I will be in the Washinton/Maryland area soon...wondering when is the next time the Marines Silent Drill Team will perform?

Free to you (assuming that they would take you on as pilot - this has very stringent and exacting standards and much competion)- approx 5 million cost to the uk The RAF has two accession programs for its pilots. One involves a shorter term of service than the other does. The 12-year short-service commission is the least desired by the RAF but is the one most frequently chosen by the pilots.

According to the RAF, a pilot signing in for 12 years has a yearly salary of 34.670 pounds at the end of the training phase. http://www.raf.mod.uk/careers/jobs/pilot... The 16/38 program (service to 16 years or age 38) is more desirable to the RAF, but not many follow its course. At age 38, there is a reasonable flow from fighters to multiengine aircraft; some helicopter pilots flow to fighter aircraft at an earlier age.

It costs about £5.7 million (2002 figure) to train a pilot reporting to a squadron with training taking approximately 4.2 years on average. The flying units often have a shortage of experienced pilots. This is caused by a combination of failing to achieve targets for new pilots and by pilots leaving early or not extending their service.

The RAF (like USAF) is constrained by a maximum number of new pilots in flying units so as not to increase the ratio of inexperienced pilots to experienced pilots to unacceptable levels. Squadron tours last just about three years, and it is not unusual for a pilot to do sequential tours in the same squadron. Most “ground” tours have been eliminated (because of low numbers of RAF pilots).

A pilot must do a minimum of six years after OCU before leaving. The goal is to get at least 12 years’ return of service. To encourage pilots with two years remaining to complete their service, the RAF reimburses the cost of gaining a commercial pilot license.

After age 38, a person who stays in a squadron is specialist aircrew and will enter a fly-only track until age 55. After a first squadron tour, a pilot is qualified as a section lead. Typically, the best pilots go to a program like Top Gun and then return to the squadron as a qualified weapons instructor.

Other top pilots take flight instructor training and return to the squadron as a qualified flight instructor. Pilots may also rotate to another squadron. The RAF has a full-time reservist program whereby a pilot retires from active commission and comes back as a Reservist (on active duty) at lower rank/pay grade but with an additional pension.

It has a series of contracts for five years up to a maximum of age 60, which essentially allows a 50-year-old to serve two tours to age 60, after which an individual can draw an active pension with an added increment of Reserve pension. Many of the Reserve pilots go into the training system but they can serve almost anywhere in the community. Pilot work is on average 200 man-days per year, and they view themselves as getting high productivity out of each man-day.

They attempt to get maximum value out of every flight hour.

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