2017 AFROTC Rated Selection Thread

What are your top two career choices?

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Heard from DS that his det has 10 Pilot, 2 RPA, 1 CSO & 1 ABM.
DS received Pilot with:
GPA: 3.4 (Aero/Astro Engineering)
PCSM: 78
PFA: 97
FT: DG
RSS: ?
Congratulations to all who are selected. Thank you for your commitment.
As far as what's next... where and when do cadets go for their Class I medical exam?
 
Mayville-Cardinal said:
Heard from DS that his det has 10 Pilot, 2 RPA, 1 CSO & 1 ABM.
DS received Pilot with:
GPA: 3.4 (Aero/Astro Engineering)
PCSM: 78
PFA: 97
FT: DG
RSS: ?
Congratulations to all who are selected. Thank you for your commitment.
As far as what's next... where and when do cadets go for their Class I medical exam?
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Pilots/RPAs go to Wright-Patterson the summer after they are selected for about 4-5 days.
 
Last year's ENJJPT averages were around 3.3/20 for FT and same for RSS, so I can only assume they're a little worse than that. Maybe 7 or 8/20 for both.
 
Pilot!!!
GPA: 3.36
PCSM: 53 (21 flight hours)
PFA: 95
FT: Middle Third
RSS: 1 or 2 of 11

Congrats to everyone
 
a400831 said:
Congrats to everyone who got picked up! I can only speak directly to those who were selected for Pilot, but get ready for the wild ride of UPT. The preparation starts earlier then you think it does.
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care to elaborate a bit?
 
So does this mean that since my son was chosen just now, he will be going to Wright-Patterson, this summer?


Sled said:
Pilots/RPAs go to Wright-Patterson the summer after they are selected for about 4-5 days.
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Humey said:
So does this mean that since my son was chosen just now, he will be going to Wright-Patterson, this summer?
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Exactly. It's actually a pretty fun trip.

Edit: As long as they don't find anything.
 
045mason said:
care to elaborate a bit?
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Sure thing. First things first, everyone who got selected should just focus on graduating and commissioning. I saw individuals stumble during their last semester and they lost everything. As many sim IP's have told me, shoot the closest alligator.

However, once you graduate, re-cage on the next event. For many individuals, that is IFT. Even if your dates are months out, get your hands on boldface/ops limits and as much current study material as possible and start prepping. The more you prep, the less you need to worry on general knowledge while you are there and can focus on learning how to actually fly. Also, you will have a LOT more fun because you will be ahead of the curve, thus less stressed.

Same goes for UPT, once you're done with IFT, re-cage on the next event. Work hard early on and keep that momentum up. Eventually, you will find yourself looking at your track sheet feeling confident that no matter what you put #1, you will get it.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions. I am currently in phase 3 of UPT (T38 track), so while I am not the most experienced member of the board by a long shot, I can give some input on everything up to my current position.
 
I would assume that if you already have a pilot license you dont have to do IFT? I also read on these forums that during UPT, that its a good idea not to go around saying that you have a pilot license or much flight time you already have? Would this be true.

a400831 said:
Sure thing. First things first, everyone who got selected should just focus on graduating and commissioning. I saw individuals stumble during their last semester and they lost everything. As many sim IP's have told me, shoot the closest alligator.

However, once you graduate, re-cage on the next event. For many individuals, that is IFT. Even if your dates are months out, get your hands on boldface/ops limits and as much current study material as possible and start prepping. The more you prep, the less you need to worry on general knowledge while you are there and can focus on learning how to actually fly. Also, you will have a LOT more fun because you will be ahead of the curve, thus less stressed.

Same goes for UPT, once you're done with IFT, re-cage on the next event. Work hard early on and keep that momentum up. Eventually, you will find yourself looking at your track sheet feeling confident that no matter what you put #1, you will get it.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions. I am currently in phase 3 of UPT (T38 track), so while I am not the most experienced member of the board by a long shot, I can give some input on everything up to my current position.
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Humey said:
I would assume that if you already have a pilot license you dont have to do IFT? I also read on these forums that during UPT, that its a good idea not to go around saying that you have a pilot license or much flight time you already have? Would this be true.
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Correct, if you have your PPL you skip IFT. Regarding being vocal about flight time, I would just be smart about it. If someone asks you, it's totally fine to say you have a PPL/hours, but I wouldn't be yelling it up and down the hallways either. Previous hours honestly don't have much correlation to performance at UPT, it comes down to the person.
 
a400831 said:
Correct, if you have your PPL you skip IFT. Regarding being vocal about flight time, I would just be smart about it. If someone asks you, it's totally fine to say you have a PPL/hours, but I wouldn't be yelling it up and down the hallways either. Previous hours honestly don't have much correlation to performance at UPT, it comes down to the person.
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A buddy of mine who just completed UPT (dropped 135's) told me that the adjustment to military flying was difficult and that he wished that he would have went to IFT. Would you agree with this? I am currently working towards my PPL but I planned to go to IFT anyways.
 
045mason said:
A buddy of mine who just completed UPT (dropped 135's) told me that the adjustment to military flying was difficult and that he wished that he would have went to IFT. Would you agree with this? I am currently working towards my PPL but I planned to go to IFT anyways.
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I would agree. I think IFT is a great intro not just to military flying, but to Stand Ups/Shotgun questions and the overall flight room environment. Flight time is great, but if I had the option of finishing up a PPL vs going to IFT, I would choose IFT.
 
I would second IFT instead of a PPL. I went with a friend that had 78 hours and was almost close to a PPL yet he doesn't regret going through IFT. Another benefit is being able to enjoy Colorado for a month and get an addition $1000 in per diem! Now the assumption is that having a PPL would expedite your UPT start date but AETC would spread out backgrounds evenly so you may be waiting months in active duty to start UPT with a PPL anyway.
 
I read another post about going or not to IFT if u already have a pilot license. His point was that there are a number of people who fail IFT for whatever reason . Why put yourself in a position where u could be thrown out of the program when U didn't have to be there in the first place

045mason said:
A buddy of mine who just completed UPT (dropped 135's) told me that the adjustment to military flying was difficult and that he wished that he would have went to IFT. Would you agree with this? I am currently working towards my PPL but I planned to go to IFT anyways.
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