I'm a 4500 hour pilot with lots of turbine PIC and multi turbine PIC. I'm considering the Warrant Officer program with the goal of flying rotorwing. I'm only 24 and weighing the pro's and con's of joining the Army vs waiting for the majors to pick back up. Just a few questions:
1. Does my experience help me at all going into the Army to fly rotorwing?
2. I have a red/green eye color deficiency(with waiver). Will that affect my chances?
3. Is there anything I'm not thinking about?

Thanks!

 

just had a friend do it..not with all your time..but he was a CFI/CFII/MEII. those all helped. Seems like you should speak to a recruiter.

 

I’m recently retired however; I've sat on the WOFT selection boards a few times.....here is the honest truth. Your prior flight experience will have very little to do with you being selected or not. There are two things carry the greatest weight, your GT score (from your ASVAB) and your Flight Aptitude Test score (AFAST or what ever their calling it now). As far as medical waivers, your either qualified or not. The Army determines how many slots go to civilian applicants vs. enlisted applicants (from all branches) this can be an advantage or not depending on your timing. I don't want to say that your prior flight experience won't matter at all but it will not carry you through if you have a weak packet or have several waivers. The officers that sit on the boards will look for a pattern of increased responsibilities and high motivation. For a civillian applicant; school records, college grades and work history is all they have to go on. This will be all they have to work with besides the GT and AFAST. Try to put together an application that will give a good honest impression on your motivation and desires to become an Army Warrant Officer. Best of luck to you.

 

For military aviation, color vision waivers are almost unheard of. But the military may let you take a more forgiving test than what the typical AME uses (the dots). But if you flat out can't see a certain color your odds are not good.

 

I have actually taken the Army medical and failed both color test but since then have passed the exact same test. Will that first failure still be on my Army medical record after five years? I plan on talking with a recruiter soon and just want to get the inside scoop first. thanks for your help!

 

The Army Regs (AR's) that you may need to research are:
AR 611-110 and AR 40-501

You can probably get a PDF file of each if you do a google search.

Obviously getting a Flight Doc's opinion is the best answer, but I would go to those sources for info first before seeing a recruiter.

I can tell you with out a doubt that being as much of an expert as possible on the application process is the key to success. The recruiters are just not going to give you 100% when they have so many other taskings.

Some resources to search:
KiowaPilots.com
U.S. Army Recruiting Command's Warrant Officer Recruiting Information Site
Vertical Reference Helicopter Forums
Army National Guard Forums - Powered by vBulletin
http://www.flightschoolstudyguide.com/faq.aspx
CavHooah.com - Warrant Officers Recruiting Information
APTAP - Army Pilot to Airline Pilot

 

Hi!

U need to register at aptap.org, for more RW info.

cliff
NBO