Rickair, I'm actually quite glad that you are contributing to this thread, as I have been wanting to pick your brain for sometime now in lurking these boards.

I'm majoring in Professional Flight Management because I want to fly professionally. I love doing it in spare time to, but nothing is more alluring to me than getting paid to do something that I cherish. Upon graduation, it is super easy to get a CFI position at the university (provided I get the rating) and I plan to do that for a year or so at least. I've only started seriously considering ANG because I want to fly aircraft that wouldn't ordinarily be available to the public. The thoughts started to pester me when I got some stick time in an aerobatic airplane the other day. I have never had so much fun in my life as to taking a plane vertical and rolling it.

As for the vision situation, I understand I will get a full medical during the process, but isn't that after I've already signed service contracts and such? I don't want to make agreements only to find that my vision is unacceptable and I have to become a mechanic or navigator. I just wish there was somewhere I could find out definitively once and for all.

As for the letters of recommendation and such go, I'm lucky enough to have two men that I consider to be second and third fathers to me who are airport directors of their respective airports. They know me front to back, side to side, and will go to bat for me in any walk of life.

Where would be a good place to start researching the application process and finding out what kind of package I'll need to get together. As I've stated, I'll graduate with about 350 hours flight time with about 50-60 of that being multi engine time. I'll have my commercial, instrument, multi, and CFI ratings.

Also Rickair, I'm like 20 some odd posts from being able to PM. Is there any way I can contact you instead of waiting out the posts? Instant Messaging, email, etc..just PM or something. I'm pretty sure I can still receive PM's, just not send them.

Thanks buddy and have a great Sunday!!!!