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Got a bit of a shock at the Education Manager interviews last night - I've been dropped on a PFT this summer.  That's my first summer, so I guess there isn't much of a backlog anymore.  I'm not an exception, there are other first years going too. Anyway, the idea honestly makes me very...

Or put one choice only.  Putting pilot down three times is unnecessary and in my opinion only smacks of immaturity.  On the other hand it probably makes no difference whatsoever because I'm almost certain no one outside of the RC sees the application.  Your package from the RC doesn't go to the...

Based on your original post, as long as you get the proper academic prerequisites while you are at college you could certainly apply for ROTP in the normal manner.  You would be a standard applicant, not a mature student by any stretch of the imagination.

Nope, April.  Good intel on the other stuff.  For the candidates there is a lot of free stuff of that style available on the web, and you can buy practice material, too, if you are really convinced it will help you and have the money.

Here's some more speculation, but maybe the AEC stuff is based on the "experimental" CBT they were giving pilot candidates for a while.  I did it in 2009, I don't know if they are still doing it (it didn't count toward your selection, they were just going to compare your performance versus how...

Google "military flight aptitude test" or "...training," or "pilot aptitude tests," and see what free stuff is available.  Even though ACSO isn't pilot, the material is applicable.  One good prep would be at http://www.cockpitweb.com/numerapt.html although it will cost you a little lot of money...

The cause of that pain is often weak wrists, even if you don't think you're bending them during curls.  Well, not "weak" but just relatively so - your bicep strength may have exceeded your wrist strength for the time being. Obviously follow the professional advice here first, but there are a...

No, it does not require perfect vision. But pilot has not been accepting DEO applicants for the past year or two.

I don't think it works like that.  We need a flight surgeon or someone who knows for sure in here, but I think the DRDC measurements are a "hard stop," where you have to fit two of the three aircraft or you don't proceed.  After that, it's probably more of a sliding scale because neither the...

Because you already have a degree, Special Commissioning Plan would be the way to go, I think.  PAO is on the list for this year's competition, but you're too late - deadline was September http://www.cfsuo-usfco.forces.gc.ca/adm/pdp-pps/doc/gen-138-2011-eng.asp .  That's OK, it'll allow you to...

ACSO-only candidates don't go to CFASC.  There's nothing there for them that can't be done at the recruiting centre.

As a former multi-time CEOTP applicant, here are a couple of dirty secrets to keep in mind:  there are very, very few slots for CEOTP per occupation in a good year.  Certainly less than 10 and usually less than 5.  The numbers used to be available on the DIN but I've been told they no longer...

Your dilemma is a version of the "do I join an occupation I really don't want just to get in" problem.  The solution to the problem is always don't join to do something you couldn't see yourself doing for the duration of your contract.  If you want to be an officer, don't join as an NCM (except...

Esquimalt is a lot different than that.  It varies from school-to-school but generally you are required to "maintain a bed" in Nelles block, but don't have to sleep in it.  You're not CBed.  You won't get PLD, but if you or girlfriend want to try to find a place to rent for 3-6 months...

Thanks Chief but I've got some sea time and happen to agree with the PO, but I was just relating a learning experience I had (I'm also a PO - well, paid like one).  There is a qualitative difference between the glassy water of the straits and the huge swell past buoy "J," but of course sea time...

I spent my first 3 weeks on a ship bombing around the straits - when we tied up my watch PO2 asked how I was feeling and I said "I'm getting used to this 'being at sea' thing."  He came back with an exasperated "Yeah, we haven't been to sea." Not taking anything away from the Orca tasking, you...

I'm sure you've found out by now but as a PAT fresh out of basic you aren't qualified to do anything, so if you're somehow attached to a ship you will be painting or prepping something to paint or cleaning something gross.  But the odds are you won't be allowed across the brow of a ship in any...

There sort of is, the CEOTP, but it is not the preferred route for either you or the CF - in a conversation with my BPSO, he told me the CF is trying to get rid of it completely.  You pledge to complete a full university degree on your own time before your period of service is up.  Needless to...

I suspect you will be made aware of other trades that are open and that you are suitable/qualified for, if your main trade choice is closed.  You generally don't get offered something out of the blue if you don't ask for it. Keep in mind the number one rule of choosing a job in the military...

Don't overestimate the amount of common sense contained in this system.  I had 2.5 years of a particular degree completed but was required to switch degree programs in order to obtain subsidization, based on a reference that seems to have disappeared (and was not a CFAO).  My original degree is...