AFROTC Pilot Slots

The key thing is did he say rated selection or pilot rate? Two different things.

The 1st means 90% of the applicants were selected for rated. The other means 90% that asked for pilot got it.

If this yr follows the last 2 yrs it would be the latter. He would go to UPT. Obviously if is overall 90% selection he would have to wait for the list to see if he got pilot, CSO, RPA or ABM.

When DS went through it, 100% got rated, but only 90% got Pilot. This brings us to your followup and how it is tied to what he actually texted. If the total is 90% for all cadets, the 10% would be sent to the non-rated board in the fall. If it is like our DS's class, the other 10% would go to the other rated slots, i.e CSO, etc.

Many of the 10% have vision issues, thus they were never going pilot in the 1st place.

Come June/July time frame he will fly out to Wright Pat and take his long form physical. It is 3 days of exams. If he passes his flight physical he will than find out his base selection @ this time next yr.

He will find out his report date around Mar/Apr. FWIW, dates can change a lot. DS's date changed 4 times. 1st it was May 10th...comical because his commission date was May 26th, and his last final was May 12th. His next date was May 30th and they allow 3 days travel, so IOTW he would have left the next day. The next was Aug., and it finally ended with Oct 1st...leaving on the 28th of Sept. This happened to all of his friends, none of them with UPT slots didn't have their date change. So at the very least the likelihood will be he will be home for several months.

Caveat here is sequestration. If it goes through they may change the physical TDY. The reason why they do it in the summer is that if someone gets DQd than they can take them off the list from the 10% not selected.

Sequestration will probably impact his report date too. This yr they did @ 6 months of casual status as an AFROTC grad waiting for UPT. If there won't be money to spend, it is highly likely they will not have them do that and for him, it will means up to 9-11 months before reporting. DS commissioned May, UPT class date is April. When Bullet went through 25 yrs ago, he commissioned in May (25 yrs to the date of our DSs) and his class date for UNT was March.


Hope that helps.

OBTW, the newest change is if he has his PPL than he would not do IFS (Initial Flight Screening) prior to UPT, if he doesn't he will go to IFS.
 
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Tomorrow is the big day. Good luck.

I have to ask, has anyone heard in their det the rumor that there will be a lot of RPA slots?

I know NOSSING! I am just curious. I would find it strange that AFROTC would do this, because there is going to be the OCS board this July, and if they are short of RPAs, I would think they would get them from there.

LY the July OCS board was filled with CSO slots, Pilots slots were rare. Our friend's DS was told they filled the majority of them through AFA and AFROTC.

I don't know how big of an increase RPA will be in the ADAF world, hence the question, especially since 203K flight hours will be cancelled due to sequestration.

Nobody freak. Just asking if there is talk among the dets regarding RPAs?
 
FYI - Was told that USAFA had more pilot slots to give this year than were desired by the cadets as their job preference. Word was that some that did not want pilot slots might get put in pilot slots. Also, the pipeline wait must be clearing, as most got UPT start dates this fall. Since USAFA gets 60 day leave after graduation that means first IFS classes won't start till August sometime. Some of our cadet's friends have IFS in August. Ours has early Sept. with UPT start date in Nov. Of course, as stated earlier, sequestration could change everything.
 
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If I read your post correctly this was for 13.

AFROTC right now is giving out for the class of 14. It is the strange thing about AFSC selection. AFROTC goes before AFA. They know as the equivalent of AFA C2Cs in Feb., whereas AFA cadets find out 6-9 months after them.
 
aggie83 said:
FYI - Was told that USAFA had more pilot slots to give this year than were desired by the cadets as their job preference. Word was that some that did not want pilot slots might get put in pilot slots
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I heard the same.
 
Pima said:
Tomorrow is the big day. Good luck.

I have to ask, has anyone heard in their det the rumor that there will be a lot of RPA slots?

I know NOSSING! I am just curious. I would find it strange that AFROTC would do this, because there is going to be the OCS board this July, and if they are short of RPAs, I would think they would get them from there.

LY the July OCS board was filled with CSO slots, Pilots slots were rare. Our friend's DS was told they filled the majority of them through AFA and AFROTC.

I don't know how big of an increase RPA will be in the ADAF world, hence the question, especially since 203K flight hours will be cancelled due to sequestration.

Nobody freak. Just asking if there is talk among the dets regarding RPAs?
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Rated slots for FY14:
PILOT-533
RPA-81
CSO-160
ABM-86
 
I am an AS400 who did not apply for pilot my AS300 year for personal reasons. I applied for the supplemental board this past October and am dying to know when that board meets or when I will hear results. Apparently this year there are 60 open pilot slots for ROTC that weren't filled for FY13. Is it possible that I will find out tomorrow with the FY14 board?! Please, any info is appreciated!
 
