighter pilot, but after flying r/c helis, i really do prefer helis over fixed wing anytime. flying at tree-top height at high speeds in an aircraft that is unbelievably unstable and hard to fly is an absolute rush and challenge. just flying it is hard enough, don't even say fighting in it efficiently. -
tomorrow my comuterised test liao.. anyone knows wad the testing abt?
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at 1st i tot is mass send... then i c the letter i threw it away immediately... haha...Originally posted by shirurinu:Hi all,
My bf just complete his poly studies and enlisting in 9 June(PTP)
He receive an invitation from the air force saying he's potential pilot material and invite him for the seminar on 22 may.
Q1) He was not even a youth flying club member. How did they determine if he's pilot material? Is it by random pick only or what?
Q2) He is enlisting soon. How would he be able to attend the interviews and such?
Q3) what are the chances of poly graduate becoming an air force pilot?
Q4) How many rounds of interview does he have to go through?
then my fren told me not really mass send.. cos a lot of my frens didnt receive it...
but i got wear spects lehz... 225 left eye, 325 right eye.
my fren who is in air force say hor, eyesight is not a problem, if u pass their interviewm they will sponsor u lasik surgery (correct ur myopia), then academic wise, need at least a diploma or A-Level cert., grades they dun really care...
hopefully is like that...
i think i going for the seminar c c next sat... no need bring anything right? the invitation shit i threw it away...