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too old to fly
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Gabriel,
The NFO age is the same as the age for pilot, they are just waiverable to different ages. For a pilot the max age is 27 waiverable up to 29 month for month of prior service. NFO is also 27, but waiverable to 31 with month for month prior service. I get this question at least once a week.
I hope the Army thing works out for you, but the clock has run out for Flying Navy.
Brandon
invertedflyer
500 ft. from said obstacle
Just do a search for some of inverted's early posts and you will feel better
(only giving you a hard time inverted, but I had to say it)
Hey the truth is the truth, I'm not running from it. I was a young LCpl once that thought I knew everything -- then I became squared away
However you don't see me on this forum knocking people around, not my place. My whole point in this thing OTTO, is that there is criticism, and theres contructive criticism. If you show him other options (IE WOFT, NFO, etc.) then its a little more useful don't you think? Maybe we should just discourage everyone from becoming an officer... yah, lets do that :icon_rage
invertedflyer
500 ft. from said obstacle
Thats just classic A4s, I fail to see how it directly related to my assertion that you could have been more helpful to the OP -- good thing others took up your slack.
Oh, and you know the other reasons behind the neg. rep... so don't try to play that game.
Hey the truth is the truth, I'm not running from it. I was a young LCpl once that thought I knew everything -- then I became squared away
1. He was given the alternatives to NA in this thread, in posts other than mine. I didn't feel the need to repeat those options.
2. I wasn't discouraging him from being an officer. That's what OCS is for. But after grasping at straws I figured it was much more to his benefit to hear an unadulterated, direct answer than "well, maybe you could XXX" answer.
Here's your new avatar.
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invertedflyer
500 ft. from said obstacle
Dude, all you have to do is agree your original post was harsher sounding that it needed to be. let it go. Crap if I had said the same thing I would have owned up.
Look, I have no problems discussing this with you via PM civilly. But this is the LAST time I will bicker with you in this thread.
Shall I summarize WHY I posted as harshly as I did?
Because after ALL the posts saying he was done and that he was too old and that he had NO CHANCE, he responded
Even after folks responded that he had no chance he came back with:
"Against all odds I'm still trying" (not to mention that even if he was eligible, 4s and 5s won't even come close to cutting it)
In response to that I decided that to stop him wasting his own and his recruiters time, I'd say that he has NO CHANCE. "YOU WILL NEVER BE A NAVAL AVIATOR". It seems a bit harsh, but since he was already told that message in a nicer way, I figured he had to hear it straight up, since he didn't get it. He is too old and a non-prior. It just isn't going to happen.
It's not his fault, and he's probably a fine person, but it just isn't going to happen.
He's grasping at straws. I'm not trying to demotivate anyone, that's just the way it is. If someone born outside the US told everyone he was going to try to run for president, I'm sure someone would have to put him in his place. It just can't be.
That's all I was trying to do.
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That's some mighty fine photoshopping there.
invertedflyer
500 ft. from said obstacle
Relax dude, my only assertion was that it came off harsh. Thats not saying you "meant" to demotivate, just that you could have fine tuned your response a little. You're blowing this out of proportion. cheers.
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