Originally Posted by
sailingfun
From the time you walk in the door at a ANG unit and request a pilot slot you are looking at around 4 years before you finish up type specific training and 90 days of seasoning. Just getting the Top Secret clearance now required can take a year.
Maybe things have changed a great deal since I did it...I got in to an AFRES unit and was checked out (and operational) in my unit aircraft in about 2 1/2 years from the time I applied (less than 2 years from start of OTS). Now...At the time I only had 125 hrs and a private license so it took a while to build the hours to get hired at a major...and in this hiring environment, maybe even that is too much time to risk. Not sure military is the route to go right now if you are already doing the regional or LCC thing. This is a ripe hiring environment the likes of which haven't been seen in quite some time...having said that, there are a lot of highly qualified prospects out there who have been waiting a loooong time. Good luck to all.