Originally Posted by
GucciBoy
Both the guard and reserve will hire you off the street. Not sure how the fighter units work, but expect it to be VERY difficult to get a slot from a fighter unit as an off-the-street hire.
Fighter units do hire off the street on a fairly regular basis. I don't know how their UPT slots compare to other unit types, but in my experience, fighter units do want to hire new Lts.
Success in getting hired usually comes down to timing, networking and whether the unit pilots want you in the squadron. Success in UPT and beyond is the real variable. My squadron found it very, very difficult to find hiring criteria that gave an even marginally accurate hack on whether a candidate would be successful in UPT/FTU.