Originally Posted by
FML666
What is your ultimate goal? I have no personal experience with the military path but if you want to be an airline pilot it seems like that would be a circuitous route to get there.
Not circuitous compared to the historic unpredictability of civilian career progress. But right now might be a good time to go the civilian route.
Originally Posted by
FML666
When I was younger I looked into Army Warrant Officer training as a way to have my flight training paid for but the best advice the recruiters had for me was to enlist, get trained in something else, then try to get a pilot slot. Thankfully I was working with several corporate pilots at the time who had flown Army helos in a previous life and they "counseled" me against taking that path.
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The real risk the OP might be taking is incurring s service obligation via ROTC and then being dis-qualified from military flying...still have to serve out your time in a non-pilot role.