Originally Posted by
Planespotta
So you can actually see if you will get a pilot slot before you decide if you want to go to OTS? Doesn't that sound a little too good to be true?
Also, on wantscheck it says:
Your chances of getting a pilot slot (and a commission in general) out of ROTC are much better than OTS.
How much better?
If I went ROTC without a scholarship, I would have until the end of sophomore year to make a decision if I wanted to stay or not -- right?
Thanks for all your help so far, guys
It is true brother, I did it. I had my commercial single-engine license and a bachelor's degree. My distance vision was 20/40 and the AF had recently changed the pilot vision requirements to 20/70 correctable to 20/20. When I found that out I instantly called an AF OTS recruiter and told her I wanted to be an AF pilot. She asked if I would consider becoming a navigator, I actually laughed and said, "no thank you, if I can't be a pilot I'm not going to join."
I studied like crazy for the AFOQT, took the AFOQT, gave the recruiter a copy of my college transcripts, filled out a bunch of other paperwork, met with an AF officer for an interview, and then waited. About two months later the recruiter called and told me that I was accepted to OTS and I had a pilot training slot. I met again with the recruiter, saw it all in writing, and I THEN signed my life away to the AF.
10 years later, I have left active-duty and am now an AF reservist. Like I said earlier, go find a Reserve unit or a Guard unit to hire you and send you to pilot training.