EvilEagle
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My first airplane was a Glasair; kind of a cheaper RV. Not nearly the solid community as the RV folks - it's damn near a cult over there. :) When I go back to Delta, I'm going to use the time I'm not doing green dot, OPRs, MICP, MICT, form 8's, gradesheets, leave approvals, IRC, MEO, GOVCC, CBRNE and all the other excellent ancillary USAF stuff to build a plane. One thing I learned quick about owning an experimental - if you didn't build it yourself you will get sick of people asking you "did you build it?" really quick. I've got my eye on an F-1 Rocket to build...
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Primarily looking at UPT since those boards are more formal but anyone wanting to rush is welcome to swing by.
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No one can stop you from applying of course, but I'd say it's not worth spending the time putting together and visiting a place that's not interested in age waivers. Fighter units don't hire folks that don't visit; and most don't do age waivers. Probably not worth your time visiting if they say they aren't doing age waivers and if you don't visit you won't get an interview anyway... see where I'm going here?
Like the other guys said, you need to get the ball rolling asap so concentrate on places that aren't already telling you 'no". Much better way to spend your time IMHO.
Good luck.
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It is the last bastion, but few places overcome the lethargy that is the "support" group...
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Definitely learn more about USERRA. It's not a choice of whether a company is "forgiving" of service. It's the law, they have to keep your job while you are away on orders.
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Hacker: it’s just easier to use Gmail. You remember how much of a pain it is getting anything non-standard going on official email. Nothing wrong with Gmail and more than one person can check it.
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Absolutely! Get your pilot packages to 122fspilothiring@gmail.com
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New Orleans F-15's will be interviewing in June drill. Visits are open for 18-20 May, coordinate through 122fspilothiring@gmail.com
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Folks, we've decided to get one more weekend of visiting in before our hiring board so we're moving the board back to June. May 18-20 is the next drill weekend that we'll be in town, so make plans to come to Nola if you want to be an Eagle driver.
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Wish the ANG got some of that contractor action.
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On 2/27/2018 at 4:11 PM, JudyJudy said:
Hopful_guy, you can palace chase at 2/3rds of your commitment if you
didnt commission though USAFA.
Evil Eagle,
I am in a similiar boat as hopeful_guy. I am an 0-2 and I have
applied multiple times to AD UPT board with no luck and have expanded
my search to guard/reserve units. I have 80 PCSM and 85 pilot, should
I retake the AFOQT to increase those scores? My pilot score was a 90
but went down to 85 when the new version of the AFOQT came out. I
have a PPL with 75 hours, working on complex/high performace
endorsement now. I have a current TS/SCI. I also have a Flying Class
1 physical approved by AETC.
My commander is currently a F-35 pilot (WIC instructor too) and he doesnt know what else I
should do to get picked up for UPT on AD side or the guard side,
except to keep trying.Your scores are average; depending on what type of unit you are looking to get into it might be worth re-taking. Most of the guys that apply at my unit have mid-high 90's across the board. The flying time is good, but don't break the bank trying to build hours in a SEL (IMO it's not worth it). If you go for an ANG unit, I HIGHLY recommend visiting a few times to try to get in the interview pool.
Good luck.
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4 hours ago, ColoradoAviator said:
Where are these undermanned AFRC & ANG units and what do they fly?
From my experience all the units I’ve talked to have the drawn-out, picky, secret-decoder-ring hiring process. Must live local and have three first cousins in the unit to be considered.Everyone in the ANG F-15 business is undermanned. Hiring everyone that applies off the street is not the fix to this problem - still need to be picky in hiring. It's a problem with the imbalance of AD (3 squadrons) to ANG (6 squadrons).
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If you can't get a pilot slot in AD, why do you think you could get one in the ANG? AD is dying for pilots right now; ANG units turn people down all the time. The bigger challenge is the ANG pilot slot by far.
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52 minutes ago, LookieRookie said:
Yes, pilots from non-fighter airframes.
PM me for specifics.
In general there aren’t any cross flow opportunities these days. The state gets more for their dollar (speaking longevity here) from a brand new Lt going to the few b-course slots that we get than older dudes. Not completely impossible but it’s a significant uphill climb — particularly in our squadron because the last three times we did that it did work out.
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On 1/20/2018 at 12:49 PM, LookieRookie said:
Is this board also for non-11F dudes?
Are you talking about cross training from a different platform?
2 hours ago, umaerograd said:EvilEagle, are you all entertaining age waivers at this time for AD or prior guys?
Thanks!
No, sorry we aren’t looking for age waivers.
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It's that time again . May drill will be our next UPT board. The rushing window is officially open - Feb 23-25 and Mar 9-11 are upcoming drill dates for visits. April drill the squadron will be on the road shooting missiles at Tyndall so get your visits in soon. Resumes and coordination still go to 122fspilothiring@gmail.com
C'mon down!
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Draken is expanding fast. The euro stuff is all locally sourced pilots so far (apart from management). Don’t know if that might change.
Seems to to me that they want full time guys then want all part time, back and forth. Agree that the pay isn’t competitive; it’s really for dudes that just want to keep flying fast jets. As that stands the dudes running the show at Draken are good people.
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Can go to full or part timers. It does re-hack your mob-to-dwell clock. (Or so we’ve been told)
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Yep, new suck getting spread around to the ANG now. They are calling them "small group deployments" - my wife's CE squadron got a bunch for FY18. Nothing for Ops or Mx yet - just give it time.
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Surprised you didn't put this in the ANG section.
There aren't enough fighters, bombers and tankers to get a full-scale mission done (like N. Korea) without ANG pitching in. Some of us would go - varies unit to unit and where you lie on your next AEF rotation. If something kicks off short notice in PACAF and you are out the door in a month to CENTCOM, you are likely still going on your original tasking. If you just came back, you are likely not going, etc. You can volunteer to go with another ANG unit that's going.
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Brabus covered it pretty well. As far as part time gigs, understand that you won't have the option to be part time for several years after pilot training. Right now my guys get 508 days of seasoning (full time) orders after they complete MQT. I try to keep them full time for another year or two because they just need the experience before I cut them loose. As far as side jobs, you name it. Most of us have a side job flying - airlines, Draken contract red-air, etc. I know some lawyers and doctors as well as a few real estate folks. Some other guys have gotten on as contractors with Boeing where they run the sims or work in the test world.
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On 4/14/2017 at 4:16 PM, BFM this said:
This is already the business model at Classic Assoc TFI locations. And at least in the ACC corner, it's a fucking abortion.
Its seemed to work better in UPT, FTU, and RPA communities. Combat coded FS? Yeah, not so much.
Active assoc also seems to work a lot better.
1-2 slots is a hell of a lot different than a classic assoc TFI. I have one AD dude in my guard squadron, if each AD guy had an option for one or two (not 15 or 30) seasoned dudes, that would help a lot of folks.
edit* I didn't look at the dates posted; hadn't seen the thread. Sorry for the delorean ride back to April.
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AFAIK all our young guys (ANG) get 508 days of seasoning once they get done with MQT.
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Nice work Juice and the Spikes!
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