I don't have the answer, but I believe that the AD is releasing their results today too. It maybe possible that today is the day for you too. Have you asked your cadre?

Those numbers are interesting. Basically they usually commission @2K a yr group, that would be close to 50% of them. I would think that there will be 100% like yrs past for getting a rated slot. However, the key is rated, not pilot. I would doubt 1/3 rd only want RPA, ABM or CSO and not pilot, yet they still need to fill those slots.

As I said before I brought this up because the RPA is expanding, and getting older, which means they will need more people in their pipeline. Think about it, many that entered early on are now looking towards retirement, or joint assignments. It is a manning issue.

Good luck today!
 
Guesstimates.

LLAB? Isn't that always a T/TH for every det? If so, they may just say hold onto it until tomorrow so Xtown cadets are informed in person. Some xtown travel an hr or two for ROTC.

ADAF found out today, and I believe they are finding out through back door ways, so it might be a computer glitch at AETC.

I remember for our DS his results were delayed at the last minute too. I feel your pain.
 
The ADAF list came out.

@50 got UPT, @55 got RPAs, 5 got CSO, 2 got ABMs.

It is going to be interesting to see the ROTC list to compare the break down. I.E., if they get more UPT/CSO/ABM slots % wise, and that ADAF board is filling the RPAs.

As I stated our friend's DS last yr was selected for OCS, will be going ADAF this summer, but he was given CSO, although he placed pilot as his 1st choice. He was told there was no room at the inn, yet here they are saying there were 60 slots left over from LY.

It maybe each segment (AFA, AFROTC, OCS, and ADAF) all have a different matrix to fill. I.E. 55% of all UPT student are from AFA, 5% for RPA, whereas, ADAF 5% go to UPT, and 55% go to RPA.
 
No word yet. The anxiety is just as bad as the time I was waiting for the results to the OTS board a couple years ago.
 
I got a pilot slot. Here are my stats for the curious:

PCSM: 78
GPA: 3.03
PT: 94
FT: Bottom
Commanders ranking: Middle or Top Bottom
 
Congrats.

It looks like this is going to be a banner yr for AFROTC cadets from the amount of cadets that I have seen get UPT on other forums too.

The only thing I have yet to see is any ENJJPT selectees.

How's everyone's det fairing?
 
My det so far is 8 for 12. I don't know about 3 of them yet. One didn't get it because he was an electrical engineering major.

6 got pilot
1 got rpa, but was trying for pilot.
1 got abm, but was going for cso.
 
Pilot slot! 4 years, a rejection from an OTS Rated Board, paperwork, Field Training and a whole lot of blood, sweat, and tears. It's paid off!

PCSM 71
GPA 3.3 (Undergrad and Graduate School)
PT 93
FT Middle 1/3
CC Ranking ???
 
Pima said:
Congrats.

It looks like this is going to be a banner yr for AFROTC cadets from the amount of cadets that I have seen get UPT on other forums too.

The only thing I have yet to see is any ENJJPT selectees.

How's everyone's det fairing?
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Not sure about rated slots as a whole, but I wanna say out of the nine or so who applied for pilot slots six got them.

Pima, do cadets specifically apply for ENJJPT or are they already considered for it? Also, is it the top of the pilot selects that get ENJJPT?
 
Things change yr to yr. When DS went up for the boards you had to ask to be put up for ENJJPT when you submitted the package.

ENJJPT has changed a lot...use to be guaranteed fighters, not anymore. DS did not check the box.

I know on the AD board 10% of the pilots selected were assigned to ENJJPT.

I only asked out of curiosity to see how the breakdowns were occurring. It maybe that for ROTC now it is going to be decided next yr when you get your UPT assignments.

Congrats to all.

It appears the ratio is in alignment with what was stated for the breakdown FY14...65% Pilot.
 
Pima said:
Things change yr to yr. When DS went up for the boards you had to ask to be put up for ENJJPT when you submitted the package.

ENJJPT has changed a lot...use to be guaranteed fighters, not anymore. DS did not check the box.

I know on the AD board 10% of the pilots selected were assigned to ENJJPT.

I only asked out of curiosity to see how the breakdowns were occurring. It maybe that for ROTC now it is going to be decided next yr when you get your UPT assignments.

Congrats to all.

It appears the ratio is in alignment with what was stated for the breakdown FY14...65% Pilot.
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Crossing my fingers its the same ratio (or better) for FY16...:thumb:
 
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