Passed AST :D - now a problem

Oh... weak, well if the prospects are good enough then yea it's gotta be better than going to college but if you are limited in what you can aspire to then it might not be worth it.
 
OoOverclockaoO said:
Definetely drop college and do what you'd enjoy most.

The experience you earn in being there for a year, will be worth more than your BTEC course
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Your panel of friendly RAF servicemen says......."Pull the other one, it has bells on!"

Speaking from experience.....

Your friendly Corporal at the AFCO has a quota to fill, and you're prime meat. I got the same runaround when I joined up, that my trade would be closed when I wanted to join, and it might be 6-12 months before I could get in otherwise, yadda yadda yadda.

If you want to finish college (and you should), there will be more places open up by the time you finish. You'll get a lot more respect finishing college first.

Think on this: You do your basic training (9 weeks of hell) and get to your training unit. You get sick of being dumped on because you're in training, and you want out (and believe me, lots do). At least you would have a qualification.

The shiny RAF dream machine is the victim of cutbacks, low morale, and a record number of people putting in for early release from service.

Me? I'm doing my civilian maintenance licence (JAR-66) part time, because all the training the RAF has given me in maintaining aircraft means sod-all in the real world.

Per Ardua Ad Ar*ehole, as we tend to say these days......
 
Gaverick said:
1.5 miles in 12 mins, average 7.5mph, i can nearly walk that fast lol, it should be easy
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Love to see you try and walk it....., stick a treadmill on this speed (12km/h) and see if you can walk without flying off the back end. Better still record it and post it online for us to laugh at.

To the OP, if you train 3 times a week, build up the stamina, you shouldn't have too much trouble, 8 minute miling is a comfortable pace for a long run (>15KM) so for 1.5 miles you should be able to do it with plenty in reserve, so long as you train.

Can't knock a career in the Raf in anyway, its pretty much my family trade. Well since it formed, and they all switched from the army. I however am the black sheep of the family, I'd had enough of raf bases by the time I'd grown up.
 
I use to do 1500M in just under 6 minutes (which isn't exceptionally fast or anything).... 1.5 miles in 12 minutes should be easy with a little bit of training.

I thought about a career in the RAF at one stage, and if I was going to join any of the armed forces it would be the one. Just didn't get around to it in the end.
 
daz said:
I use to do 1500M in just under 6 minutes (which isn't exceptionally fast or anything).... 1.5 miles in 12 minutes should be easy with a little bit of training.

I thought about a career in the RAF at one stage, and if I was going to join any of the armed forces it would be the one. Just didn't get around to it in the end.
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1500 MILES :eek:
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edit: nvm i think he ment metres lol

any more comments please :)
 
Some bugger on IOT got 7:52 for their mile and a half a couple of weeks ago :eek: I was happy with 9:03 :D

With regards to the career move, if it's what you want to do then go for it. As long as you have an aptitude for absorbing bull**** then you'll do just fine.
 
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