Serving or ex armed services?

[huff3r]

Just had my eyesight test done cos the docs requested it, 6/6 in one eye and 6/3 in the other (corrected ).
Hmmm, got me thinking, i forgot to ask my optometrist to look up wether i meet the standards for pilot.... Not that i think i'td be a good thing for me to go for now, but in a few years time could be a possibility.

Also, does anyone know if they take people who've had laser eye surgery as pilots? Just out of curiosity...

[jamessmith]

did 2 1/2 years V coy 1RNZIR.. not long, but long enough to say been there done that

[portokiwi]

10 years RNZIR 80s-90s, still working for the govt....... Under paid over worked lol

[sAsLEX]

Also, does anyone know if they take people who've had laser eye surgery as pilots? Just out of curiosity...

Never used to, but apparently this might be changing.

[huff3r]

Never used to, but apparently this might be changing.

Oooh, sounds promising. I'll have to keep my eye on this, i'd love to be able to see like a normal person haha.

It's soo slow now though, just waiting for selection in April, the slowest 3 months of my life so far. With my fingers crossed for every second of it

[quickbuck]

True True....

Yes, the True Brat part is the "... when my dad..." Or, "We used to do this in on Sqn in Singapore...." When they were all of 7 and their dad was a Corporal...

Well, better get back to work... and have my.. Oh, wait. Wednesday. Sport

[sAsLEX]

Well, better get back to work... and have my.. Oh, wait. Wednesday. Sport

oh I wish I was posted to a non operational unit......

[Robert Taylor]

Who here are either currently serving or ex armed services?
Me, Im an ex RNZAF SGT,served in the mob for 13 years, been in civvy street about 14 years now

Ex RNZAF also, that in part explains my hatred for Helen Clark

[Delerium]

RNZAF 2001-2008
Engineer at 3 ANR 2009 - still going.

[quickbuck]

oh I wish I was posted to a non operational unit......

Yup,
I only support one of the FEG's, so get it pretty easy if all is going well.....
I won't even say what I did for sport on here... But needless to say it was fun!

[quickbuck]

That's exactly what she says. I mean, I can remember playing ping pong in the hangar next to a Hercules that was being worked on, or stealing icecream from the Pommy Fincastle team's fridge - and many other stories of the same vein. But that's not the sorta stuff people down at the JR's/Airmen's club want to talk/hear about when they are on the piss! It's just like Air Training Corps kids that join up and think that their cardboard rank slides from the Afternoon Tea Club actually mean something - they get put in their place pretty fast!

Yup, I know the type.... Only all too well!

[specter]

got my call from the recruiting office today! im getting my fitness testing and interview done on the 26th (did aptitude late December) and as long as that goes all well she said i have a place reserved for the July AARC intake.......

BTH how long do you have to be in the army before becoming specialized

[Gibbo13p]

Good luck! bet on 2 years before your let go to try and do something else..if at all. What did you recruit as?

[wbks]

got my call from the recruiting office today! im getting my fitness testing and interview done on the 26th (did aptitude late December) and as long as that goes all well she said i have a place reserved for the July AARC intake.......

BTH how long do you have to be in the army before becoming specialized

Woa, put in my app. earlier this year (Jan'), was kind of expecting that it would go pretty fast once I get the call and hopefully be there (in the same one as you I assume) on the 26th, but sounds like I might have to wait longer Just curious, what are your 2.4 time/pressups/situps? I know it's getting more competitive all the time, so I'm wondering if the 10:30 they tell you to aim for on the website is going to cut it. btw what were you hoping to specialize in?

[specter]

Woa, put in my app. earlier this year (Jan'), was kind of expecting that it would go pretty fast once I get the call and hopefully be there (in the same one as you I assume) on the 26th, but sounds like I might have to wait longer Just curious, what are your 2.4 time/pressups/situps? I know it's getting more competitive all the time, so I'm wondering if the 10:30 they tell you to aim for on the website is going to cut it. btw what were you hoping to specialize in?

give the recruitment office a call, and give them shit! got me sussed priti quickly, im doing sub 10 min 2.4's atm 60 sit ups but only 15 pushups (not my strong point)
im still thinking about specializations thats why i asked how long it takes....

" I know it's getting more competitive all the time" recruiter said (based on my aptitude tests) as long as i pass the fitness tests i have a position reserved on the AARC