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23 May 18 Pilot/NFO Selection Board

savagers33

savagers33

Savage33
RUFiO181 said:
NRC due date is April 13th. A couple of notes:

1. DO NOT APPLY FOR NFO IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT BEING ONE. Applying Pilot/NFO as your #1 and #2 choices gives you the possibility of being selected your second choice (NFO). If you're being forced to apply for both and have concerns/don't feel comfortable, walk out. DO NOT put yourself in an uncomfortable situation of being selected for NFO and jeopardizing yourself by declining. The odds are highly against you if you decline NFO and try to apply again. If you only want to be a Pilot, put down Pilot as your #1 and only choice. It's okay to apply to just one designator.

1a. If you fail the eye portion at MEPS and are 100% confident you can pass otherwise, there's guidance in other threads to help you out. Do not let your OR convince you to apply for NFO with the possibility of being a Pilot in either OCS or Flight School.

2. Unless your "OCS availability date" says otherwise, be ready to ship to the soonest OCS class possible if selected. When you sit down with your OR/Processor, put down an OCS date in which you know you're 100% ready. If you have commitments in say August, put your OCS availability date 1 Sept 2018. Otherwise, if you're willing to ship in moment's notice, put down "23 May 2018". Similar to the NFO situation, don't jeopardize yourself of your OR by making a commitment you can't honor.

3. Both FY18 and FY19 will be selected.

4. Auto-Qual/Early Select procedures should take place again. If your Pilot/and or NFO calculator score is above 85 AND require no drug/legal waivers the odds are with you to being an early select.

5. Good luck!
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Where is the calculator located?
 
savagers33

savagers33

Savage33
NavyOffRec said:
The aviation calculator is fairly new, bottom line is ASTB gauges a persons chances of making it through flight school (excluding medical and life issues) and the USN needs people who have a good shot of getting through the pipeline.
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Where can I find the aviation calculator
 
Tristan25Jones

Tristan25Jones

Active Member
Anybody in the September 2 class flying into providence tonight? If so, do you know where you are staying/how you are getting there? Recruiter didn’t have an answer
 
rockthearts281

rockthearts281

meh, worst case scenario, we die.
taternator24 said:
You take the IST on Tuesday and there is a retake on Thursday. If you fail you will roll into HClass and you will be able to to take it again when the new class comes in 3 weeks later. They let me roll in H class twice so 6 weeks.
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I think I read somewhere that if you fail the run, the immediately drop you. Is that true?
 
browntown

browntown

Member
taternator24 said:
If you fall all 3 events they will immediately attrite you. There are 2 people here in student pool with me that failed all 3 and are getting sent home.
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If my understanding is correct, candidates need a Good-Low score. If all 3 events are Satisfactory but below Good-Low, does that constitute "failing" and not being able to roll? Or does the immediate attrite rule only apply to a Probationary score in all 3 events?
 
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rockthearts281 said:
I understand if you fail all 3 getting an immediate boot. Kinda makes sense. Just worried about the run. Been in for 10 years now and I have worried about the run every time. Even at 18 I was garbage at running.
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Here's something that may be useful. Run 0.25 miles at your goal pace, then walk for 90-120 seconds. Run another 0.25 miles, then walk. Repeat until you're at 1.5 miles total running. Link 0.25 mile segments together as you get better and better until you can do the full 1.5 mile at goal pace without extended walks. Couple this with full-on sprint days (flat ground and uphill) about 50+ yards each sprint (I don't know a good number for how many sprints today), and 2-3 mile runs on other days. You will get better. I was a solid runner at 18 and 22, but these days I'm bad and this has been helping me quite a bit.

And I'm sure you know the ultimate PFT "hack": weight lifting. Strong, muscled legs can help a lot more than you think with fast timed runs. In fact, I stopped doing 200-300 push-ups every 1-3 days because going back to weekly bench pressing and adding in "greasing the groove" on push-ups on the other days was just more effective for me personally.
 
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