Hi there everyone!
I am posting on this page because I am hoping I can get some answers to all the questions I have. Currently my boyfriend is almost at the end of his officer training and is hoping to become a pilot. From what he has explained he still has a number of years of training to go before he completes his training to become a pilot and I understand also that he will have the choice of either helicopter pilot or fast jet pilot.
If someone could please answer the following questions for me that would be great...
1. Will it be chosen FOR him if he becomes a helicopter pilot or fast jet pilot or does he have some say? For example, if they say to him you can become a fast jet pilot can he turn it down and say he wants to fly helicopters?
2. What is the difference in the jobs of the helicopter/fast jet pilots?
3. I heared that fast jet pilots are away longer than helicopter pilots.... is this true? What is the difference in these two roles?
4. The new air craft carrier is coming is a few years time along with the new F35's. How would this affect what he will end up doing. Could he be away for a long time because he will finish his training around the same time as these things coming?
I am posting on this page because I am hoping I can get some answers to all the questions I have. Currently my boyfriend is almost at the end of his officer training and is hoping to become a pilot. From what he has explained he still has a number of years of training to go before he completes his training to become a pilot and I understand also that he will have the choice of either helicopter pilot or fast jet pilot.
If someone could please answer the following questions for me that would be great...
1. Will it be chosen FOR him if he becomes a helicopter pilot or fast jet pilot or does he have some say? For example, if they say to him you can become a fast jet pilot can he turn it down and say he wants to fly helicopters?
2. What is the difference in the jobs of the helicopter/fast jet pilots?
3. I heared that fast jet pilots are away longer than helicopter pilots.... is this true? What is the difference in these two roles?
4. The new air craft carrier is coming is a few years time along with the new F35's. How would this affect what he will end up doing. Could he be away for a long time because he will finish his training around the same time as these things coming?