Membership of a University Air Squadron does not commit you to joining the RAF, however you do have to agree to commit some of your time.

Members are required to attend one town night per week during term time (once a fortnight during exam term). Members are also required to spend one week of the Summer or Easter vacation undergoing flying training with the Squadron. First years are expected to complete a week's Summer Vacation Attachment, spent on an active RAF base shadowing an officer and getting a taste of active RAF life. In addition, there is a one week Induction Camp in Early December for the first years to meet each other, and be introduced to squadron life. You will be paid for any time you spend training with the Squadron.

Members are also expected to attend the one week long Teambuilding Week, held in the Easter vacation.

Although being in the Air Squadron can take up a lot of your time, you are also an undergraduate. As such your first priority is to study, get your degree and enjoy university life, with all the advantages that undergraduate status implies.