The overall trend you'll hear from most military pilots is USAFR/ANG UPT slots afford the most amount of flexibility and are probably the best deals going. I'm glad I went the route I did, but your takeaway should be that times change and so do pilot slot allocations. I signed up for NROTC, and four years later, the USAF was desperate for pilots. When I was a CAP Cadet in high school, the Air Force/ANG pilots I met told me to go the Navy route because the USAF had an excessive amount of pilots. It's hard to predict military pilot hiring five years from now. So you'll get a lot of, "The Navy/Coast Guard/ Air Force is the best way to go." It's human nature for someone to recommend you follow in their footsteps if career goals have been met. So assuming I received an appointment to USAFA would anyone turn it down and try to join the ANG down the road? Thanks in advance for your help!I think it's great that you and Flyguy4723 both want to serve your country as military aviators. The Guard/Reserve gig is the best deal there is. Many of them applied to multiple Reserve/Guard units and eventually got a job. We have lots of students just like you- college grads that applied for Reserve/Guard pilot training slots and got hired. I am a Traditional-Reservist part-time T-38 instructor pilot at an AF pilot training base. In this day and age via our massive pilot shortage, it is not too difficult for a college student/grad with flight time to find a Reserve/Guard pilot position. Stick with your current scholarship! Start hunting for an AF Reserve or Guard pilot training slot now. Your Active-Duty Service Commitment (ADSC) with the AF is 10 years upon pilot training graduation. I've read all about how it's a bad idea to simply use the military as a stepping stone to the airliners, but that's not my intention. My ultimate goal is to one day become a pilot for a legacy carrier, but I know I want to be apart of the military in some aspect first.
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This year I will be attending a state school on a 4 year full ride scholarship and if I decide to pursue the ANG I will finish my schooling there and then apply for ANG upt slots out of school, if I decide the Academy way, I will finish my first year of school at my state school and then transfer. So assuming I received an appointment to USAFA would anyone turn it down and try to join the ANG down the road? Thanks in advance for your help! Possible regrets wondering what if I went to USAFA More expensive for you would have to build up a decent portfolio of flying time to be competitive for a UPT slot You don't get to move around at all compared to active Duty I would know what plane I was going to UPT forīuild up seniority at regional while in UPT Still get the military experience along with training There's a lot of office work that goes along with the flying You don't know what aircraft you will fly (assuming you get a flight slot) You don't usually have to fly for a regional airliner after you serve
I would never have any regrets wondering "what if" Much more adventurous and get to be based in different places around the world With a PPL in hand I could likely get on the powered flight team As of now I'm definitely leaning towards the Academy if accepted, here is the pro/con list I've been able to come up with I WANT TO SERVE, and am simply looking ahead. I'm applying to the Air Force Academy and am a competitive applicant for the class of 2022 but I'm also looking hard into the Air National Guard. I am a recent higschool grad with my private pilots license, and I am having one heck of a time trying to figure out my future.
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