They'll discuss alot with you on Monday and answer many questions. Definitely go suit and tie jobby! Don't know who will see you, maybe a cpl or sgt, possible an officer. Remember though they're job is to recruit, to sell you the armed forces and will try and steer you in particular directions sometimes depending on what quota they have to fill. Just be sure of what you want. They may have been there a while too in the AFCO, so a bit stuck in the mud.
Big fitness drive in the forces. Though we only do one circuit training session a week on the sqns, though when i can i go upto 3-4times in the gym, usually running. Your are expected to maintain your level of fitness, rise above the rest and all that. As an officer, you are expected to be an example to your troops below you.
During training, IOT, you'll have many gym circuit sessions a week. Also the pre IOT fitness test is 1 1/2 miles in under 10:30secs i think, then straight into a bleep test (need above level 10), as many officer style pressups in 2mins (hands placed next to each other, centre of chest and press up, instead of normal shoulder width apart) and RAF sit ups within 2mins, but more than 51 each. Its maximum best effort, so dont stop at 51, keep going until 2mins time limit as they'll mark you down. The lad, mike, in the blog did it in 8min 50secs recently, and that is slow to him, but he's an RAF tri-athlete.
One of our lads failed OASC (got through 2nd time though), during the initiative and leadership exercise, he knew he had made a mistake but stupidly said 'sh1t', should have done it like this' with his assessor in earshot and in front of his men. Got failed, because you cannot admit a mistake in front of your troops, doesn't inspire trust and integrity from them of you. Though they do tend to treat us RAF candidates a little more harsher as they know that we should be more 'on it'
The lads from my place who have got through, one is going Admin, one already completed IOT and gone for fighter controller, other is doing engineering officer.
You will do your aptitude tests at OSAC too, its about 8hours long for aircrew.
You'll be having a full on medical too before you go in, naked, and err cough please.
Not sure on the rules regarding eye sight. We've a pilot, who wears the med centre issue glasses for flying, without them he's blind as a bat, used to joke about blagging the eye tests.
If your interested...
Some good vids of us larking around and serious stuff in gulf and kandahar...
1 Sqn Harriers H4H Rockstar Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjOKkNOqYUo&feature=related31 Sqn Ali Al Salem during the 2003 war (my old sqn, i was there too)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkJsbECgKeAThe one the BBC made when we were there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j01Z-T9zK_U&feature=related
