Originally Posted by Humey

Since you have already graduated college, you really how two options. The first would be OTS but that is competitive. However I think if you go through OTS, you will be active duty. The great thing about OTS is that you apply for a pilot position so you know going in you will be a pilot going in if you are accepted.
However if you want to be part time military pilot and commerical pilot, then National Guard and or Air Force Reserve is the way to go. Think of them as fraternities except each unit flies a specific plane. So for example, you live in California (makes no difference) and you want to fly the F-16 fighter. Turns out there are two Guard Bases in Calfornia and 1 in Arizona that fy the F-16. You would then apply to any or all three of them. Just to let you know, you can apply to any F-16 Guard base in the US. You would rush the unit like you would rush a fraternity. You send in an application, meet the pilots and the rest at social gatherings, and make youself look like someone people will want to be with for the next 20 or so years. If they accept you after a whole procedure and you pass all your medical and backgroud tests, you wil be send to UPT for a year to train. However, you could be sitting arouind for a year or more before the classes actually start. Once UPT is done, you will train for another year and after all that is done, will you be able to be part time National Guard and work for a civlian airline. The same holds for more or less for AF Reseve. Difference is the Guard has full time and part time Jobs.