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API/Primary wait

jjordan19

SNFO waiting for primary
I talked to a few buds in P-cola yesterday and was told NFOs wait to start API is now at seven months, true or not??
 
jjordan19 said:
I talked to a few buds in P-cola yesterday and was told NFOs wait to start API is now at seven months, true or not??


That's EXACTLY the word I got 2 days ago from a SNFO down in P-Cola waiting and our Mustang waiting to go down there who is still here at the unit.

7 freakin' months...:eek:

jai5w4
 

pennst8

Next guy to ask about thumbdrives gets shot.
Contributor
This is second hand... but I graduate from here in May and was told yesterday that all of the guys from here going aviation might be stashed at the ROTC unit until January.

Don't get me wrong, the idea of getting paid full time to essentially do nothing and go to football games on the weekend does not look unattractive, but 7 months is a LONG time.
 

TheBubba

I Can Has Leadership!
None
jjordan19 said:
I talked to a few buds in P-cola yesterday and was told NFOs wait to start API is now at seven months, true or not??

Yup. I'll be here 6 months in a week, and its looking like another 1-3 weeks before I class up from then.

So yeah.. about 7 months, quicked if you're IFS complete. But not much.
 

BurghGuy

Master your ego, and you own your destiny.
Pennst8, I was stashed for 4 months at my ROTC unit at Pitt after I got commissioned (May-Oct) A few of us went TAD to a hornet squadron in Oceana for a month or so though. I'd recommend something like that if you can swing it.

I mean, I was stashed at Pitt and it started getting old, I can't even imagine what it would be like getting stashed at Penn State... (just a good natured rivalry)
 

pennst8

Next guy to ask about thumbdrives gets shot.
Contributor
BurghGuy said:
Pennst8, I was stashed for 4 months at my ROTC unit at Pitt after I got commissioned (May-Oct) A few of us went TAD to a hornet squadron in Oceana for a month or so though. I'd recommend something like that if you can swing it.

I mean, I was stashed at Pitt and it started getting old, I can't even imagine what it would be like getting stashed at Penn State... (just a good natured rivalry)
Well, we have better looking girls and a great football program so I think I could survive another fall in State College.

It just blew my mind that the wait was going to be that long... I had always figured it'd be a couple months but not seven. I think they'll run out of busywork for those of us who will be stashed here in about a week.
 

hourocket

Bullseye
None
I just finally got my orders and I will be down there the first week of April, starting IFS here at my unit next week. Dont really want to wait that long in P-cola, but oh well, Ill take it.
 

mules83

getting salty...
pilot
I get commissioned in may too and it looks like I will be stashed for awhile. The unit's CO, XO, and MOI are leaving this summer so we have been asked to stay to help out the new staff get settled in. Daytona sucks though. We got no football and the girls are worthless (i.e. ugly and few and far between). Im sick of this place so I cant wait to get out of here.
 

Swmtb

Sneakin'
I'm considering going back to my NROTC unit for a few weeks of TAD while waiting to class up for Primary. Is there anyone here that has done that, and can offer advice on this? Thanks/Phil
 

JC52083

We need T-6 Avatars
Swmtb, you mean between API and primary? I just checked into TRAWING-6 and I am hearing that the answer is a resounding NO. and if u are a pilot it shouldnt be a long wait to start primary. I know of only one guy who is going elsewhere TAD, but thats in A-pool (also an NFO with many months ahead of him)
 

Swmtb

Sneakin'
JC52083 said:
Swmtb, you mean between API and primary? I just checked into TRAWING-6 and I am hearing that the answer is a resounding NO. and if u are a pilot it shouldnt be a long wait to start primary. I know of only one guy who is going elsewhere TAD, but thats in A-pool (also an NFO with many months ahead of him)

Yes, between API and Primary. I am SNFO, so given the fact that I have a long wait, I would like to go TAD. From what I've heard (from guys waiting for primary, as well as a couple of VT-10 LT's), it is possible to go on TAD, as long as you do the leg work and set it up yourself... Anyways, any info you have is appreciated...

Cheers/Phil
 

Fezz CB

"Spanish"
None
I know SNFOs who did OHARP during the API-Primary wait. So if you want to go back to your hometown, do some officer recruiting, and see family, friends, wife, gf, etc. then it seems possible. But you have to do the leg work and its a no-cost tad. I leave for Cali for oharp in about week. Yes...im in still A-pool and the lady in flt mgmt said (as a guestimate) that ill class up either middle or end of March. Well, at least i'll get to eat some in-n-out :)
 

d00002

Registered User
Current and projected wait for SNA's

Obviously, the delays right now for API are in the range of months, not weeks, depending on SNA versus NFO.

Has flight manangement projected these current delays to be
1) increasing
2) decreasing
3) staying the same

during the next several months?
 

Ex Rigger

Active Member
pilot
To be honest...they have seemed to be increasing across the board. Haven't heard any news for the future. I'd just try and enjoy it. Once you start you'll wish you had it again.
 
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