I want to become a pilot and the ANG sounds like a good choice... Is it?

Question

I have all the requirements of being one I just want to make sure I'm going the right route. I talked to the some ANG advisors and was told after tech I could go to college off the G.I. Bill providing if I enlisted for 6 years... Would that be the way to become an ANG pilot and is that right? Or would I have to go through ROTC or something? Help me... I'm becoming a senior this year also.

Answer 1

Your plan is ONE way to achieve your goals. If you want to fly, it may not be the BEST way, since it seems to put off your flight training for @10 years (until after you've completed your enlistment and college). If you're set on doing the military thing to get your flight training paid for by Uncle Sam, you might also consider:

-Going to college now under the AF ROTC program.

-Arranging an appointment to the USAF Academy.

-Enlisting in the Army, signing up for the Aviation field.

Understand that there are no guarantees, whatever you may have been told by recruiters, that you will attain your actual goals in this area because aviation is one of the most competitive and demanding programs in the military.

Answer 2

nope  ...plains falll

Answer 3

Don't join the military to learn how to fly unless you knnow how to get there. Just joining in the hopes of getting into an aviation career could very well back fire.

My personal choice would be to go to college, get an aeronautical engineering degree (bachelors) while learning to fly. Get your instrument and commercial ratings and once you have graduated apply to the USAF or USN flight programs. That way you have control over your destiny. With ROTC you may not. And if you go in as an enlisted member you may not ever get there.

This path may cost you some money, but it's a pretty good way to get there. ROTC would be my next choice...but unless you go to the USAF Academy, you will need to build a good resume to get into a aviation program. I know pilots who went to the Academy and got their degrees in various fields.

You can get any degree in college that you want, but if you are looking for a solid fit, an aeronatical engineering (AE) degree and a pilots license would show the military aviation program directors that you are competant applicant able to meet the rigors of the training. That will get you far in military aviation.

Answer 4

Be careful of what the recruiters promise.  You will have to meet certain age criteria, have a college degree, and obviously be able to pass a string of physical requirements.  However, if you can make it work, it would be wonderful to fly on the government's dime.  You would almost certainly be guaranteed an airline job afterwards, as well.

Answer 5

Worked for Dubya.  He even became president!

Answer 6

You need to ask that question somewhere else I think. You'll just get wiseass answers here, and I'm fresh out.