Well fortunately by the time you're ready to join the RCAF at 18 you'll be a man (assuming you're a boy) and able to make your own decisions. When you're old enough (I think somewhere between 13 and 15) you should also look into the air cadets to prepare yourself. Good luck!
@@notBradYourself This is my last year with the Air cadets and I agree, Air cadets is a GREAT programme and I'd definitely participate in the programme wether pilot is your end goal or not.
@@GabrielBenay Ive been in the program for two years. I can say it is soooo fun! I hope you enjoy it, the activities are great, and you make amazing friends. :)
@@GabrielBenay ok but i heard from my brother that most of what you do is parades and marching and saying that my attention span is crap i want to know if this really is true or do you actually learn about flying?
Glad to have the Canadians on our side. Cheers to ya'll from a US Air Force airmen. When I was a kid, it always blew my mind that Canadians spoke english. I thought all Canadians spoke French or something lmao
Currently 13 turning 14 this year (2024) I hope to join the RCAF and fly the C130 hercules. I’m hoping to join RMC or get my bachelors degree in something and join through there. Still have 5 years to go. I already joined royal Canadian air cadets since that will help me. Wish me luck.
You can do an undergrad at RMC for whatever you want (and if they have it). Looks like for air, there is a lot of aerospace stuff and electronics from the eng angle. From the military education side, you could get a bachelors in war and tactics or defense. There are also social sciences like histories and language stuff. This is all on their site. My brother is about your age, and I'm trying to pick his brain about what he likes...which will make career path that much easier.
I'm 15 (almost 16) and have 2 years of school left and after that I'm gonna do university and as soon as I'm able I'm joining,its the job I wanted to do since I was 3 haha Edit: actually I'm hoping to fly helicopters more so than planes
@@GiaBao06 As a pilot going into the Royal Air Force, you need 20/20 eye vision. I have met all requirements in the medical. You need to be fit as fuck man.
I want to become a fighter pilot but my eyesight isn't the best. It's not the worst, I can okay, but I wear glasses if I want to see the board in classrooms with clarity. Is there a way around this?
@@saulgoodman8027 That's actually incorrect. The inner part of the helmet is custom fitted, but since visors get scratched easily, they need to be replaced quickly. So no, they are not adapted to your vision.
I truly wish everyone who wishes to join the RCAF as a pilot, that their dream manifests itself. Nevertheless, should your dream not matetialize of becoming a pilot in the air force - please do keep in mind that there are many other options to becoming and working as a commercial pilot in Canada and around the world. There is a severe shortage of commercial pilots in Canada, the US, Europe, the far east, Africa and elsewhere in world. For example, going back some 10 or more years ago, even an entry-level position in bush flying, required some 500-1200 hours of prior flying experience. Today, if one looks hard enough, one can enter as a new pilot flying the bush with as little as 200 hours. The 'fly-in-the-ointment' these days are the exorbitant costs now for training, as the costs have risen exponentially. (IDEA: get a construction trade, this will help defray the costs or at least help pay for the loans taken-out to pay for training (aka flight hours)). And, if you are still in late primary school or early secondary school, do not forget to study hard - especially: math & physics; repeat: math & physics. Best of luck to all & 'Godspeed'...
0:37 the skills to become a pilot? Hmmm, so why does the CF require that only officers can fly, all with a degree in something useless. I spent years as a flight instructor and the worst pilots were those with some higher level education, forget those with a PhD. My best students were those that had nothing but high school; one is captain with Air Canada on a B787-9 where I did his Commercial PL (top notch flyer) and others that were just recreational pilots.
@@JamesJoyce12 Also do you think you started on an F-18. Way back they all started on a Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer, yup a general aviation aircraft like a Cessna. And a silly degree does not make you fly any better. When you are putting 800 to 1000 hours of air time in every year, the aircraft is like a second skin.
I believe it would be. You may not have to take the basic flying course in Portage. It may depend on how many hours PIC you have on your PPL. I'd check with your local recruiting office.
@@vteckkkkk1243 Then how else to Canadians learn about the Canadian Forces. Face facts, media reports the news and tells a story. Also, it's not the Air Forces job to give people joyrides.
@@yxeaviationphotog well it should be? Have you seen the budget deficits from covid? Maybe the Air Force can start charging for joy rides. When’s the last time those planes did anything useful anyway? Also, why shouldn’t people get to go on it for career inspiration anyway?
