You have your 4 year degree (either of them insane individually, and you’ve got two!). Why not start applying for pilot positions right now? I don’t understand the angle of becoming an officer generally if your main goal appears to be a pilot slot. Is your first priority to become an officer?

For heavies, I’ve had multiple units mention the volunteer experience on my resume.

“Realize they have placed themselves in the bar to meet the candidates”

I’d say its 50/50 with the ones who’ve placed themselves in the bar to meet beers.

On a serious note, I do need to get better about approaching folks in the bars! It’s tough to look like a civilian idiot doing this. Met a few other folks who are current officers rushing…

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Hey,

We should connect and stay in touch going forward, as I’m very similar to you in terms of numbers and am starting to pivot away from Guard/Reserves due to the protracted rushing commitments and limited amount of time left.

I’d say we should be hopefully optimistic but definitely have a back up as my understanding is that the competition for…

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Any advice for a civilian trying to get a foot in the door? I’m likely most interested in WO, Guard or Reserve but also entertaining AD. I have yet to take the ASVAB and SIFT but have excellent and decent AFOQT and ASTB scores respectively, so hoping the biggest hurdle will be just getting them arranged. I’m trying to understand if…

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That’s exactly the reason I took it to the track. The physics of a car-on-bike collision aren’t in the rider’s favor. And, to your point, it’s always a Nissan. As for Altima’s of the sky, we do have Cubs and aerobatic planes that don’t broadcast; no better way to keep your local class E airport fun 😉

I raced the SV650. Middleweight class;…

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My crazy hobbies in the past have been motorcycle road racing (think crotch rockets) and enduro mountain biking. Lately I’ve been trying to reduce the statistics going against me, so, outside of flying, mostly the craziest thing I do is backpacking. Depending on the course, I suppose a round of golf could be considered “crazy”.

To your point,…

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The cheapest rudder pedals and stick will do. There’s a cheap logitech stick I use and thrustmaster pedals on amazon. Budget 100-200.