Flight Hours Toward Pilot Slot

[Davis]

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(D'oh!)

Something (dunno what exactly) is telling me that you are obviously trolling.

 

[KBayDog]

Something (dunno what exactly) is telling me that you are obviously trolling.

Obviously.

 

[ChunksJR]

Something (dunno what exactly) is telling me that you are obviously trolling.

Hahaha...said to a "Super Moderator." Slow your roll there brother...not sure if you realize that posting that someone else is trolling is, in and of itself, trolling. Which makes me waste my time calling a spade a spade.
Now to your questions:
1) If you want a better chance of flying, I'd join the Navy. Very few of my AFROTC brothern from GT got a chance to fly.
2) Don't waste your time getting a pilot license. Have fun in college and flight school if you make it. Join a fraternity, study when you need to.

That is all.
~d

 

[BusyBee604]

Something (dunno what exactly) is telling me that you are obviously trolling.

Posts like this, made while asking for help/advice, can only end badly...
BzB

 

[Swanee]

FWIW my little bro said that there was a higher attrition rate with people who had a few hours of prior experience at AF IFS that ones who didn't have any time in his class. YMMV.

 

[Gatordev]

Dunno about the Navy, but I know that in the Air Force, you need a lot of hours to get a small number of points awarded to your total score. About 100-200 hours will give you a few points, from what I've heard. Anything below that will barely scratch your score, if that.

jtmedli and I are talking about success while in the pipeline, not getting there. I can't speak to whether having the hours truly helps you on the AF side. But the statistic cited doesn't seem quite right to me on the Navy side.

Not arguing jtmedli heard it, I just question the original source...surely something we'll never know...and it's probably irrelevant anyway.

 

[Davis]

Having your license can really help, on a number of levels. If you look at the advice given here, the consensus really seems to be that spending $10K is downright ridiculous. I can agree with that. I found a way to get my license for around $5600, so I felt that it was good investment. It made me feel like I was moving in the right direction. Whatever you do, I HIGHLY recommend getting some stick and rudder time, regardless of what you do. Some people are in love with flying until the moment that aircraft leaves the ground and you have the controls. It freaks some people out!

Go fly a "test flight" or whatever they call it (should be in the neighborhood of $100+) and make sure that you like it first. If you like it, spend the extra dough, go to ground school, take 5-10 hours of additional flight lessons and you should be in really good shape to have a fundamental understanding of what's going on in the cockpit, PLUS you'll be sitting pretty for aviation portions of the AFOQT.

So, in summary, spend $1K on flight training, invest that remaining $9K and have a super-sweet retirement. You're welcome. Good luck.

I have already accumulated some hours. I have flown/flown in a 172, a T-34, a Citabria, and a Cessna Skycatcher. I love it. Didn't freak me out at all. At my college, there's a club called 'Flying 20s.' I can get my private for less than $6000 through the club. Also, my major is aviation. It is basically extended ground school without the actual flying. You made a good point with the AFOQT thing, though! You're right, thanks for that. And thanks for your post in general. I appreciate it.

Hahaha...said to a "Super Moderator." Slow your roll there brother...not sure if you realize that posting that someone else is trolling is, in and of itself, trolling. Which makes me waste my time calling a spade a spade.
Now to your questions:
1) If you want a better chance of flying, I'd join the Navy. Very few of my AFROTC brothern from GT got a chance to fly.
2) Don't waste your time getting a pilot license. Have fun in college and flight school if you make it. Join a fraternity, study when you need to.

That is all.

The thing under his picture says "Obvious troll." I was just joking around with him. I think - well, hope - that he understood I was joking/where I got "obvious troll" from...

My ways into the Navy are OCS and the Academy, at this point. No NROTC program at my college or at a cross-town school. At this detachment, however, most the people that apply for slots have gotten them. The ratio has been pretty damn good the past few years.

Not interested in joining a frat, really. AFROTC is basically like a frat anyway. I don't really have time for another one. AFROTC takes lots of time, and if I do want a pilot slot, I have to do well in that as well as in school.

Thanks.

Posts like this, made while asking for help/advice, can only end badly...
BzB

See my explanation above, please.

 

[KBayDog]

Chunks and BZB are my posse.

They roll deep.

 

[HAL Pilot]

..... .a bunch of words that are meaningless coming from another wanna-be who hasn't been accepted to any officer program yet alone been in any military flight training. ......

FlyLaxBro - you are in no position to tell anyone anything about how to succeed in any military selction process or military flight training. Get accepted, get commissioned and get some wings. Then open your mouth and spew wisdom. Until then you should just STFU.

 

[Davis]

Okay, okay... I regret posting this. I have learned my lesson, Naval Aviators. You guys can relax, now.

 

[cameron172]

Okay, okay... I regret posting this. I have learned my lesson, Naval Aviators. You guys can relax, now.

I've learned to think long and hard about what I'm saying to any officers and/or winged pilots. Us mids/cadets/wanna-bes are here to learn, that's it.

 

[HAL Pilot]

From the OP: "do you think it's worth the investment (time/money) to get a private pilot certificate and work on getting 100+ hours to try to give me the upper edge in getting the pilot slot about which I have dreamed?"

My response: ..."meaningless ramble"

OP: "...You're right, thanks for that. And thanks for your post in general. I appreciate it."

My response: OP knows as much about the process as you, which is very little. Further he probably didn't know you did not have the background or experience to make a post based on actual knowledge vice speculation.

So once again, you need to STFU and stop trying to get other wanna-bes to think you know stuff. You don't.

Maybe we should change you user name to Cliff Clavin.

 

[KBayDog]

Maybe we should change you user name to Cliff Clavin.

Don't you dare.

It's a little known fact that Cliff, aside from being one of the most knowledgeable men on this great Earth, also knew when to talk less, and listen more.

It's also a little known fact that when the British ruled the Punjab, they drank steaming pots of tea on the hottest days of the year to balance out their inside and outside temperatures. Conversely, drinking an ice cold drink on a cold day actually results in a more comfortable body temperature.

 

[Lovebug201]

Don't you dare.

It's a little known fact that Cliff, aside from being one of the most knowledgeable men on this great Earth, also knew when to talk less, and listen more.

It's also a little known fact that when the British ruled the Punjab, they drank steaming pots of tea on the hottest days of the year to balance out their inside and outside temperatures. Conversely, drinking an ice cold drink on a cold day actually results in a more comfortable body temperature.

...............
KBay - always a fountain of knowledge. If you don't learn from him, you don't learn

 

[Davis]

Well, I'm done here. You all have fun arguing.