Thanks Ex.
Gents, the RCAF ceased to exist 36 years ago. We're now the air element of the CAF, which stands for Canadian Armed Forces not Canadian Air Force.
I went through Moose Jaw with History majors, English majors, and even one guy that had a Masters in international relations. It's just mental math, if you're the guy that always reaches for a calculator to do simple math then you'll have a hell of a time. You've also got to be able to wrap your brain around aerodynamics, nothing too intense, but a lot of lift/drag curves and power required curves. Then if you get into helos you start to get concerned with effects of torque and other characteristics specific to helicopters.
How hard the training is depends on who you're talking to, I found it challenging but not too difficult. There's guys that will beg to differ with me on the difficulty of pilot training, who for one reason or another couldn't cut it.
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