I am sure you feel semi relieved. We all understand here as parents how stressful it is to feel helpless.
I would think that they gave him two more weeks because I believe the official close date for passing is in Dec. They probably wanted to illustrate to him that this is a very serious matter.
My DS commissioned in 2012 and he still does an annual PFT. This is not going to end for as long as he is ADAF. Bullet was ADAF for 21 years and he had to take the PFT yearly....except for when the AF did the stupid bicycle test!
As I stated earlier this portion of ROTC is going to impact him over and over again. It also can have an indirect impact. For SFT and AFSC the CoC will rack and stack the cadets, it is worth 50% of the score. He now needs to hit everything out of the ball park so he stacks at least at the top 1 /3 of the unit.
~ IOWS when he gets home for Xmas break he needs to work out because come January when he returns they will do another PFT for the unit. I would assume they are going to be looking at him very closely to see if he slipped again.
~~~ Every cadet takes the PFT at the beginning of every semester. Only contracted must pass to activate the scholarship.
~~ Our DS always worked out over the winter break and during the summer he would work out for 3 weeks prior to returning. I think his lowest PFT was 98. He's not a runner so he would get hit there. Did the 1 1/2 mile run @10 mins. The max is under 9.
Sheriff,
Yes the altitude is an issue. I have been told by many that have some sort of insight connection to the AFA they really place a strong look at their CFA because they know the altitude will take time to adjust to, but it will be held shortly after I Day.
~ The other SAs don't have that issue.
I also agree heat and humidity are one thing, but when you are from Maine and have to go somewhere like Maxwell in an abnormally hot summer, it does impact scores.
~ Our DS ran every afternoon and the height of the heat so he could acclimate to the heat since we were from VA. If it was about to rain he was running for the humidity aspect.
Every year when we post congrats, we always say keep training. The problem with the PFA for a scholarship is a coach can administer the test, but they are not as harsh on the form as they are in ROTC. Many think they maxxed it on the PFA, thus no biggie at ROTC, but many maxxed because they did not do the rcorrect form.
Tb637,
Just realize he is not the only one that this has occurred to, it is common. It is up to him now to prove with the next PFT and the one given in January that the lesson was learned.
AFROTC scholarship is what I call 2 + 2 . he has to get selected for SFT to commission. Next fall they will be reviewing, racking and stacking for selection. SFT board will meet for him @ Feb. 2016. 15 months from now.
I would also contact the bursar to see where they stand on the scholarship being paid out. Plus, don't expect them to backpay the stipend for the fall.
~ It is a loophole that they use sometimes. He is not contracted, thus will not pay Sept, Oct and Nov.
~~ Bursar and books are different because he contracted in the semester.
Have him also keep tabs on deposits, once he contracts. He should get maybe half of the Dec. stipend, but it could now take months because if they don't process it before school ends for fall semester, it might not get approved until he returns for Spring and even than it could take another month. Hence, if he takes it during finals week, and they don't process it until Jan. 10th, it would miss the mid Jan. pay and could show up in Feb.