Originally Posted by
kme9418
It's "UPT" (Undergraduate Pilot Training), not "UTP".
If you go in as a loadmaster or other enlisted job, you're still going to have roughly a year on orders (full time with the Air Force away from civilian flying) as you go to Basic Military Training, tech school, survival school and then a 3-6 month seasoning tour. The reason for the seasoning tour is that you need to gain experience to finish your upgrade training and you don't do much good to the unit until you are fully qualified.
The order goes like this: selected for UPT (or some other officer job), then go to OTS then UPT. You can't go to OTS if you are not already selected for an officer position. In other words, they are not going to send a loadmaster or any enlisted person to OTS if not already selected to go to UPT. Once you graduate OTS, you are an officer. Officers can't be in enlisted slots.
If you can start at an airline where you want to stay ASAP, then you can take up to 5 years military leave to do all the military stuff and still go back to the airline keeping your seniority as if you didn't leave. It's highly recommended to do this after you finish probation at the airline.
Thanks I think I will try and do that and follow the footsteps of my brother. He did the same thing I would like to do but I wanted to get a second opinion.
One more question. I wear glasses for a 1.0 astigmatism and I understand that is ok? He has a 2.0 and he got in. I'm not sure if they issue waivers for that if it's over the limit? What even is the limit? I can't seem to find it. Also our younger brother (16) has some minor Diplopia (double vision) he wears glasses and it's corrected but would that disqualify him. He wants to be an airline pilot aND Miltary pilot.
Thanks a lot