Originally Posted by
Senior Skipper
The lack of a guarantee is one reason I never went the military route. Ive heard tha argument that they're not looking for pilots, they're looking for officers bla bla bla. They're probably loosing out on a lot of great pilots. I'm not very interested in the "officer" bit and all that goes with it, but I'd do it if they guaranteed me a flight spot. I know lots of people who feel the same way.
Senior -
Even if they did guarantee a flight slot - you still have to do the "officer bit" as you put it. You are probably still going to have soldiers/airmen/sailors or Marines working for you and you have to take care of your people. Also - except for *maybe* the Army WO program (and I don't know anything about it), there are a million other things to take up your time while you're trying to fly - most of them "officer" related in some way.
In short - if you didn't want to do the "officer bit" then you took the right road.
USMCFLYR