Knightro

Sorry I guess I should have clarified that I was talking about the OTS rated board

Hey everyone, I know this thread has been dead for a little while but I had a question for you all that I thought could be answered here. It seemed like we all agreed on this thread that if you wanted you could only apply for a Pilot slot and not all the other rated positions. This was also what I heard from a recruiter the last time I spoke to one a couple months ago. However I have seen someone mention on a different thread that they may have changed the rules for this year and going forward to where you will have to apply to all rated jobs and if you decline any than you are no longer able to apply to future boards. Does anyone know if this is true or not? Thanks in advance.

Rycast, I am in a similar situation to you, I am currently a Junior in college and will be applying to the OTS rated board next January. I have talked to my recruiter recently and what he told me is that you ARE allowed to only apply for pilot and you can reapply as many times as you want. He does recommend putting the other rated jobs on your list because there is a higher chance of being selected (especially RPA right now). Luckily my recruiter doesn't care about the number of people he gets in and is more interested in helping people. Your recruiter may have told you that you need to apply to all rated jobs because you are more likely to get selected which would be better for him. I'm not saying that this is definitely the case, and I don't pretend to be an expert on the subject since I've only just started the process but I thought I'd share what I had been told. IF what my recruiter told me is true than what I'd say is that it can't hurt to apply for only pilot in June with your current scores. If you don't get picked up apply again in January and by then you can have retaken the TBAS and maybe get some more flight hours. Best of luck,