Originally Posted by
FLY6584
I'm a former T-6 FAIP that did a MWS follow on tour in a 707 platform followed by winning a VSP lottery ticket. After separating from the Air Force I moved back to FL and started a civilian job and I could not be happier, however I do miss the T-6 and would like to get back in it. I'm under the impression the Navy Reserves has a T-6 squadron at Pensacola so I was wondering if it's possible for a prior AF T-6 IP to apply? If so, how saturated are they with current/qualified guys? In other words... is it a pipe dream? Thanks!
100% chance of not getting something if you don't ask, but let me put it to you this way. We have a guy who flies (and lives local to) as a GS T-1s at NPA, waited like a Tibetan monk for 2 years to get retire-hire down here at the trail of tears (DLF), to commute from NPA to fly the T-6 in hopes of being "current/qualified" to apply for the job you're asking about. Crickets last time I talked to the guy and he is current/qualified and local.
If you're really serious about getting back into mil flying and Florida is where you'd be commuting from, I'd say T-6s at CBM is probably your surest bet, since you'd be a known quantity. Now, if you left that place in bad terms then that may hamper your ability to get hired and you may have to suck up a treacherous commute to END, DLF or SPS. Forget about RND btw, naga'.. naga' gonna happen as a break-in-service non-qualified direct hire. How badly do you want to fly a T-6? Recognize most res flying jobs in FL are going to be crowded out. Sunshine tax and all that jazz.
As to the NavyRes bear in mind, they're a funny animal. These Navy SELRES jobs like to non-vol deploy their TRs to non-flying billets (how they keep the place staffed when the AFRC/ANG doesn't do that, is beyond me). You're looking at an interservice transfer kabuki on top of that, and you're not qualified in the airplane. We get tons of gold-to-silver x-fers for those QOL reasons among others. Food for thought. Congrats on your early release from prison due to overcrowding. Better lucky than good.
