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  1. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    I ended up making it work for now for my family situation. On military leave from the airlines so it’s all good.
  2. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    OP, I would definitely look at your civilian opportunities to fly down the road. You will make more money at the airlines and have a better quality of life. Airlines are still hiring pretty well with all the retirements. Don’t beat yourself up too much over this. Other opportunities are out there.
  3. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    Yeah that is solid advice. Thanks!
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    Yes. I was the one who made the decision at the time to change tracks. There’s a lot more to the decision. Lot of it was personal life/dealing with my wife/birth of our first child situations going on at the time. I'm sure the chances are pretty low, but I still want to do it, if it happens. If not then at least I gave it my all.
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    So they responded by just saying that they don’t have a specific rated board, and it’s case by case basis. They are most likely only hiring current and qualified fighter pilots.
  6. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    Thanks for the reply. Yeah I may reach out to them to see. I’m still friends with a lot of them on social media.
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    It’s a long story, but basically during UPT I decided to switch tracks from fighter to heavy. My original fighter unit is the one that gave me the slot. I went on to fly for a heavy unit. I’m starting to miss that fighter unit that I originally got hired by a few years ago. Would I be crazy to try and apply for a rated board with them?
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    It’s been about 2 yrs
  9. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    Captain of the keyboard is at it again
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    My current unit is starting to be a tough situation for my family life and civilian job. My commander has given me the option to either stay or go. If I do leave, he said they will help me find a new flying unit. As a reservist, what happens in the meantime during the process of looking for a new unit? Does the old unit usually keep you on a TR status? Can I switch airframes or do most units prefer you stick with the same MDS?
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    At what point is it appropriate to consider switching units? If you’re a new guy should you at least do 2-3 yrs? I know there may not be a standard answer, but curious to discuss
  12. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    Cool cool. MC-130J AC
  13. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    Hah…are you even a pilot? Maryland is having a UPT board too if you wanna shoot your shot.
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    So I saw that Maryland is having a rated A-10 board for all rated pilots… So if a rated non fighter pilot gets picked up would they have to still do a T-38 course or would they just go straight to IFF or even the A-10 B course? I’m glad to see a fighter unit open up a board to all pilots. But curious on what that would entail for training.
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    Are there any Navy reserve fighter units that would take an Air Force pilot and transition to an F/A-18?
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    I know one guy in the unit. He told me he’s headed to the TX course later this year. I heard they are supposed to get jets like in the fall. Not sure of anything else yet.
  17. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    Funny you mention Ft Wayne because that’s the same situation I’m seeing too with a potential opportunity. I’m from IND and I know some of those guys won’t want to transition from A-10 to F-16. So you never know.
  18. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    Sounds like the timing has to be right for it to work. I wonder for the people it has worked out for, if that was the main factor. Either that or politics/networking?
  19. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    I know it’s early, but any idea if there will be opportunities to learn the T-7 even if coming from a non T-38 background? What are they thinking about doing with all the T-1 IPs? Are they just going to transfer and do something else?
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    When transferring units, is the TX course totally dependent on your background and the new airframe or would one have to go thru a whole process regardless? How long are most TX courses?
  22. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    You have too much time on your hands to worry about one word in my post.
  23. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    To differentiate between UPT boards vs Rated boards
  24. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    I guess anything soon might be possible. Did you hear about how they are hiring civilian CFIs to instruct in the T-6?
  25. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    I have a friend who is a rated fixed wing Rescue Pilot on the HC-130J. If he wanted to one day transition to another airframe in the Reserves what would that process look like? Is Rescue to Bomber or Rescue to Fighter/Attack possible?
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