Originally Posted by
Blazer535
I am in the same boat. I was regional for a year and a half, although regionals were only temporary in my eyes. I got picked up by a Reserve squadron my first time through. Although I am still waiting to get started, I think it is an excellent path. You can't complain about a stable job and good benefits. It takes a lot of leg work at the beginning and kalyx522 is correct about doing all the work yourself. The recruiter I have been with, hopefully others are better, is a full time job itself. I have had to do my entire package on my own. I scheduled all of my test dates, turned in all of the forms, found the squadron contacts, and submitted my package to the squadron all myself. Be prepared to do your share of work, but even though I cannot technically speak from experience you are not making a bad choice.
I plan to jump back into the airlines on down the road but there is no doubt that military is far more stable. Let me know if you have any specific questions about the current recruitment process, I am up to date on the steps required.
Same thing here, my recruiter tried several times to NOT get me in, and it wasnt until some O-5's brought it to her attention I needed to be a priority that she even returned my phone calls. If you cant do the work yourself you will sit around waiting for your recruiter. Im half way through UPT and if she got her way (not wanting to get my paperwork in for a board bc she was too task saturated) I would just be starting OTS. I was unemployed at the time so it was not an option to sit around waiting. It was a lot of work putting together those packages, but figure out how to do it if you want to start working sooner. If you need help PM me. (on how to schedule tests, package stuff etc)