17 Year Old Looking To Become A Pilot
04-14-2014 | 04:36 PM
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USMC can get you a Guaranteed Flight Contract as long as you have a 4 Year Degree with a 2.0 GPA or higher. You can do the first half of OCS your Junior Summer.
It keeps you driven to stay in shape. They expect you to be ready when you get there. Dead hang pull ups, etc.. When I was preparing for OCS I was in the best shape of my life.
Seriously, though, my Buddies that have retired from the Army as former Helo Pilots are making bank now.
I still don't understand why I chase the fixed wing dream....
04-15-2014 | 02:50 AM
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With the exception of their satellite campuss', ERAU In-State tuition is pretty darn close to most Out-Of-State University Pricing.
USMC can get you a Guaranteed Flight Contract as long as you have a 4 Year Degree with a 2.0 GPA or higher. You can do the first half of OCS your Junior Summer.
It keeps you driven to stay in shape. They expect you to be ready when you get there. Dead hang pull ups, etc.. When I was preparing for OCS I was in the best shape of my life.
Seriously, though, my Buddies that have retired from the Army as former Helo Pilots are making bank now.
I still don't understand why I chase the fixed wing dream....
USMC can get you a Guaranteed Flight Contract as long as you have a 4 Year Degree with a 2.0 GPA or higher. You can do the first half of OCS your Junior Summer.
It keeps you driven to stay in shape. They expect you to be ready when you get there. Dead hang pull ups, etc.. When I was preparing for OCS I was in the best shape of my life.
Seriously, though, my Buddies that have retired from the Army as former Helo Pilots are making bank now.
I still don't understand why I chase the fixed wing dream....
04-15-2014 | 01:46 PM
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17 Year Old Looking To Become A Pilot
For the Air Force, it doesn't matter what your grades were in HS, for an ROTC pilot slot they look at your GPA I. College, and you compete for the slot at the beginning of your Jr year, so you only have your freshman and sophomore years to knock out a good GPA. There are also a battery of aptitude tests as well. But if I were in your shoes, I'd look at a guard or reserve unit and compete for one of their pilot slots, that way you know what airplane your getting when you start pilot training. I'm pretty sure there are navy and USMC guard or reserve units too, you have to do a lot of research and shop around.
04-15-2014 | 01:49 PM
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From: FAA 'Flight Check'
For the Air Force, it doesn't matter what your grades were in HS, for an ROTC pilot slot they look at your GPA I. College, and you compete for the slot at the beginning of your Jr year, so you only have your freshman and sophomore years to knock out a good GPA. There are also a battery of aptitude tests as well. But if I were in your shoes, I'd look at a guard or reserve unit and compete for one of their pilot slots, that way you know what airplane your getting when you start pilot training. I'm pretty sure there are navy and USMC guard or reserve units too, you have to do a lot of research and shop around.
04-16-2014 | 08:52 AM
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For the Air Force, it doesn't matter what your grades were in HS, for an ROTC pilot slot they look at your GPA I. College, and you compete for the slot at the beginning of your Jr year, so you only have your freshman and sophomore years to knock out a good GPA. There are also a battery of aptitude tests as well. But if I were in your shoes, I'd look at a guard or reserve unit and compete for one of their pilot slots, that way you know what airplane your getting when you start pilot training. I'm pretty sure there are navy and USMC guard or reserve units too, you have to do a lot of research and shop around.
04-16-2014 | 09:09 AM
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From: FAA 'Flight Check'
When you get your wings at the end of pilot training, you take equivalency exams for the FAA and once passed - get your FAA certificates and ratings up to a certain level that you trained on in the military.
04-17-2014 | 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Ewok
For the Air Force, it doesn't matter what your grades were in HS, for an ROTC pilot slot they look at your GPA I. College, and you compete for the slot at the beginning of your Jr year, so you only have your freshman and sophomore years to knock out a good GPA. There are also a battery of aptitude tests as well. But if I were in your shoes, I'd look at a guard or reserve unit and compete for one of their pilot slots, that way you know what airplane your getting when you start pilot training. I'm pretty sure there are navy and USMC guard or reserve units too, you have to do a lot of research and shop around.
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
There are plenty of USN/USMC reserve units around (they don't have Guard units) but he wants to fly and neither hires off the street pilots that I am aware of.
Thanks for the advice. In the military, do you earn your PPL, Instrument, Commercial, Multi-Engine ratings, etc? Or is it different? Just wondering cause I'm trying to figure out how'd you go from military pilot to civilian pilot for Delta, UPS, Southwest, etc.
Originally Posted by Ewok
For the Air Force, it doesn't matter what your grades were in HS, for an ROTC pilot slot they look at your GPA I. College, and you compete for the slot at the beginning of your Jr year, so you only have your freshman and sophomore years to knock out a good GPA. There are also a battery of aptitude tests as well. But if I were in your shoes, I'd look at a guard or reserve unit and compete for one of their pilot slots, that way you know what airplane your getting when you start pilot training. I'm pretty sure there are navy and USMC guard or reserve units too, you have to do a lot of research and shop around.
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
There are plenty of USN/USMC reserve units around (they don't have Guard units) but he wants to fly and neither hires off the street pilots that I am aware of.
Thanks for the advice. In the military, do you earn your PPL, Instrument, Commercial, Multi-Engine ratings, etc? Or is it different? Just wondering cause I'm trying to figure out how'd you go from military pilot to civilian pilot for Delta, UPS, Southwest, etc.
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