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Hey guys, haven't abandoned the hood of brothers... I've moved from Darwin out into the stix a little, but broadband all hooked up now and rearing to go Hope everyone's been cruisin pretty good...

pinoyplaya said:afternoon all! hey i just found out it was $12000 to $15000 a year for a coarse on Bachelor Degree on Aviaiton! i knew it was alot but not that much! what if i go to the airforce? what then? lol

Hey, you'd do your degree at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) in Canberra, which is right next to the Royal Military College which is for Army Officer training. I went through studying a Batchelor of Technology in Aeronautical Engineering between 2000 & 2002. It's a pretty good deal, and a worthwhile 2/3 years. At the same time as doing your uni which is through UNSW you'll be doing military and officer training. So your days are pretty full Monday to Friday. But there'll be stuff like weapon training, room and dress inspections, physical training, drill and all sorts of stuff mixed in. And all sorts of sports to play.

13 Jul 2006 - 08:40 Placid Hills, QLD

As for 'peak physical fitness', the minimum requirements for the RAAF are:

- a 2.4km run in 12 minutes.
- 30 situps (feet not held)
- a 30 second flexed arm hang

To tell you the truth I couldn't do most of this when I arrived at ADFA but got conditioned pretty quick. No extra fitness requirements for pilot apart from needing to be medically in good nick.

As for pay, I think 1st year Officer cadets get over 18,000 for their first year and it goes up each year. After ADFA you'll go straight to Tamworth to start pilot training.

I started as a pilot trainee, but now I'm an Air Traffic Controller which I love, so there's plenty of room to move once you've joined up...

Hope that helps, any questions fire away, or else I can give u my e-mail...

13 Jul 2006 - 08:40 Placid Hills, QLD

yo gang howz it hangin'?

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pinoyplaya says:

wow thanks bundy! how long would it take to complete everything and become an actual pilot for qantas or something?

13 Jul 2006 - 16:09 Brisvegas

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IAMColonel says:

Bundy, i didn't know there was airports in NT ?

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WELL THANKS PINOYPLAYA!!!!

We all just tried to explain some ideas on how to get into a military piloting position and NOW U SAY you wanted to be a comercial pilot *sigh*

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No news on my badge?? Just thought i'd ask since everyone else is getting theirs?

13 Jul 2006 - 16:18 Melbourne - Nbo says:when i git my psss im going to have a nice car an have sex in it

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thegame10 says:

hey superfriends!

once again i return from my short leave. This time being school. Its been very hard returning through the green gates of my school which is pretty much a depressing foundation every morning. Highlights already are taking a dive infront of the poohead of an italian teacher at lunch time. Im looking forward to the next few weeks!

13 Jul 2006 - 17:05 Brisbane

u still havent gotten the badge, IAC!

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IAMColonel says:

hey not my fault are u flamming me again KOK, u stupid little KOK

13 Jul 2006 - 18:17 Melbourne - Nbo says:when i git my psss im going to have a nice car an have sex in it

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thegame10 says:

kok, i just realised your name resembles the title of a Jesus film made in 1961, we are watching it in religeon atm

13 Jul 2006 - 18:18 Brisbane

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untoldlegend says:

IAMColonel. No He may want to become a commercial pilot but one of the best ways of getting into it and making sure you'll have a job is by being a military pilot. Commercial airlines want EXPERIANCE.

13 Jul 2006 - 18:27 Brisbane, Queensland

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pinoyplaya says:

lol i dunno the diff between the pilots sorry! well yeah i want to fly for qantas or something but i wanna know about the training is all lol

13 Jul 2006 - 19:05 Brisvegas

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flatbattery says:

if only qantas planes had guns, it would be so much more fun 2 fly

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pookytook says:

hmm, have to agree, but what would you shoot? (oh god, don't you answer that one fb. i'm on to you. )

how's it going gang?!

13 Jul 2006 - 20:41 the other end of the rainbow

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untoldlegend says:

Hey Pooky, going good. And yourself?