@@vteckkkkk1243 Ridiculous. Look....I'd love to go for a ride as well, but you are right.....it is a privilege. Not everyone gets to do it. Sorry to rain on your parade. Also, the RCAF can't charge people for rides....they are a government organization. They can't make money. When was the last time our planes were useful? Baltic Air Policing missions, sovereignty patrols, disaster airlift, search and rescue....I can go on and on. Frankly, I doubt you have any real idea as to what the RCAF actually does. If you want the privilege to ride in one, become a journalist, or sign on the dotted line and train to fly them. The idea that people think they are entitled a ride in a military aircraft is laughable.
@@royal9074 I am not in a position to answer than but i have heard that it is perferrable if you do have an engineering or science but by no means necessary. There are pilots who have Art degrees
Study math & physics, math & physics, math & physics. Also a little chemistry, biology, history and improve your English as much as possible and strive to speak (at least passable) French. And more - math & physics... Good luck!
I’m dead set on becoming a pilot in the RCAF once I graduate from high school. Not necessarily flying combat aircraft, but just flying for the airforce.
Same Bro but from What I've Heard it May Be Difficult Becoming a Pilot Not Necessarily Because of Training but Simply Being Accepted Due the Fact It's a Very Popular Career but Definitely Give it a Try & I'd Like to Aswell
I ask myself the same question. From what I gather, it's more important that you don't need glasses :P also, reflexes and shape. I imagine they dont want to invest in say a 40 y/o. Maybe I can get away with it at 36?? ;)
@@elmo-nu2qm is it possible to be a fighter pilot in canada? I want to do so but i dont really know anything about it. I still have 3 years of school left but i need more information. I know I shouldn't be looking at TH-cam comments but how do you know all of this
do NOT tell them you have depression. Work it out first then join but whatever you do do not tell the recruiter or anyone in the military of this issue. Good luck kid
Ya we sit in a big room eating donuts watching Trudeau give a speach on how woke he is and then we ride in the back seat of some other countries plane.
Proud to choose Canada as my country. I'll obey and serve and die in this country. Thx for Canadians for receiving me. God bless u all
@Kabir Ahmed Shah did u got ur canadian passeport ?
@Kabir Ahmed Shahgoodluck.to join the army u should be canadian
Glad to have you, Marwan.
My dream job is the rcaf and I’m 8 so I hope my mom will allow me
Well fortunately by the time you're ready to join the RCAF at 18 you'll be a man (assuming you're a boy) and able to make your own decisions. When you're old enough (I think somewhere between 13 and 15) you should also look into the air cadets to prepare yourself. Good luck!
@@notBradYourself This is my last year with the Air cadets and I agree, Air cadets is a GREAT programme and I'd definitely participate in the programme wether pilot is your end goal or not.
@@GabrielBenay Ive been in the program for two years. I can say it is soooo fun! I hope you enjoy it, the activities are great, and you make amazing friends. :)
@@chasniffy Yeah it's great, I just finished my last year lol I'm 16 and going into the reserves. Stick with the programme it's great
@@GabrielBenay ok but i heard from my brother that most of what you do is parades and marching and saying that my attention span is crap i want to know if this really is true or do you actually learn about flying?
Great video and I'm Canadian
Glad to have the Canadians on our side. Cheers to ya'll from a US Air Force airmen. When I was a kid, it always blew my mind that Canadians spoke english. I thought all Canadians spoke French or something lmao
God bless Canada 🇨🇦
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My father learned how to fly with the RCAF over that very terrain 83 years ago in Tiger Moths and Cessna Cranes.
Currently 13 turning 14 this year (2024) I hope to join the RCAF and fly the C130 hercules. I’m hoping to join RMC or get my bachelors degree in something and join through there. Still have 5 years to go. I already joined royal Canadian air cadets since that will help me. Wish me luck.
You can do an undergrad at RMC for whatever you want (and if they have it). Looks like for air, there is a lot of aerospace stuff and electronics from the eng angle. From the military education side, you could get a bachelors in war and tactics or defense. There are also social sciences like histories and language stuff. This is all on their site. My brother is about your age, and I'm trying to pick his brain about what he likes...which will make career path that much easier.
Aim high man, you got this💪👍
Great job guys , from America
I'd imagine that the RCAF is quite busy right now rewriting all the CF18 curriculum for the CF35
I am 28 and want to transition into an officer job at RCAF from my current civilian job. Air force rocks
Great Video!
Thank you for your service 😊
Someone has the guts to do so,bravo.
