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Dang. I suppose they just need ECE guys right now. Are you going for developmental engineer then (Or forced into it)?I heard there is a board that meets and allots a certain number of rated slots to current active duty officers. But at the same time I heard it's hard to switch from position to position. I'm sure you will have lots more info on this. Don't forget about the Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard if you are having a difficult time switching within the AF. Right now the Navy has rolling OCS board for pilot / NFO because they them really bad. So there may always be another branch that has high demand / priority for "rated" positions if the AF doesn't.

I don't have exact number but a girl I know got an AFROTC pilot slot as a Computer Engineer. She was the wing commander or something like that. Not sure about her gpa / pcsm Are you still going to pursue being in a rated position down the road?

When I looked through that stats page a while back. I noticed that most of the ECE and even CS majors had 3.0 and above. And nearly all of them had a PCSM over 90. Meanwhile there are also guys in non-tech majors with lower GPAs and PCSM that claim to have gotten winged. So not sure if these mean anything. Also, note that a lot of the ECE / CS guys went through the guard

VFA-151 Vigilantes have the best name! And they get to paint their planes! Try topping that

Head over here to check a whole list of stats. http://www.wantscheck.com/PilotSlotResources/PilotSlotStats/tabid/59/Default.aspx It was stated in the AFROTCI-2011 that Computer / Electrical engineers are welcome to compete but their chances would be reduced due to the "high accession" needs of the Air Force. This is why I'm planning to go Navy or Marines. Out of curiosity, do you think the AF would take the higher ECE GPA's for engineering and lower ones for other slots such as rated? Or do you think it would be the other way around. It makes more sense to me to do the former. But this would be like penalizing someone for hard work, unless they wanted engineering of course.

Haha. I was laughing pretty hard, still laughing every time I look through this. Wouldn't they have to train the entire unit to operate and maintain the different kind of aircraft. Isin't this rather inefficient?

Damn..well thanks for sharing that story. Thanks for that information. I've talked with my AFROTC det and really would have gone AF. But the I've heard that honestly the AF wants people with my major do be doing Info Warfare and Electronic engineering. Didn't want to take that risk.

That guy is a Navy pilot and they made fun of him for writing this book before he ever stepped into a fighter cockpit

She's wearing Navy wings..

You don't think those UPT / ENJJPT vids are funny?

Haha. Aren't you going Marines?

Nearly all the flight school videos on youtube are Air Force. Most are hilarious.

But it will all pay off when you make port? .....Heard the food tastes like jet fuel. Delicious

It is funny how they messed this thread up. I'm sitting here cracking up at how they trolled me. I don't think what I posted was sh!t though. And I am going Navy cause it really appealed to me. I was wondering why everyone didn't want to go Navy. The whole carrier experience seems awesome. But maybe its awesome only as long as you don't have a family and all.

Dude this is my real account. I was trying to get a serious answer but all these clowns are screwing up my thread. I'm going for Navy OCS right now, but I was just wondering with the competition why the AF seems more competitive. Does anyone have a serious answers? Do most people like the whole carrier idea or not? For you guys, were the larger selection of planes and carrier-free lifestyle big factors in choosing the AF? Thanks AFNAV for giving me a serious answer.

To hell with this. I'm going back to airwarriors

Dude.... just stop. You're ruining my thread.

dude........

It seems that Air Force aviation is more competitive than Naval aviation. Is this true? Why do most people choose to go Air Force? Is it because the have a bigger selection of planes? Or do they just dislike the idea of being stuck in a ship in the middle of the ocean?

Thank you for the advice.

I see. So we could have a helo, osprey, or herc draft and get no say whatsoever in our selection? Even if a student worked really hard and had a good NSS score, and the IP decided that fixed wing was best for him, then would the student still get assigned to helos if there was a helo draft? Thanks for the explanation of flight school, from what I understand, it is supposed to be 22 weeks (primary) but often the locations of Whiting and Corpus delay the training and make it longer. Due to weather, etc. Where as in AF UPT, they just make you do double so that you can finish at a set date, no pushing things back right?

Ideally, I would go Navy. But that isin't an option because my school does not have NROTC and BDCP is closed. So instead I chose to do the Marine PLC program. I really like the Marine Corps too. It's really the idea of getting deployed on a ship that got me into the Navy, and since the Marines offer the same, I'm cool with either of the 2 branches. What exactly is a jet draft? If there was one last year in 2012, then could anyone predict when the next one might be? Can you also tell me a little bit about Navy Primary Flight School. I hear it is go at your own pace, but I'm not exactly sure what that means? Are you put into a class like at UPT or do SNAs get picked up whenever slots open? Can you tell me how to contact BolterKing? Thanks for the help.

Hi there, I was wondering what the chances are for a Marine Corps Aviator to get a jet / tailhook slot during Primary Flight Training in Naval Flight School. Does anyone know how exactly Marine Corps / Navy select their slots. I know the Air Force has one drop night where everyone gets T-38 or T-1, but I'm unsure how Naval Flight School works. I found so much info about AFROTC and how exactly flight school works in the AF, but there isin't that much information about Naval Flight School, especially about how selection works. I know that with every UPT class there are at least a few T-38 drops available. So if you want one, you can really work hard to get it. But I'm a little worried that with the Marine Corps, there may not even be jet drops, but I have no idea and there is honestly no information available. So if anyone can help me out, I would really appreciate it. Thanks guys.