Forum: Future F-16 crew

Homestead is hiring off the street. I call absolute bullshit cchief and eugn on the integrity issue. They're just angry that they will have to spend the next 16-19 years of their life yelling at you about reflective belts and trimming your mustache in regs because they are living the life they did not imagine. Your situation has nothing to do with integrity, as has been voiced by numerous people here. I stumbled into the 16, and it has worked out for me for the last 6 years, but these days you have to really work to find your way. Had I known back then what I know how, I would: a) rush every guard and reserve unit out there (but learn my bar act before doing so), b) scoff active duty and the absolute queep that dominates life, and c) still love doing what I do, even with the pounders who live to make life miserable for those who actually love what they do. But I'm not angry or anything. DBAP.

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im not saying your wrong to chase your dream, but pretty simple the needs of the AF does not require you to fly now. you didnt meet their cutoff score or however they judge yall. keep chasing your dream and fighting for it, im all about it. PM vprdrvr and find out what he did to help your cause because he went down your same road and came out successful. but on the other hand, you also face the possibility of not getting a pilot slot.... then what? start plotting out your ways to achieve your dream and make it happen. keep us posted with updates

bottlerocket wrote:

Thanks everyone for the input, it has been very eye-opening. My biggest question that has been brought up by all of this is my ability to go to a Guard/Reserve unit. Ross you said after less than 2 years you were in UPT. I know that palace chase offers a move to Guard/Reserve after 2 years and if your AFSC releases you. Are there other options on getting there?

I know it can be done, I have seen many examples; here especially. But I was wondering the finer details. I know I can't just call up AFPC one day and tell them I'm headed out to fly fast movers at some random Guard squadron, there is a process. I know its a lot to ask, but could anyone explain that?

Ill try to add some details about palace chase here. I was in tech training with a Guard member who PC'ed into Finance from Missile Maintenance ( ICBMS) .Since missiles is 'critically manned' , AKA understaffed, AFPC would not allow him to retrain out of his job while Active Duty, so he Palace Chased.
I asked him what the process was , with the understanding that Id be seeking a pilot slot from the guard unit I'd apply to, and here was his answer.

He filled out a lot of personell paperwork, and waited. He was active duty, so he started the Palace Chase process at the personell flight of his duty station. Once he filled out the paperwork, he waited. And waited. And waited some more.

Six month after he filled out the Palace Chase app with zero feedback from personell, he assumed that he'd been declined for Palace Chase. That was the time when the personell flight called and hit him with a huge outprocessing checklist of stuff to do, deadlines to meet, and tasks to complete before leaving Active Duty. From what he said, once you start the Palace Chase process, it is set in stone. There is no cancelling or reversing the process once the transfer has been approved.

The flip side to that of course, is that once started it would take an extremely rare event for it to be stopped administratively.

You would think the Air National Guard would use similar processes from active duty, but there are some maddeningly different standards and policies between the agencies. Do your homework before considering it, and follow the advice of those above ( much as I am right now. Im active duty Air Force finance...so far. Twisted Evil

Guess what I'll be flying tomorrow, someday? )

Forum: Future F-16 crew

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