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You joke, but the CAS was the reviewing officer at my wings grad, and he was giving us the old *wink wink, nudge nudge* about it, so don't be surprised...  ;)

So I actually just got one of these (CANEX in Moose Jaw got an early shipment), and despite a lot of the skepticism that's been expressed here, which seems to be based largely on a photo in a poster with bad lighting and a model who doesn't know how to dress properly (did anyone notice he's got...

Glad to hear you passed.  If your mom was drilled you on that stuff when you were in grade school, I'll bet you weren't thanking her for it at the time.  :D They surely had been beta testing it for a while since we did it 2 1/2 years ago, and we probably weren't the first.  The point of using...

If you read my previous post carefully you'll realize it will most likely be the latter. While the trial test that Toast and I did at CFASC as pilot candidates included both a psychomotor (stick and rudder) and a psychometric portion, the trial test they had the untrained AECs do was only the...

Well, I was holding back from speculating that far, but there may be something to what Melbatoast said. When I was on SLT, they had all the AEC 2LTs in the language school go over to Cornwall for a day and do that very test.  I had done the same one when I was at CFASC (also in 2009). ...

Interesting.  I had heard through the grapevine that they were looking at implementing a pre-enrollment selection test for AEC applicants, but I didn't think they'd started using it already.  From what I was told, it's aimed at reducing the number of candidates who fail in phase training, which...

Any idea how common it is for someone who wants to do Ph II in Moose Jaw to get stuck doing it in Portage instead? I intend to really try for Moose Jaw, for the same reasons others on here have already expressed, but I'm curious how often that happens.

I was toying with the idea of getting one.  One of the guys at my squadron has it and wore it at our change of command parade.  He was the MC, which is probably the only way he got away with it.  He said he got it off eBay from someone who'd bought up a bunch from Logistik when they still...

The number I was quoted when I (re)did my interview back in May was 47, and I can only assume that was the then-current number.  I was also told that of those, about 20 were being filled in July, and the remainder in October.  I was lucky enough to be one of the July selections.  Anyone who is...

Snyper, pm inbound. Blackbird, I'm pretty sure they tell everybody that, but don't be dissuaded.  Having any kind of pilot's license is not a requirement.  In fact, at least as far as the application and selection process, it does not matter as much as they say at the recruiting centre, if it...

Yes, I went in June '09.

Well, damn, because the last time I sat down and spoke with my file manager (in January), he told me "Your file is complete but I can't merit list you because there's no positions.  If positions open up in April, then I can merit list you." In other words, my file is very much still in their...

I am certain that refers to ROTP.  The reason I'm so sure is that no one (at a recruiting centre, anyway) will know how many DEOs they're taking until April 1.  That is what my file manager told me.

Hey gwones, sorry to hear that.  Did you write the ACSO exam in case you decide to go that route? There were a few already serving members in the group when I went.  One was a navy MARS officer, another was an infantry officer, and one was a ~40yo ACSO.  There were also a couple of reserve...

Now I'm just confused.  :-\  I don't know whether to be encouraged or discouraged by all this. The file manager I've dealt with here seemed quite optimistic about my chances for FY2010.  Now, I'm not so sure.  I've been sitting through this for going on a year now, and know that I can fully...

So in other words, DEOs are easy-come easy-go? I can see how they arrive at that conclusion, but it still doesn't explain why they take so many more ROTP candidates ab initio, particularly for Pilot.

Seriously?  and in Toronto, no less!  Add to that the fact that DEOs come a bit cheaper, having paid for their own education, and I find the fact that they take so few a bit mind boggling.  I understand, of course, that it costs well into the seven-figure amounts to train a Pilot, but surely a...

I believe it is the latter.  However an actual recruiter would be the real authority on that, and you could probably just ask them.  What I know for sure, though, is that the aptitude test and interview are very important, and it is to your benefit to take them seriously and give your best...

Remember that each recruiting centre gets a certain number of slots (and I think it varies greatly, so an average probably wouldn't be that useful).  The recruiter in Saskatoon told me this year they had only one.  The one here in Ottawa told me they'd had two.  If snyper's recruiter said he...

Well, I was at that same point almost exactly a year ago.  I started my application in October 2008, and was doing interview, CFAT, and medical by November.  All the while knowing I probably wouldn't have a shot at the (very few) spots opening up in April. If you're lucky, they might whisk you...