@@charlieheard7053 how is it, and the pay?

Fly Past try it out register

Was that a pilot by any chance ?

Colourblind glassess anyone?

I couldn't be a pilot due to having asthma when younger. It's annoying but you just gotta dust yaself off and move on, try a different role or looks for a job that's meaningful for you.

Same thing happened to me, I set my life out in becoming a airline pilot had a few flying lessons ended up gaining about 6 hours of flight time. I then applied for a British airway future flyers day and was told by a pilot that I can’t become a pilot due to colour blind. But if you haven’t already I suggest getting a class 2 medical which mean you can obtain a private pilots license

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Me included. I was in 124 Entry Halton 1974-1977. A real apprenticeship.

​@@jonmcgee3358My username says it all😁

And what was that?🤔

​@@jonmcgee3358My username says it all😁

I thought as of now, anybody can join aslong as your a commonwealth member, let alone a citizen. They took out the years requirement of residency I believe, or at least for the army.

Hi You will need to meet all of the eligibility criteria listed on the role page on the RAF Recruitment website. You will need to have lived in the UK for at least three years before you're able to apply. RAF Recruitment

Same here. I don't meet their residency requirements (I'm Irish)

@Fnord Fnordington give it a rest you clown

Fly for 1000 hours

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@@joshualudkin-finnie23 Thanks a lot :)

@@jester4057 No problem :-) Did you get results today?

@@joshualudkin-finnie23 Yep came in the post, just need another year and ill be able to apply for the RAF as a pilot and hopefully get in

@@jester4057 I got my Advanced Higher results today. I'm going to uni before hopefully joining as an Intelligence Analyst Linguist. Best of luck to you with becoming a pilot!

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Wait what?

Hi You need to meet all of the entry and eligibility criteria listed on the pilot role page on the RAF Recruitment website: www.raf.mod.uk/recruitment/roles/roles-finder/aircrew/pilot RAF Recruitment

I may add, I find it appalling when I go into a tool stores and see chisels missing edges, screwdrivers blunt, drill bits blue!!!! They know and are taught nothing, mention cutting speeds you get a blank look. The shocking go to tools are a hammer and a large screwdriver, wedging between machined mating faces. It's carnage. If those in power took a civilian machine shop engineer into a any tool stores they would verbally destroy it. It's a true reflection of the lack of hand skills within. If anything today we should be higher skilled that those before especially working with composites.

Very interesting points! And observations that many civilian engineers will agree with. The thing you have to realise is that the military need a constant supply of bodies, and with less people signing up, they cannot afford the four year in depth apprenticeship that a civi would have. Also, a civi engineer is driven by a company that wants to make profit. Their performance is monitored and damaged parts/downtime is lost money, When your job is on the line you certainly can learn fast and improve standards. Sadly, because the military need bodies and they don't have a pool of 500 young applicants to 8 jobs, they can't afford to be as ruthless or to sack people who are otherwise good employees, but not the best engineers. Some skill sets may have declined, but there are plenty of highly experienced and highly skilled engineers in the military, how else does equipment keep working in a war zone or other tough conditions? And, there are a lot of defence contractors involved where military skill sets or capabilities may fall short. Blaming the generation directly isn't quite right either. Schools and society has pushed university as a way of life for too long and only the truly dedicated seem to get degrees worth having. Those who don't get degrees in decent fields of study struggle to get skilled work, companies dropped apprenticeships for many years leaving a huge gap in skills also. Not to mention the fact that as a society we seem to discourage people from working with their hands and doing tasks themselves. This is capitalism as you have blamed. It teaches us to get "an expert" to do everything. Halfords even fit plastic wheel caps, wiper blades or headlight lamps if you can't be bothered! You couldn't possibly take a home appliance apart, not only can you not buy spares for them unless you are trade, but a new one is on sale in the usual shops... And the worst thing is that we don't even want to pay these qualified "experts" for their time. We want the cheapest price and the quickest work. I recently had an argument with someone that told a lady online that she had been ripped off by an electrician charging a certain amount for a "simple job" because it was easy if you had the tools and ability. - The price was a lot for the task if you know how to do it, but bearing in mind the sparky drove there, used their own tools, used the knowledge that they had trained for years to gain, used their test equipment which is calibrated annually and used their registered certification to assess it serviceable. She had NO IDEA where to start with the task either, so it wasn't like she could have done it and decided not to.

