Hello everyone, I’m interested in joining the RAF as aircrew, but i have been prescribed an inhaler twice, once in 2014 and then in 2016, both times for bronchitis. Never had actual asthma and these are the only two things on my record apart from the covid shots. Will these two incidents disqualify me from aircrew? Thanks everyone in advance. P.S. if you saw this post before, its because i put it in the wrong place, my apologies.
You won’t get a definitive answer from anyone except the medics involved in recruitment, all anyone here can do is guess.
The rules have changed recently, and they’re being much stricter with the medicals and medical history, to the extent where any history of a wheeze past the age of 2 is likely a bar to entry.
With forces recruitment minimal these days, they can afford to be picky.
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Yep. They’ve recently reduced the age range pilots can be when they start, too. Was 18-25, now it’s 18-22.
Yeah they had to do that to make sure those individuals had enought time for 3 to 4 holding pool tours prior to front line sqn conversion.
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That seems quite low and would rule out people doing a 4 year degree?
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You’ll have until you’re 22 and 364 days to begin MIOT.
Unless I suspect you have a university cadetship or on a UAS.
Which has buggered up the plans of one of my ex cadets who is now applying to the Navy instead, having made the mistake of going to Cambridge first…
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Seems short sighted, given that a growing percentage of science degrees are 4 years, some are 5 with a gap year.
Also anything with a year in industry…
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However, we’re beyond bronchitis here.
Doea anyone have any actual gen beyond “speak to the recruiter”?
Broadly no, JSP950 and AP1269A are the references.
The recruiter is the way to go, as at some point there needs to be a conversation between the single service medical board and the applicant’s GP or specialist.
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