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Howdy, I'm a senior here and got an ENJJPT slot. Best of luck to everyone else who is shooting for that as well! Here's the basic breakdown:

After you get your pilot slot, the top 125 of the pilots (based on a 50/50 combination of GOM (class rank) and PCSM (google it if you want but it's basically the number the Air Force gives you that represents how competent of a pilot they think you will be)) are allowed to apply for ENJJPT.

Then, you submit 5 lines of "Here's why I want to go to ENJJPT" and your AOC (the officer in charge of your squadron) submits 4 lines of "Here's why they would do well at ENJJPT."

Then, the board meets and grades the subjective nature of your application (your 5 lines and your AOC's 4 lines). The grade you get for the subjective stuff and then your objective stuff (GOM & PCSM) make up a 50/50 score for your ENJJPT application, and then they pick all the highest qualified folks based on the number of slots they have that year. The number of slots vary a good bit year-to-year, so there's a little bit of luck and timing to the whole thing. My class got a much higher number than the previous class.

chino said:
Does major have anything to do with ENJJPT selection.
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Your major has no effect. However, your grades do. So if you pick a major you don't like or aren't good at and get poor grades, that's not going to help.
Bigrod said:
My son chose to not even apply to ENJJPT because he was told the casual status would be upwards of two years.
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This is true. Pretty un-cool. However, they just told my class that (maybe) we might have a casual of closer to 7 months. But you know how that game goes in the Air Force 😅

For those with questions about rotary:
Applying for UHT (Undergraduate Helo Training) has an almost identical process to applying to ENJJPT, with the exception being any pilot slot can apply, not just the top 125. UHT does have fewer slots than ENJJPT, but there are also far fewer applicants.
 
"...Being an Engineering major doesn't necessarily equate to being a potential fighter pilot. "

Trust this old guy (7,000+ hours in fighters, trainers, and heavies)...your major has ZERO to do with your ability to become a pilot of ANY type, let alone a fighter pilot.
 
TLINAU2230 said:
Howdy, I'm a senior here and got an ENJJPT slot. Best of luck to everyone else who is shooting for that as well! Here's the basic breakdown:

After you get your pilot slot, the top 125 of the pilots (based on a 50/50 combination of GOM (class rank) and PCSM (google it if you want but it's basically the number the Air Force gives you that represents how competent of a pilot they think you will be)) are allowed to apply for ENJJPT.

Then, you submit 5 lines of "Here's why I want to go to ENJJPT" and your AOC (the officer in charge of your squadron) submits 4 lines of "Here's why they would do well at ENJJPT."

Then, the board meets and grades the subjective nature of your application (your 5 lines and your AOC's 4 lines). The grade you get for the subjective stuff and then your objective stuff (GOM & PCSM) make up a 50/50 score for your ENJJPT application, and then they pick all the highest qualified folks based on the number of slots they have that year. The number of slots vary a good bit year-to-year, so there's a little bit of luck and timing to the whole thing. My class got a much higher number than the previous class.


Your major has no effect. However, your grades do. So if you pick a major you don't like or aren't good at and get poor grades, that's not going to help.

This is true. Pretty un-cool. However, they just told my class that (maybe) we might have a casual of closer to 7 months. But you know how that game goes in the Air Force 😅

For those with questions about rotary:
Applying for UHT (Undergraduate Helo Training) has an almost identical process to applying to ENJJPT, with the exception being any pilot slot can apply, not just the top 125. UHT does have fewer slots than ENJJPT, but there are also far fewer applicants.
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May I ask what your major was?
 
All3Services said:
Being an Engineering major doesn't necessarily equate to being a potential fighter pilot. There are lots of factors involved from medical fitness, class rank, suitability for flight training (lots of skills tests) and AFOQT results. Sure, an aero degree gives you knowledge, but that doesn't always translate to the actual ability to get in the seat and fly a plane well enough to be a fighter pilot. Always remember too that at the academy everything is taken into account!
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So accurate.
We had 2 USNA sponsor family mids, roommates. Serious Aero Major mid worked very hard at academics, totally focused on goal of flying carrier-based jets. A very deliberate guy. Poli Sci Major mid enjoyed his time on the Yard, never seemed to be stressed, played a lot of video games, had an active love life, but made sure his grades were high enough to have a decent shot at Navy air. They both got pilot. They got along well as roomies, so signed up for same flight school section and got a place together. Both did well. Laidback ensign worked his butt off in ground school and other academics in a way he never did at USNA, because now he was on the real racetrack. Aero ensign dd his usual excelling at academics. Hop time. Guess who pretty much aced his hops first time, every time? He focused intently on flying the plane, not the physics of why it did. Aero ensign struggled a bit. Too much thinking, couldn’t get in the flow. Came time to split the action to jet and rotor training paths. One jet seat was available to their section. Guess who got it? Guess who returned several times as an instructor pilot a various flight training pipeline stages? And went on to command a jet squadron? Aero Ensign got assigned rotors, but he had a happy twist to his story - Marine air was short jet pilots and said they would take a dozen Navy pilots into their pipeline and transform them into Marine pilots. He got his wish after all, but in a surprising way.
 
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