My mates a teacher. He said if he had his own company, he wouldn't employ anyone under the age of 35 as kids today are, and I quote "Fucking useless"

Back in the early 1970s I was a RAF Photographer at RAF JARIC Brampton but wanting to get out spending all my time in darkrooms developing film volunteered to served with 111 Lightning Squadron detached for a few months to Cyprus. Both on the runway hut and the hanger I got to see how Teckies worked and the standards Sgts made you keep to. As I was often told "If we make a mistake, we can kill a pilot". I left after five years, went into Civil Engineering and later became an IT Teacher and Trainer, so over my life I can say I have like you, witnessed the sad decline of so much, especially traditional basic skills not being passed on. The number times on checking the knowledge and workmanship of those fixing devices in my house, cars and building projects ends up with me falling out with them, telling them to leave, doing it my self or getting someone (if I can) to do it properly. In my own field IT, I just can't believe the lack of basic IT principles (ie TCP/IP default subnet masks) so called company IT Teckies you now find to deal with support calls plus absolute 'mickey mouse' self teaching internet courses.

Hi You gain the apprenticeship as part of the phase two training for the role. You have to apply, go through the application process and join the RAF to get the apprenticeship. RAF Recruitment

Royal Air Force thank you!

I was a Halton Apprentice, twenty three years in the RAF, set me in good stead for my following career in a totally different field, you will learn so much more than a trade, The apprenticeship is the first step to the rest of your life

You don't get a choice, all new joiners are apprentices

@@xboxonegameplay9842 - no they aren't. It's Trade dependant.

It was made yesterday, do you not read the description??

Ben s vlogs and gaming wasn’t asking when the video was made! was asking when raf apprenticeships were a thing.

@@robbiemcleod7068 Back in my day an apprentice did trade training for Airframes then straight away did the training for Propulsion. Basically, they did three years at RAF Halton. For me 16 months was bad enough! Once they had passed out, they could queue jump promotion far easier than the rest of us.

Apprenticeships have been around in the RAF for a while now

I'm unsure but the Navy has merged with the RAF as they share pilots if you wanted to pilot an F35.

What are you not sure about? RAF Recruitment

Royal Air Force not sure on what course i want to do

Get down the careers office and see what is available, then see if you can discuss it with someone who has knowledge in that subject area and see what it entails.

@@Rt3bz Have you looked at all of the roles we have on the RAF Recruitment website? We advise everyone to apply for a role they really want to do as you could be doing it for a long time, so it needs to be right for you. RAF Recruitment

@@royalairforce hello I need help with my life choices Im 15 and I want to be a pilot but it says I have to wait till I'm 17.5 is there anyway I can join at 16 and work towards being a pilot

Hi You don't need to have been in the Air Cadets to join the RAF. You only need to meet the entry requirements listed on the role page that you're interested in applying for. You'll gain the apprenticeship as part of the phase two training, so you'll apply and join the RAF and be full-time in service to get it. But being in the Air Cadets isn't required. RAF Recruitment

@@royalairforce thank you

@@dharmacharinipasadanandi7110 air cadets are the same, they just get bullied a bit more

Hi No, we have people from all through the age ranges for entry on every phase one training course, from 16-47, for all roles. RAF Recruitment

Hi Entry and eligibility requirements are listed on every role page on the RAF Recruitment website. RAF Recruitment

Hi We have roles with apprenticeships that require zero qualifications for entry. Different roles have different entry requirements, not all roles requires GCSEs. RAF Recruitment

@@royalairforce sorry I meant aircraft technical.