ANG Enlisted to ANG/RES RPA Pilot path

[ilnasty]

Quick background story is I have 14 years time in service (7 active duty and 7 Air National Guard) Currently I am a full-time guard technician. I am a 33 year old SMSgt (I know quick). I recently took my AFOQT and was shocked by the scores: P95, N99, AA93, V94, Q83. Also got ABM98 and CSO99. I have my degree in Business Administration with a GPA of 3.62.  I have 0 flight hours and took the TBAS, my PCSM score is only 34...pretty bad and considering a retest. I know I am too old for a rated pilot position, but I am interested in the RPA route. If anyone has any info or experience in a similar situation let me know.  Bonus points, most positions I am seeing that are advertised are for Drill Status Guardsmen positions, what kind of opportunities exist for a civilian job in the RPA realm?

 

Thanks for the help!

Edited January 26, 2019 by ilnasty

[Catman]

With that kind of background and an interest in RPAs, units will go head over heels for you. You oughta be waiverable, but I have no knowledge or experience in the RPA realm, so don't quote me.

I think the vast majority of pilot postings are DSG, but there oughta be full-time positions available at your base through technician/AGR routes.

The opportunities are generally... fly RPAs. There are a lot of contracting positions for RPA pilots, and I've heard they pay quite handsomely. Only speculation, but from my experience, it seems that big Air Force does a lot of contracting when they need to bridge a gap that they are working on bridging. So you could have a lucrative career contracting for a few years and then it suddenly goes *poof*. Again, no direct experience, but generally, DoD doesn't like to drop huge stacks on contractors when it can drop small stacks on military members.