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TristanRealest
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Originally Posted by Ewok
For the Air Force, it doesn't matter what your grades were in HS, for an ROTC pilot slot they look at your GPA I. College, and you compete for the slot at the beginning of your Jr year, so you only have your freshman and sophomore years to knock out a good GPA. There are also a battery of aptitude tests as well. But if I were in your shoes, I'd look at a guard or reserve unit and compete for one of their pilot slots, that way you know what airplane your getting when you start pilot training. I'm pretty sure there are navy and USMC guard or reserve units too, you have to do a lot of research and shop around.
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
There are plenty of USN/USMC reserve units around (they don't have Guard units) but he wants to fly and neither hires off the street pilots that I am aware of.
Thanks for the advice. In the military, do you earn your PPL, Instrument, Commercial, Multi-Engine ratings, etc? Or is it different? Just wondering cause I'm trying to figure out how'd you go from military pilot to civilian pilot for Delta, UPS, Southwest, etc.
I can't talk for the Navy but in the Air Force when you graduate you can take a civilian equivalency test to get your commercial multi engine land instrument rating added to your FAA license. However, if you flew the T-38 there is a centerline thrust limitation on your license, there are no limitations if you went through the T-1 program. Later on in your career when you upgrade to instructor you can take another equivalency test to have CFII added to your ticket. There is not a military equivalency test for the ATP, we have to take the written and practical just like everyone else, but your total time is reduced for the minimums to take the ATP checkride.