PLC application Question

[jamnww]

am I correct to say that you can do the PTAD for two months prior to TBS and the rest of the time between commissioning and TBS you are unpaid?

Not everyone can get PTAD for those two months...but yes ANY time you are not on Active Duty you will not be getting paid...PTAD will be done on Active Duty...

 

[ArkhamAsylum]

PTAD is a good gig if you can get an observed FitRep out of it. Translation: quicker promotion to Captain, and faster buildup of leave time.

 

[DocT]

am I correct to say that you can do the PTAD for two months prior to TBS and the rest of the time between commissioning and TBS you are unpaid?

Yep...PTAD can only be during the 60 days prior to your TBS date. But like was said, not everybody gets it. I believe each OSO gets four PTAD slots for the FY. I've been languishing, barely employed until my PTAD starts 1 Oct.

 

[Killer2]

Just a few more days now. Anything to quit the crap jobs I have now.

Not everyone can get PTAD for those two months...

Yea its kind of first come first serve around here. When you have a pool of close to 100 candidates and commission about 7-9 2nd Lieutenant a semester, the competition can be fierce. I started asking about PTAD the day I got back from Srs.

...observed FitRep out of it

And is this something I need to ask the OSO about or will it just come out of being there.

 

[GT Propjock]

PTAD is a good gig if you can get an observed FitRep out of it. Translation: quicker promotion to Captain, and faster buildup of leave time.

Observed FITREPS do not necessarily end up with a faster promotion to Captain. Being pilots you will have nearly 2-3 years of unobserved FITREPS in your files simply due to the nature of training. My first observed FITREP was when I finished flight school and got winged out of Advanced.

It doesn't affect your promotion to Captain by any real streach. Capt. promotions, from what I have been told along the way, and from my buddies who just now starting to pick up Capt. your DOR and lineal number are what matter (in that order). The lineal number you will pick up at TBS. (i.e., read do well, even though you are not competing for an MOS) Of pilots in my MOS with my DOR, I fall out #3 in lineal numbers, so of the group I will be the 3rd 7556 to pick up Capt of those with my DOR.

As of right now, you are lookin at about 5 years to pick up Capt., so don't be too concerned about the FITREP, be more concerned about getting commissioned and getting your wings...

 

[nocal80]

like the last guy said, observed fitreps have nothing to do with how fast you get promoted to captain. It is primarily based on your date of rank and if you have the same date of rank than it is based on your lineal # from TBS.