to be honest this thread pisses me off
i don't know your background but if you are a naval officer actually stationed in pensacola you'd never have said you would lie about previous flight hours
foe's don't tend to get ifs because frankly it's not there responsibility to be good as a stick monkey, some do just because there are extra spots, but i went through contact just fine having 0 previous flight hours
in the grand scheme of things, you have plenty of time to wait and everybody is excited and wants to get ahead, but ifs is such a minor issue its almost ridiculous to talk about it at this length, if you want to do something in your spare time start learning your ep's