goddard15

I applied in a previous year and was told by the board that my assignment team told them that if I were selected they would not release me. I wasn’t told this until after the fact and after I had spent lots of money getting some flight hours, my spouse had delayed pursuing jobs in order to wait to see if I’d be moving to a UPT base, etc. When I had originally asked them prior to applying the assignment team made it sound like it wouldn’t be a problem at all, but I could have been more specific about my situation. It sucked. It’s whatever, the point is just that I wouldn’t gamble on this at all - every person should call their assignment team and ask if they are releasing people, better yet do it over email and get documentation.

PDSM announcing the 2019 board was published yesterday.

congrats!

https://www.amazon.com/AFOQT-Study-Guide-2018-Qualifying/dp/1628454776/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516820418&sr=8-1&keywords=afoqt https://www.amazon.com/AFOQT-Practice-Test-Book-Qualifying/dp/1635301491/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1516820418&sr=8-3&keywords=afoqt I used these two. The first one I purchased because when you look at it on Amazon you can click the 'look inside' button and scroll through a good amount of the book and get a feel for the amount of actual info they have on the pilot knowledge section. The second one I got for practice tests, be warned that some of the questions have incorrect answers in the back but that is only for 2 or 3 and luckily the questions they have the wrong answer for are pretty easy to catch. There is a website where I paid like 10 bucks for 3 pdfs of tests that I don't recommend.

I believe this is in regards to the upcoming 2018 active duty board which will meet in a few weeks for current officers.

For the TBAS, not enough. For the AFOQT, multiple hours a week for two or three months. I took every practice test I could find but I only studied the pilot categories.

I improved my AFOQT pilot score from a 71 to a 99 and it improved my PCSM from a 36 to a 62. The small improvement on the PCSM even with a good AFOQT pilot score is reflective of have done really poorly on the TBAS. I have two AFOQT study books I'd be happy to send you if you are interested. PM me.