before i ask my question i will need to give a little background first. I enlisted in the navy in 97. I worked on F-18s and fell in love with naval aviation. I went to BOOST, then USC. After that i went to pensacola as a student pilot. That was in 04. I was one of about 160 SNAs that were eventually discontinued from flight school for a miriad of reasons. My reason was my sitting height. After alot of research i found that they had changed the requirements a year earlier for that reason. I also found out that my sitting height was on the order of one tenth of an inch too high. i was heart broken. I was given the option to go NFO, i declined with the knowledge that i would be "involuntarily" discharged. My heart and soul was into being a pilot.
After a completely unfullfilling job in real estate i decided to attend a civilian flight school, ATP. Now i have all my ratings except the ATP (private, multi, instrument, commercial, CFI's) and almost four hundred hours. I am currently a CFI with ATP.
I do miss the Navy alot. I still want to be an officer for the Navy. With my prior enlisted back ground i feel i could be a great officer. So i am joining the reserves. And here is where i need advice...
I am going into this knowing that it very well might be impossible. I know there are people who go into the reserves and transfer into active duty jobs with recomendations from superiors and what not. What i am going to try to do is attempt to transfer to active duty into flight school. It was several years ago when i got out, the 'state' of naval aviation must be different now. My experiences as a proir enlisted and my hours of flight as well as my desire to once again be an officer are sure to be desirable qualities that the navy would be fond of.
I have never heard of this happening though and dont expect my chances to be very good, nonetheless i am still going to try. Has anyone ever heard of anything like this happening before? Any advice?
After a completely unfullfilling job in real estate i decided to attend a civilian flight school, ATP. Now i have all my ratings except the ATP (private, multi, instrument, commercial, CFI's) and almost four hundred hours. I am currently a CFI with ATP.
I do miss the Navy alot. I still want to be an officer for the Navy. With my prior enlisted back ground i feel i could be a great officer. So i am joining the reserves. And here is where i need advice...
I am going into this knowing that it very well might be impossible. I know there are people who go into the reserves and transfer into active duty jobs with recomendations from superiors and what not. What i am going to try to do is attempt to transfer to active duty into flight school. It was several years ago when i got out, the 'state' of naval aviation must be different now. My experiences as a proir enlisted and my hours of flight as well as my desire to once again be an officer are sure to be desirable qualities that the navy would be fond of.
I have never heard of this happening though and dont expect my chances to be very good, nonetheless i am still going to try. Has anyone ever heard of anything like this happening before? Any advice?