I'm 15 (almost 16) and have 2 years of school left and after that I'm gonna do university and as soon as I'm able I'm joining,its the job I wanted to do since I was 3 haha
Edit: actually I'm hoping to fly helicopters more so than planes
I'm 17 and almost done school (hoping to go to university if I have the $) and I would love to join the RCAF, mainly for firefighting services
@@themuffinman4044 same, I just finished all my schooling and hope to go to university and get some cash saved up before I join up
@@aidanbegovic9584 awesome, best of luck dude
@@themuffinman4044 to you too
is it possible to be a fighter pilot in canada
I really wanna join up in the rcaf
If only my eyes weren't garbage, I would have applied for the fighters.
Wait you need good eye sights to become any pilots?
That means not wearing glasses
@@GiaBao06
As a pilot going into the Royal Air Force, you need 20/20 eye vision. I have met all requirements in the medical. You need to be fit as fuck man.
Would they accept Lasik(Fixed vision)?
@@GiaBao06
You can wear glasses, but corrected vision must be up to 20/20
Am a gambian but my dream job is to work at RCAF i hope will make it in theit
no guts, no glory
Should have chosen the top gun theme
I want to become a fighter pilot but my eyesight isn't the best. It's not the worst, I can okay, but I wear glasses if I want to see the board in classrooms with clarity. Is there a way around this?
Unfortunately no way around it.
If your corrected vision is up to 20/20 then yes, you can still join
Can I be a fighter pilot if I have glasses?
They won’t be needed, each helmet is perfect and adapted to you, the visor is adapted to your vision.
@@saulgoodman8027 That's actually incorrect. The inner part of the helmet is custom fitted, but since visors get scratched easily, they need to be replaced quickly. So no, they are not adapted to your vision.
Matt.....I'm not sure if they have relaxed the vision requirements, but I would lean towards no. Best option is to phone your local recruiting office.
I truly wish everyone who wishes to join the RCAF as a pilot, that their dream manifests itself. Nevertheless, should your dream not matetialize of becoming a pilot in the air force - please do keep in mind that there are many other options to becoming and working as a commercial pilot in Canada and around the world.
There is a severe shortage of commercial pilots in Canada, the US, Europe, the far east, Africa and elsewhere in world. For example, going back some 10 or more years ago, even an entry-level position in bush flying, required some 500-1200 hours of prior flying experience. Today, if one looks hard enough, one can enter as a new pilot flying the bush with as little as 200 hours. The 'fly-in-the-ointment' these days are the exorbitant costs now for training, as the costs have risen exponentially. (IDEA: get a construction trade, this will help defray the costs or at least help pay for the loans taken-out to pay for training (aka flight hours)). And, if you are still in late primary school or early secondary school, do not forget to study hard - especially: math & physics; repeat: math & physics.
Best of luck to all & 'Godspeed'...
0:37 the skills to become a pilot? Hmmm, so why does the CF require that only officers can fly, all with a degree in something useless. I spent years as a flight instructor and the worst pilots were those with some higher level education, forget those with a PhD. My best students were those that had nothing but high school; one is captain with Air Canada on a B787-9 where I did his Commercial PL (top notch flyer) and others that were just recreational pilots.
and I watched several commercial pilots wash-out - being a military pilot is different than flying a cessna
@@JamesJoyce12 Well don't let it get to your head. I spent more than a couple of decades at DND.
@@JamesJoyce12 Also do you think you started on an F-18. Way back they all started on a Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer, yup a general aviation aircraft like a Cessna. And a silly degree does not make you fly any better. When you are putting 800 to 1000 hours of air time in every year, the aircraft is like a second skin.
Can someone with asthma be a jet pilot?
I want to join the Canadian Air Force how will I go about it
Contact your local recruiting office.
I have a question so if I am wanting to be a pilot as a reserve, do I still have to go to bmq in Quebec and Ontario?
I think u can do something called bmq reserves. I'mma be doing that for the infantry this month at my local home unit (1-2 weekends a month)
you would have to had been a reg force pilot already
But can it pop a balloon?
God bless canaaaaaaaadaaaaaa
With a PPL will it be easy to become a Canadian airforce pilot?
I believe it would be. You may not have to take the basic flying course in Portage. It may depend on how many hours PIC you have on your PPL. I'd check with your local recruiting office.
Hi, great video! Is flying as a passenger in one of these jets open to the public? I'd love to try it while I'm in Moose Jaw!
Nope, it's not something anyone can walk off the street and do. Rides like this are only done for media and VIPs that are invited to Moose Jaw.
@@yxeaviationphotog I’m sick of the media getting such bull shit privileges.