13 Jul 2006 - 20:55 Brisbane, Queensland

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thegame10 says:

hey pooky how you doin?

I just came home from shopping to buy my drama costume. I also took a squiz in at eb. I was very dissappointed with everything. Games just arnt what they used to be...

13 Jul 2006 - 21:01 Brisbane

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pookytook says:

jolly good. still got that warm fuzzy feeling you get after doing nice things for the hell of it. *starts muttering about overdramatic emo prats with no respect for themselves or other people*
other than....that, just organising partays, abusing teachers and, yeah, the usual.

oooh - costume! what sort?!! and yeah, agreed. haven't played a decent game for a while, i blame the government out of habit.

13 Jul 2006 - 21:04 the other end of the rainbow

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Drexl says:

Damn Muay Thai was brutal tonight, we were doing gradings and during the sparing test one of the girls who was doing her green singlet level (equal to blue, green belt in karate etc) and she was sparring with one of my mates, and he ended up kicking her in the side of her knee which ended up dislocating the knee and tearing the ligaments or something like that.

That was brutal and an ambulance ended up having to be called to help her, So that was basically my night. What has everyone else been doing?

13 Jul 2006 - 21:46 Melbourne, Victoria

pinoyplaya said:wow thanks bundy! how long would it take to complete everything and become an actual pilot for qantas or something?

Well, someone mentioned Return of Service Obligation (ROSO) before. If you sign up to be a pilot going through the defence academy you'll sign a contract which could have a ROSO of up to 15 years on the day you join. If you fail pilot's course this will drop back to the ADFA ROSO of around 7 years and you can look at other Defence jobs (may I recommend air traffic control

) or they may allow you to leave.

So you're looking at 15 years or so in the RAAF before you can even consider switching to QANTAS, but if you play it right it should be a worthwhile and fulfilling 15 years with plenty of overseas deployments.

Edit: Its also possible to join the RAAF as a pilot without going through ADFA in which case the ROSO is smaller.

14 Jul 2006 - 09:43 Placid Hills, QLD

When I went through the Aviation degree was only starting out, so I'm not sure of the fine points. I think the ROSO may be slightly shorter and if you fail course you can leave straight away, or chase after another defence job.

As for how long until you're flying RAAF Planes. After ADFA you'd go to Tamworth and fly CT4's for just over 6 months, and after that you'd move over to Perth at RAAF Base Pearce and fly PC9's for almost 3 quarters of a year (these are the very same aircraft that the Roulette's fly and they're super sweet), after that you'd move onto the aircraft that you get selected for and do conversion training. If you are selected for F-111's or F/A-18's you'll first learn to fly Hawks which helps the transition to fast jets. Hope this helps.

But before they'll accept you, you'll still have to do Flight Screening, which is 2 weeks of flying CT4's and CAP-10's in Tamworth BEFORE you join the RAAF where they'll test your ability to LEARN to fly. You'd do this after passing the first interviews and tests.

14 Jul 2006 - 09:48 Placid Hills, QLD

IAMColonel said:Bundy, i didn't know there was airports in NT ?

LOL LOL double LOL

Are u serious, there's hundreds. I control at Darwin 'International' Airport. We are 24/7 and haven't closed since Cyclone Tracey. It's a very busy airport with lots of domestic and international jets and hundreds of 'bug smashers' to make life difficult

It's also a RAAF Base, which is why RAAF Officers run the air traffic.

Katherine and Alice Springs are pretty big too, Katherine's also a RAAF Base and both are controlled. The rest are just little fields near small towns and indigenous communities...

14 Jul 2006 - 09:54 Placid Hills, QLD

yo everyone finally i got my own pc!

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IAMColonel says:

@Bundy, i was only joking lol

@KOK, is that a good thing?......I mean, for us?

14 Jul 2006 - 16:27 Melbourne - Nbo says:when i git my psss im going to have a nice car an have sex in it