Childhood asthma is fine, you have to go for a MCT test in a
government hospital at your own expense and get negative results
for asthma to qualify. Cant remember the eyesight requirments,
check with them. Some of my course mates back then wear spects too
but as long as you're within the degree requirments, you're fine.
CCA grades arent that important. Just show your enthusiasm for
flying and great interest in aviation and planes during the
interview so they will feel its worth it to splash money on you.
And only the lucky ones get to the PPL (private pilots licence)
stage. You're only given 3 months to complete your BFC (basic
flying course) and there are lots of factors they can chop you
during these 3 months and out you go from yfc; reasons like
insufficient flights, poor performance etc. You really require a
great deal of luck, time and pray hard the wx doesnt play you out
on your sortie. I bet the haze must be doing lots of damage now.
Btw, my entire class except 1 guy got chopped.
So even if you complete your PPL course, you only get a PPL-R, not
a true PPL yet so you need to convert at a later date. YFC is
affiliated and unofficially run by RSAF so you got better luck
joining RSAF, afterall, its an 'unofficial air-grading squadron'.
All flights are paid for by your parents and all tax-payers. Just
need to folk out 50 bucks for the course materials. Good deal eh?
Study hard first man, you got a long way to go.
