Air Force Pilot Slots

[Fury220]

How about "The Outlaw Josie Wales?"

 

[hawg2hawk]

How about "The Outlaw Josie Wales?"

Beer's on me, unless you googled it.

Not bad for a youngun.

 

[MachPi]

That was Chief Dan George quoting the great white fathers.

That's a great movie.

 

[JimNtexas]

As posted above, the AF produces about 1000 pilots a year. There are always slots available. Don't let a recruiter (or anyone else) BS you. Yea they're going to try to steer you to something else, that's their job. Figure out what you want, and figure out the path(s) to get there. And don't take "no" for an answer.

Cheers,
Mongoose

Amen to that. This is one case where the internet at places like this and baseops.net are far better sources of information than a recruiter. The poor recruiters is under tremndous pressure to fill hard to sell slots like ABM. On the other hand, he gets no good points at all for filling a pilot slot.

Check out the guard, shop officer recruiters until you find one willing to help you. If you know any active or retired senior officers ask them to make a call for you.

If you meet the qualifications for UPT and want to be a pilot, don't get sidetracked by a salesman trying to meet the quota.

 

[Fury220]

I'm not one to cross-post (link to another forum), but check out this thread at baseops.net:

http://www.dynamictruth.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=002135

I guess the Air Force is REALLY hurting for Navs and ABMers. I think this policy sucks a$$, though.

 

[Steeler Fan]

As posted above, the AF produces about 1000 pilots a year. There are always slots available. Don't let a recruiter (or anyone else) BS you. Yea they're going to try to steer you to something else, that's their job. Figure out what you want, and figure out the path(s) to get there. And don't take "no" for an answer.

Cheers,
Mongoose

Sometimes, Active Duty is saying "No" because they think you'd be more competitive for something else--Pilots want to be pilots, simple as that.

Other times, the quota for OTS for pilots is ACTUALLY FILLED for THAT Fiscal Year--This does happen, and the recruiters aren't necessarily feeding you a line.

That being said, applying in the summer gives you first crack at the next FY's slots.

Good luck. If you really want to be a mil pilot, there are lots of options out there. Look at EVERY one of them.