Originally Posted by rickair7777
That's the beauty of the ANG...any other military pilot job requires you to sign up, incur a comittment, and attend training BEFORE you find out what type of aircraft you will fly. With the ANG, you join a unit that flies a particular aircraft type, and go to AF flight school already guaranteed that aircraft. If you wash out you may or may not incur a small comittment as a ground-pounder, but I doubt it.
I'm gonna look pretty seriously into doing this. I'll talk to a couple freinds here who are in the guard (not pilots) and go pay the recruiter a visit. I'm years out from any regional, but I guess it won't hurt to poke around. What I meant was, if I were not to get a pilot slot, would it be worth it join anyways (say aircraft mechanic, ATC-if they even handle that, or something along those lines)?