Originally Posted by
pimashahs
Hey guys,
I wanted to ask what my chances would be if i wanted to go into the military and be a pilot? I'm currently a Flight Instructor but i only have 400 hours. I'm a senior in college. I'm not looking for a fighter jet job but a cargo job, lie flying the c-130's, c-5's, etc. i highly appreciate your feedback. I really don't know where to start.
Thank You
The flying experience is a small part of the package for the AD side. Sure it may give you a very slight edge - but it's not exactly a grandslam in the 9th to win the game.
The Guard seems to put a little more on the prior flight experience than say AD Navy, but in the AD AF it is actually factored into a test score (I think the max hours are 200 or something). Of course, there is also a certain Guard unit that doesn't like to hire guys with more than 60hrs - they say they've learned bad habits...but others say they like to see guys that have a flying job already - guess it just depends.
Either way like someone said, baseops.net is a good place to start for the AD AF, Guard, AF Reserve and airwarriors.com is a good place for AD Navy and USMC.
Good luck either way.