June 15, 2004 at 10:05 pm
i am hoping to become a Flight Operations Assistant.
Flight Operations Assistants (FOAs) help ensure the safe movement of aircraft at our airfields. You’ll be supporting flying operations in station or squadron ‘ops rooms’ and from control towers at RAF airfields, where you’ll use the latest technology to update aeronautical data, provide information for mission and flight planning and assist Air Traffic Controllers in their work. As an FOA you could progress to a management position at a flying station in the UK or overseas, with the UK search and rescue organisation or at our air traffic control centres.
facts:
Age: 16–29
Pay: £13,850–£36,150
Gender: male or female
Rank: Trade
Minimum length of service: 9 years
Qualifications: none
Nationality: British citizen since birth or holder of dual British/other nationality
similar civilian jobs:
Air traffic controller
Transport and logistics planner
Supply chain planner
Fire and rescue control room operator
related raf jobs:
Flight Operations Assistant (Air Traffic Controller)
Electronics Technician
Aerospace Systems Operator
http://www.rafcareers.com/jobs/job_files/jobfile_flight_operations_assistant.cfm
anyone know who has done this job or knows about it