Can you become a pilot as a Warfare Officer?

[Keithdwat579]

Hi, Its a question I've been researching and I can't find a proper up to date answer.
If I join as a Warfare Officer, can I become a pilot in the air arm with the intention of coming out and becoming a PWO and hopefully command?
I notice that once you do your Initial training, IWOC, OOW and all of that, you choose a sub specialism, I get that, but is one of those specialisms a pilot?

 

[alfred_the_great]

Yes; if you're young enough.


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[Joint_Force_Harrier]

I know of a few Pilots that are now driving ships

 

[dapperdunn]

I know of a few Pilots that are now driving ships

And cooking

 

[Seadog]

....pilot in the air arm with the intention of coming out and becoming a PWO and hopefully command?

Coming out is not the big deal it once was.

 

[BreathingOutOnTheWayUp]

^^Heed ye all from the voice of experience...

 

[Keithdwat579]

At what age should you join if this is your aim?
And what are the chances of this happening? (Slim I guess)

 

[alfred_the_great]

You have to be under 26 at the start of flying training.

If you want to be s pilot, join as a pilot; if you want to be a Warfare officer, join as that.


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[Keithdwat579]

Fair enough I guess. Thanks for the help

 

[alfred_the_great]

I'm not trying to be dull. The numbers of Warfare->Pilot are vanishingly small (less than 5 a year at a guess). It is far easier to become a Warfare Officer from being a Pilot than the other way around.

 

[Keithdwat579]

Yeah, I was getting that feeling, how do I go about becoming a warfare officer from a pilot? Sorry to be a nuisance!

 

[Waspie]

You have to be under 26 at the start of flying training.

If you want to be s pilot, join as a pilot; if you want to be a Warfare officer, join as that.


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Sage advice.

 

[Waspie]

Yeah, I was getting that feeling, how do I go about becoming a warfare officer from a pilot? Sorry to be a nuisance!

Go to your local AFCO would be a good start. You get the info straight from the horses mouth.

 

[alfred_the_great]

Yeah, I was getting that feeling, how do I go about becoming a warfare officer from a pilot? Sorry to be a nuisance!

Join, pass all your flying training, realise that you have actually no desire to spend your entire life at sea, and instead wang about in your trusty bird?


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