Originally Posted by
dtfl
If the unit has more than one person they are interested in, those scores are important....they become the discriminator. Regional airline time is viewed as a blessing and curse. A former pilot in my unit that went to AFRC has sat on many boards and told me the PCSM scores matter...they need to be above 75 or 80The board will not select a candidate with terrible scores...so why waste our and the applicant's time to send that up? Recently I have heard (from the 22AF CC) that only about 70% of the slots are being filled...so that might not matter now..in 1 year..it might. It's the whole person concept. A great guy who didn't apply himself and didn't get good scores, etc might not go above and beyond in the unit..then again a smart person might be a jerk and we will have to work with that person for years.
I don't fault that unit at all for it... it's entirely their prerogative on what criteria they use to select their interviewees. In fact the chief pilots of the unit I spoke with were very nice and helpful. I used my example just so the OP understands - don't get discouraged if one unit says we dont like you because your score is too low (or for whatever other reason).
I didn't have terrible scores, 80s and 90s on my AFOQT, it's just I bombed the TBAS somehow. Thing is I had a pretty high score my first time around, but then they made me retake it after the BAT changed into the TBAS, and then the score dropped like 30 points. So my PCSM was crappy due to my TBAS (was maxed out on hours and AFOQT pilot was 95) but it doesn't mean I didn't apply myself and won't go above and beyond in my unit. I've been maxing out 1000/annual at my regional even before the year is up and intend to work just as hard if not more for my unit. I'm so thankful they saw my work ethic through my past record despite the crappy PCSM and gave me a chance.