Originally Posted by
deagan14
This year I will be attending a state school on a 4 year full ride scholarship and if I decide to pursue the ANG I will finish my schooling there and then apply for ANG upt slots out of school, if I decide the Academy way, I will finish my first year of school at my state school and then transfer. My ultimate goal is to one day become a pilot for a legacy carrier, but I know I want to be apart of the military in some aspect first. I've read all about how it's a bad idea to simply use the military as a stepping stone to the airliners, but that's not my intention. I WANT TO SERVE,
Dude,
Active-duty sucks. The Academy sucks even more. Your Active-Duty Service Commitment (ADSC) with the AF is 10 years upon pilot training graduation. Stick with your current scholarship! Start hunting for an AF Reserve or Guard pilot training slot now. In this day and age via our massive pilot shortage, it is not too difficult for a college student/grad with flight time to find a Reserve/Guard pilot position.
I am a Traditional-Reservist part-time T-38 instructor pilot at an AF pilot training base. We have lots of students just like you- college grads that applied for Reserve/Guard pilot training slots and got hired. Many of them applied to multiple Reserve/Guard units and eventually got a job. The Guard/Reserve gig is the best deal there is.