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Good luck to you and I wish you success. Your story is very similar to mine in many ways right down to marriage, age and job security (I always had direction, it just often did not go where I expected). My original first choice of trade was even the same as yours and there is still a good chance...

0500: Wake up 0600: Go to work 1800: Come home, change, put stuff away 1830: 5 mins stretching, 5 mins warmup, 30 mins running (~5-7km), 10 mins ~40-50 situps/~25-30 pushups/~1min 20 seconds for each kind of plank (I still suck at these and man they hurt, tips welcome) 1930: Feed/play with/bath...

Just out of curiosity, do you want to join the CAF through the ROTP program (going to the Royal Military College in Kingston Ontario for a full 4 year university degree all expenses paid) or through the DEO programme (you go to university on your own and join the CAF after graduation). Either...

That is a pity, it sounds like it was a nice thing not only for CAF pilots. It seems some pilots here have very little interest in flying privately (why drive a beater after driving a formula 1 race car) but I thought a private license could be very practical as well. I have a wife, two children...

Actually, the 7km days are likely closer to 35 minutes. I make three laps of a 2km course in close to 30 minutes but sometimes go over in time and distance. If it is THAT good, I am likely mistaken. Either way, it is a far cry from my original 300 meters and then being winded. I run for about 30...

I was in the same boat. Was told I would be contacted within the next few weeks for my CFAT in my case, and I never heard from the recruiting center again (I applied in September of 2013, my file was lost, spent months phoning around to get information about where my file is and finally got a...

Exactly what I would expect, which is why I wonder if CAF members get those flying hours for a private license in more creative 'cheaper' ways than most civilians have access to. Not having to pay for much of the training is a big plus financially, but renting an aircraft is still as you say...

Do the CAF pilots usually have better connections to have access to private aircraft in order to log hours for areas not covered in the CAF (Like easy access to friends with aircraft, connections to ex-CAF members in the civilian flying world or discounts at flying schools and for rentals). I...

Thanks a lot for the info and links. It was some pretty heavy reading but what I took away was that: Ground school, the written exam and the skill requirement are considered met so long as the CAF member has obtained their wings, logged an insignificant amount of hours in the past 12 months (if...

Ha ha, 9 months and I still have not even written my CFAT (7 years in Japan is not kind on the application process). At least it has given me more than ample time to train. Now I am up to 6-7km in 30 minutes, no resting, and 30 consecutive push-ups (the push-up training is not improving so...

I apologize if these questions have already been answered, but Google and the search function on this site have failed me (using 'private license CAF' just gives me hits for people that already have a private license and want to join the CAF). I was just wondering, what kind of license do CAF...

Thank you for the feedback. I ended up just doing a 3km speed walk and my body did not seem to complain any more than it already was. I tried a little light jogging but that was hurting way more than it should so I returned to the speed walking. I don't know how much 'exercise' speed walking...

I have been browsing these forums for information for the past few months but today is the first day the search function on both this site and google have failed me, so this is my first post. I applied to the CF last month and began training (since I was out of shape) shortly before that. I...