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Yeah, I figured this was the case. I believe we all go through the same school house, so virtually the process is all the same. I imagine like you said, it'll sit on some Colonel's desk for a while collecting dust, and hopefully get approved. The only waiver I was required was for PRK. I went through the 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 month process with my eye doc and cleared vision with him, so; I believe that it still required a waiver after the eye doc signed me as green light go. This is money, loadsmith; thank you very much. I will definitely dig through this tomorrow on the holiday off. Thank you again. I really appreciate all your guys' feedback and advice.

Sounds more like party survival than water survival!

HerkFE and uhello; man gents I really appreciate this feedback. I will undoubtedly dig in to this idea as soon as I can. I have a drill coming up shortly and am going to drop by my ops to ask about this, and if there might be someone willing to key me in on TOLD so that I can be prepped. If there is the opportunity to be more prepared, and have more drinking time!? I'm in 110%! Again, I really appreciate that feedback.

That makes sense, thank you for the advice. Are you an FE? You're right, I'm just rev'd up and ready to earn the job title like you said. I'll just take a step back for the time being. Thanks again I really appreciate.

I have asked the Chief Engineer and I've gotten outstanding feedback. I figured this was a good place to seek additional knowledge. Thank you for the advice I appreciate your time.

Thanks for the reply Gray Beard, I really appreciate it. I apologize for the 30,000 ft explanation there; let me break it down a little further. No sir, I am currently not an FE. I have been a maintainer in the Air National Guard for the past 10 years, and recently interviewed with the Ops Chiefs for an FE position on C-130Hs. So far I've been offered the job, had my credentials reviewed and accepted by the National Guard Bureau, and completed by flight physical on base with medical. The Flight Doc said everything looked good, but what I understand now is that the medical packet or all of my information must go to the state now for final approval. I was looking to learn a little more about that process, how long this usually takes, and how to best prepare moving forward. Some of the high-level questions I'm interested in are: Duration from the time a packet is submitted, to when you actually leave for training? (I understand this may be a large window due to school house supply and demand, which I'm currently not sure of) Ways to best prepare for being a great student while training? Current training I may be attending and good reads on them (SERE, Water Survival, Initial 2 week course at Lackland, Basic FE Course/Specific Airframe at Little Rock, OJT, etc.) Other good forums to read up on? Any good reading material? Gouges? Available flight manuals, etc. In general, I'm just looking for some guidance from people who know the field, have earned the right, and might be able to mentor me here along the way. Thank you again for the reply!

Anyone still actively reading this post? Don't want to revamp the topic in a new thread if I can get some answers from those in here who already know about or fly as an FE! I'm in the midst of flying as an FE on C-130Hs out of Illinois (hopefully). Thanks all.