Congrats. I do have a question for you as you have a Engineering degree. Seems like a lot of AF Rotc have engineering degrees. Does it bother you that after spending so much time and effort in doing well in engineering that you wont be using the degree for another 11 years at least. I promise this is sincere question and it not only pilots but anyone who studies one subject and then does a 180% switch on their careers, both in the military and in the civilian worldJust found out I got picked up for a pilot slot!
Stats:
GPA: 3.5 Mech E
PCSM: 90
FT: DG
PFA: 99.7
Congrats. I do have a question for you as you have a Engineering degree. Seems like a lot of AF Rotc have engineering degrees. Does it bother you that after spending so much time and effort in doing well in engineering that you wont be using the degree for another 11 years at least. I promise this is sincere question and it not only pilots but anyone who studies one subject and then does a 180% switch on their careers, both in the military and in the civilian worldJust found out I got picked up for a pilot slot!
Stats:
GPA: 3.5 Mech E
PCSM: 90
FT: DG
PFA: 99.7
Congrats. I do have a question for you as you have a Engineering degree. Seems like a lot of AF Rotc have engineering degrees. Does it bother you that after spending so much time and effort in doing well in engineering that you wont be using the degree for another 11 years at least. I promise this is sincere question and it not only pilots but anyone who studies one subject and then does a 180% switch on their careers, both in the military and in the civilian worldJust found out I got picked up for a pilot slot!
Stats:
GPA: 3.5 Mech E
PCSM: 90
FT: DG
PFA: 99.7
If engineering was that important to be a pilot, then you would only allow engineers and people with related degrees to be a pilot and that isnt what happens. Now from what I read, you can only be a test pilot if you have an engineering degree. Even if having an engineering degree helps, what percerntage of what they learned would apply to flying, 5%?. In any case, it wasnt an attack on him or the degree. Having an engineering degree is a great thing to have. As he mentioned, having that degree is a great backkup in case he doesnt fly. My point was learning one thing in school and doing another has to be strange, at least for meWhat makes you think pilots don’t use what they learned to get their engineering degree?
The ability to get a masters on line would be fantastic for you, no matter what you do later in lifeCongrats. I do have a question for you as you have a Engineering degree. Seems like a lot of AF Rotc have engineering degrees. Does it bother you that after spending so much time and effort in doing well in engineering that you wont be using the degree for another 11 years at least. I promise this is sincere question and it not only pilots but anyone who studies one subject and then does a 180% switch on their careers, both in the military and in the civilian worldJust found out I got picked up for a pilot slot!
Stats:
GPA: 3.5 Mech E
PCSM: 90
FT: DG
PFA: 99.7
Not really for me. Engineering and flying are two of my passions so it doesn't really bother me I won't be doing engineering. That being said, my school offers a 100% online, self paced Mech E masters degree program that I plan on doing down the line which will help me stay somewhat proficient in engineering. Also being a STEM major opens the possibility for test pilot school later in your career.
I didn’t get pilot...
Hmmm...your stats look really good to me too. I can never figure out boards.
Don't give up yet though. People get picked up by the supplemental boards all the time. I bet you're high on the supplemental list.
Not to get your hopes up or anything but from what I have seen people with those kind of stats usually get picked up in the supps. In addition to a supp board you can still get picked up as slots open back up over time because there will be people that get dropped for medical and other reasons. You have until the day you commission to get a slot from what my cadre told me so in the meantime just keep your head up.I didn’t get pilot...
PCSM: 81
Field Training: Middle
RSS: Middle
GPA: 3.37
PFA: 100
Geological Engineering
A little confused since my scores were pretty competitive...?
That doesn't make any sense. Ask cadre if you can see the package that was submitted for you because there may have been an error. Are you sure you were medically qualified to compete for pilot? What did you end up getting? I've seen those stats with low 40 pcsm get pilot and pcsm is 40% so there is no way you did not have the scores.I didn’t get pilot...
PCSM: 81
Field Training: Middle
RSS: Middle
GPA: 3.37
PFA: 100
Geological Engineering
A little confused since my scores were pretty competitive...?
How'd you rank your preferences? I know a few people with private pilot's licences and everything who got RPA because they put both pilot and RPA as high interest when they applied.
That doesn't make any sense. Ask cadre if you can see the package that was submitted for you because there may have been an error. Are you sure you were medically qualified to compete for pilot? What did you end up getting? I've seen those stats with low 40 pcsm get pilot and pcsm is 40% so there is no way you did not have the scores.I didn’t get pilot...
PCSM: 81
Field Training: Middle
RSS: Middle
GPA: 3.37
PFA: 100
Geological Engineering
A little confused since my scores were pretty competitive...?