Hey everyone! First off, merry Christmas. 2nd I know I’m a little behind the game applying I just found out you could be a reserve pilot a few months ago, let alone not be a pilot to apply. ANG is the only route for flying within a 3 hour drive for my wife and I. Shoot it straight for me. Scores as follows:
Pilot 94 Nav 78 AA 67 Verb 67 Quant 62
PCSM 57 w/5 flight hours.
GPA: 2.872 in Poli sci and religious studies (I went full liberal arts in college and first half was rough)
I’m a 30 year old firefighter working in a city in New England and have been for the last 5 years. Worked for a large insurance company before that but traded the money to be a firefighter. My goal is to show the board I A) want to fly B) am dedicated to service and C) am not the guy I was in college as demonstrated by my work since then.
3 LORs (honestly don’t know any pilots personally to get letters from):
My fire chief from my fire dept
My a lieutenant on my current department who was my instructor and has been in fires with me.
my formal mentor from my days at Liberty Mutual.
the units in the state I live in and am a firefighter in are both heavies so I’m hoping to gain traction when they open up. My goal is to up the PCSM with both flight hours and a TBAS retest in 5 months. Bottom line should I even expect an interview til I get that score up? I’ve really felt like I under performed that day and the score shows. Thanks for the insight guys.