Originally Posted by
qball
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.
If you hit all correctly it could turn out to be the time you mentioned. I'm not really sure anymore since I'm out of touch with that side of things. Just depends on how desperate they may be I figure. When I interviewed 7 years ago for an ANG unit I was told I'd have to wait about 1 year for OCS then after that it could take 3 month for UPT. Then get checked out on the plane, etc. all from start to finish before able to guard bumping it would be at least 3.5 years. I'm sure some units are different, but several others I was planning to interview with said about the same.
Talked recently to a guy at current regional that picked up for a heavy unit. He interviewed this past October. He stated could be January 2016 before UPT.