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153A aviator question
Hello
I am a 32 year old private fixed wing pilot. An army recruiter promised to get me into Fort Rucker if I joined. Here is the problem - after the boot camp I will still be an E3, to go to WOFT one must be an E5 or better. Question-- can they put in my contract that I am going to Fort Rucker upon completing boot camp? |
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An army recruiter promised Be carefull..... be very very carefull. |
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I'd think the real question is where you're going after Fort Rucker.
wrote in message oups.com... Hello I am a 32 year old private fixed wing pilot. An army recruiter promised to get me into Fort Rucker if I joined. Here is the problem - after the boot camp I will still be an E3, to go to WOFT one must be an E5 or better. Question-- can they put in my contract that I am going to Fort Rucker upon completing boot camp? |
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I know a local pilot who got screwed on the same deal. He got out and
is working on his civilian rotor ticket. Recruiters will lie to you and thats a fact. when it turns to **** they'll waffle and tell you it was out of their hands..... Ol shy & bashful |
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ok dude, everybody said there 2 cents worth...here's from somebody on the
inside... First thing you have to do is find a recruiter that will work with you. You can go through basic as an E-5. I had a high school to flight school guy in my basic training class 13 years ago. It can be done. You CAN get in straight to WOFT, but the trick is, as I said before, to find a recruiter who will do what is neccessary, and it is a lot of paperwork. There ARE good recruiters out there. There are also BAD ones...do some research, and don't join unless you see what you want in your contract. If that involves you walking out of the MEPS station, then do what's right for you. They can't do **** to you until you swear in before you ship to basic. Don't let them BS you. ....Good luck dude, and hopefully we'll see you during preflight one of these days. Brad wrote in message oups.com... Hello I am a 32 year old private fixed wing pilot. An army recruiter promised to get me into Fort Rucker if I joined. Here is the problem - after the boot camp I will still be an E3, to go to WOFT one must be an E5 or better. Question-- can they put in my contract that I am going to Fort Rucker upon completing boot camp? |
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153A aviator question
I spent 17 years in the military, 6 years Navy and 11 years Army. While
in the Navy I went to an Army aviation post to cross over services into the WO flight program. I was told that I had to be an E5 minimum to qualify (I was), as well as take a battery of tests on flight. The stack of study books they gave me stood several feet tall lying on their side! As far as the argument about recruiters - if you ask questions, they will give you appropriate honest answers. If they do not, they are far more liable than the average grunt. Recruiters are held to a much higher standard than most of the rest of the enlisted, precisely because of the generalized opinions like have been stated here. Misleading prospective recruits can result in very severe penalties, including article 15 bust. I was never mislead by recruiters, and in fact they were very helpful in getting me what I wanted. It is in their best interests to do so - you are more likely to be a happy camper and sign up/stay in/ not be a problem in boot, etc. If you talk to a recruiter and he intentionally misleads you, you have a number of options to pursue, none of which will result in a pleasant ride for the recruiter. And as far as salesmen; if it weren't for them, how would you buy anything? There are unscrupulous people in every profession that exists, but they are in the very tiny minority. You only hear about them, unfortunately, because all the honest ones aren't "newsworthy". |
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I'm a rated helo pilot. I thought of signing up too, went to talk to a
recruiter last week and he told me I was too old to be in flying for the National Guard. He said the cut-off age was TWENTY SIX. He said I could be promised a job of working on helos though. I said no thanks, I wanted to fly. |
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