Originally Posted by
warthog
Hey all,
Was wondering if anyone on here has good gouge on what makes for a competitive AFOQT/TBAS score for USAF pilot selection. My son is 24, a college grad, but with no flying experience. Has decided that the business world is full of turds, and wants to take the tests for USAF. My experience with it is over 37 years old, so I have no good info for him on what he needs to score to compete. Any help appreciated. Thanks!
I can’t speak to active duty at all, and only anecdotally as a guy who rushed guard/reserve units for years, but I saw a huge range of what constituted a “competitive” package based on talking to people who got interviews and who got selected from those interviews. Some units seemed to not care about test scores much. Some cared a lot. I know some guys with 60s and 70s in some areas, including the pilot section, who got hired. I know guys with 98-99s who got hired. Most units seem to take a “whole package” look at dudes, with personality and ties to that area as the top two discriminators (assuming an otherwise strong application), also using test scores/GPA/Flight experience to try and get guys who have a high likelihood of making it thru training.
90s seem competitive, but certainly don’t give up with less. Plenty of guys get hired with lower scores. I’d say have him study for it, take the test, get apps out to as many units as he can, and get some flight experience (hard to get hired with none, and it is a part of the TBAS score). Rushing units and talking to some of the bro’s can give insight into what they are looking for, as well as getting them to talk about how they got hired.