After this course you will either remain on the A109 as a co-pilot or do a conversion course for the NH-90.
#UNIFORM FIGHTER PILOT SIMULATOR#
After learning the basics in the simulator you will fly the real thing, covering most of the flying done on wings but in the rotary environment as well as extras such as flying on night vision goggles, carrying underslung loads and winching. You will start with ground school in helicopter related theory before learning to fly in our state-of-the-art A109 simulator. Helicopter conversion course is done on the A109 for those streamed to a rotary career. On completion of this you will be presented with your RNZAF Pilots Brevet (“wings”) and be streamed to either rotary or fixed wing aircraft types.
On completion of RNZAF Officer Commisioning Course you will travel to Auckland to complete some pre-requisite courses for wings. You will be helped to develop some solid personal and time management skills in order to achieve your weekly tasks, and whilst you’ll rarely be sitting around twiddling your thumbs, you’ll find there’s almost always time for a kick-about in the gym, or a quiet swim in the base pool. In addition to your primary role you will also carry out other duties, such as commanding a base sports team, or being a member of the Officers Mess Committee organising social functions, or filling an aviation safety or welfare role on Base. The point is that an aircrew working day is varied, never gets boring, and is almost always infinitely flexible! Alternatively you could be starting work at 1400 because you are planned to fly the Prime Minister of New Zealand and members of Cabinet into three regional airports later that night. Whilst the standard working day for Defence personnel is 0745 to 1630 sometimes you may well find yourself in at 0300 planning for an 0500 take off on a Joint Forces task supporting an Army training exercise in Waiouru.
But once you are a qualified Pilot, one of the big attractions of the RNZAF as a career is that the elements of your day to day job are wildly variable. Whilst on RNZAF Pilots Course your daily activities are fairly proscribed, enabling you to concentrate all your energies on the comprehensive and sometimes testing training system. As a Commissioned Officer, you’ll also be required to perform military command and leadership duties, and with additional training could go on to fill senior command or executive management roles. Initially, in your primary role as aircrew, you’ll fly as an operational Co-pilot, but with further training and experience you’ll soon make the leap to becoming a fully qualified Aircraft Captain, and then Flying Instructor.
Currently this involves specialist training onto the A109 Light Utility Helicopter, P-3K2 Orion, C-130H Hercules or Boeing 757. Once you’ve completed pilot training, you’ll concentrate on organising and conducting military operations and tasks in New Zealand and throughout the world. It’s fast, tough and one of the most exciting careers in the world. Have you always wanted to be a pilot? How about joining the Royal New Zealand Air Force? You’ll get to operate some of the cutting-edge military aircraft in our fleet, and also play a vital role in command and management positions throughout our organisation.
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