tarheelaviator

I spoke with a pilot friend at DC. The board isn't canceled but they haven't decided when to hold it. Kind of in a holding pattern until they get more guidance on the Covid-19 situation.

Anyone hear an outright no or "thanks but no thanks" from Ft. Worth?

Ok right on. To confirm I called my reserve recruiter an hour ago as well. He claims all UPT slots for FY20 for the Reserve are allocated so all boards at this point are for slots in FY21 (10/1/2020 onward). Obviously everything you hear from a recruiter should be taken with a grain of salt.

Anyone heard from their active duty LO recruiters? Seems everything is on hold but my Reserve recruiter (seperate process) is completely in the dark and is just as clueless as to when things will open up again and resume processing applicants.

Are you referring to the unsponsored Reserve board correct? Pretty sure if you have a sponsorship the "board" is just a formality assuming you are medically qualified.

It doesn't look like it was a list and actually looks like they manually put 80 or so emails in the message. I'd call them or reach out to the POC and see if they just missed you. Everyone's life has been turned upside down right now so pretty easy to imagine a simple mistake was made.

I'll call at some point again this week but what I've heard is CA ANG is delayed until a later date until this situation returns to "normal." Keep in mind everything is shut down. No non-DoD visitors to any bases right now, MEPS appears to be closed, active duty and AF reserve recruiters (at least the ones I've been working with) are in a holding pattern, even the USAF recruits can't ship to BMT right now. This sucks for everyone but nothing we can really do. Just keep yourselves in shape, healthy, and squeeze some hours in if your local GA airport is still functioning.

Quick update everyone. 1. The 112th FS just sent out an email saying they are delaying a month or two due to the Covid outbreak. 2. I spoke briefly with a pilot at the 121st in DC. They are in the same boat and pushing it back but he said he was pretty certain they are not cancelling it so nothing to do but hurry up and wait for now.

I'm sure they'll just push it back till the quarantine nonsense subsides. Anyone heard from Ft. Worth/457th? Everyone stay safe out there.

I have a feeling that could delayed given current events. NOLA canceled their meet and greet this weekend and Tulsa delayed their interviews for those who got one. Haven't heard anything from the 457th either unfortunately.

Yeah Williams is in trouble. Haas I'm not sure has the financial cushion to survive a lost season either.

Well the Australian GP got canceled too. How long till this whole season gets blown up?

DC's 121st FS wasn't having formal visits anyway and has done Skype first round interviews in the past. Anyone else hear from Tulsa yet? I have a feeling alot of places are going to delay boards/decisions due to the Wuhan Virus.

The Navy is having a major Strike Fighter shortage as well. They recently followed the Air Force in raising their age limit (to 32 now) and the application process is much faster (have heard of guys showing up at Navy OCS with an aviation contract within 6 months of talking to a recruiter). The active duty recruiters for the Navy or Marine Corps actually get things done whereas the active duty AF recruiters it is like pulling teeth. Downside is there is no Reserve option for off the street people. You have to fill your active duty service commitment in the fleet before being eligible to transfer to an aviation reserve squadron. I've had my feet in both processes so feel free to DM if you have any detailed questions.

They were supposed to this weekend. Kind of surprised didn't at least get the usual "thanks for trying" email yet.

At least one had a PCSM below the threshold they wanted but I don't know about the other person.

Yeah anyone heard back from the 457th? A few people I've talked to heard outright "no" but I haven't heard anything since submitting a couple weeks back.

The next reserve board is due April 31st. If I haven't found a sponsorship by then the deadline for the AD board is far enough into the summer I can probably apply for both. That is the plan at least right now.

Well if you're running out of patience.

Not sure what the exact regs are but make sure you have doctors (ideally someone in Army flight medicine) who can write reports that state it is: 1. Fully healed with no complications 2. No recurrent pain and no limitations to your range of motion or physical activity.

FYI for folks who are considering signing their life away to AD. Board due date should be July. Decisions released September.

Possibly but I heard it will more likely be the weekend of March 6-8th since that's their first UTA since early February.

I believe he's talking about the 131st Fighter Squadron (Massachusetts Air National Guard) out of Westfield.

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Perhaps but if you have that attitude you are going to hurt your chances of getting what you want. Having a "Plan B" Can Hurt Your Chances of Success It's a similar philosophy that SOF hopefuls have that go through BUDS, Q-Course, RASP, etc. The one's that make it have an attitude of, "I'd rather die, drown, freeze to death, or break my leg than fail this evolution." Burn the boats. If you want a combat aviation mission what about the AF active duty route? Navy/USMC aviation? There is more than one way to get what you want.