@@vteckkkkk1243 Then how else to Canadians learn about the Canadian Forces. Face facts, media reports the news and tells a story. Also, it's not the Air Forces job to give people joyrides.
@@yxeaviationphotog well it should be? Have you seen the budget deficits from covid? Maybe the Air Force can start charging for joy rides. When’s the last time those planes did anything useful anyway? Also, why shouldn’t people get to go on it for career inspiration anyway?
@@vteckkkkk1243 Ridiculous. Look....I'd love to go for a ride as well, but you are right.....it is a privilege. Not everyone gets to do it. Sorry to rain on your parade. Also, the RCAF can't charge people for rides....they are a government organization. They can't make money. When was the last time our planes were useful? Baltic Air Policing missions, sovereignty patrols, disaster airlift, search and rescue....I can go on and on. Frankly, I doubt you have any real idea as to what the RCAF actually does.
If you want the privilege to ride in one, become a journalist, or sign on the dotted line and train to fly them. The idea that people think they are entitled a ride in a military aircraft is laughable.
Does anyone know what’s the age limit for rcaf pilots?
do you have links where to apply for this program? will the air force hire you right away after finished training program?
@@royal9074 it can be any university degree from any university in order to join as an officer. does not need to be an engineering or science from RMC
@@Ray33416 I have heard rumours that those are desirable, could you confirm this if possible?
@@royal9074 I am not in a position to answer than but i have heard that it is perferrable if you do have an engineering or science but by no means necessary. There are pilots who have Art degrees
I wanna join the Air Force but I wanna know all the requirements and things I should start practising from now for when I enlist
Best bet is to contact your local recruiting office. They can give you all that information.
@@yxeaviationphotog thank you
Study math & physics, math & physics, math & physics. Also a little chemistry, biology, history and improve your English as much as possible and strive to speak (at least passable) French. And more - math & physics...
Good luck!
whats your salary per month or anually
I’m dead set on becoming a pilot in the RCAF once I graduate from high school. Not necessarily flying combat aircraft, but just flying for the airforce.
Same Bro but from What I've Heard it May Be Difficult Becoming a Pilot Not Necessarily Because of Training but Simply Being Accepted Due the Fact It's a Very Popular Career but Definitely Give it a Try & I'd Like to Aswell
Same, I want to be a waterbomber pilot
is it possible to be a fighter pilot in canada
@@zokeyzokey6237 no it is literally impossible that is why canada has no fighter pilots
Do you need to be a Canadian citizen to become a fighter pilot in Canada
Yeah the Military Requires Citizenship
What’s the age limit to be a pilot in the RCAF?
I ask myself the same question. From what I gather, it's more important that you don't need glasses :P also, reflexes and shape. I imagine they dont want to invest in say a 40 y/o. Maybe I can get away with it at 36?? ;)
Can an international student can become PILOT in canada??
To be part of the canadian army (any branch, any job) you have to be a citizen
We don follow Ruto
Me too
I have a degree in economics. Will I be eligible to join the RCAF as a pilot?
Yes
*shows shots of jets playing rock music* "holy smokes you guys" istfg canadians are the funniest people in the world and they're not even trying
do I need a high degree like a university degree to be a pilot at CAF?
You need a 4 year degree and it would help if its math engineering or a science degree with more then a 3.5 GPA to be competitive
@@elmo-nu2qm right now am studying computer science would that be compeetive to be elegible
@@yousifelaf6890 ya it's fine
@@yousifelaf6890 ya it's fine
@@elmo-nu2qm is it possible to be a fighter pilot in canada? I want to do so but i dont really know anything about it. I still have 3 years of school left but i need more information. I know I shouldn't be looking at TH-cam comments but how do you know all of this
Will they still hire you if you have depression or struggle with depression hope my mom doesnt find this comment
As long as it make you a liability they will but you probably need to get that under control (assuming it )
If you make it through aircrew selection, I don't see why not. I'd ask your local recruiting office.
do NOT tell them you have depression. Work it out first then join but whatever you do do not tell the recruiter or anyone in the military of this issue. Good luck kid
Ok
Iran has a more modern AirForce than Canada.
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Pretty soon I'm gonna practice on how to fly a helicopter in the Canadian army I'm 9 so it is going to be made of cardboard
Cardboard cf-18s and helicopters for the win
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is he getting paid?
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Ya we sit in a big room eating donuts watching Trudeau give a speach on how woke he is and then we ride in the back seat of some other countries plane.
Oh look at the American trying to be funny! HARHARHAR!
God bless Canada🇨🇦