Im thinking of going AirForce

[ccaleb]

Pilots

On the pilot issue, you cannot be a pilot without a college degree. Period... They will not accept you into flight school in the United States Air Force without a college degree. You need to go to college and get your degree if that is what you want to do. You can get a job in the "aviation career field", but you will not be flying the air craft.

I know it's the same was in the Navy, and I believe it's the same way in the Army and Marine Corps. You must have a college degree to pilot the plane.

[cphilip]

The only exception to that I ever knew was Helicopter pilots. And those could be non degree Non Com Warrant Officers back in the day. Not sure its still that way now though.

[breg]

Originally posted by cphilip
The only exception to that I ever knew was Helicopter pilots. And those could be non degree Non Com Warrant Officers back in the day. Not sure its still that way now though.

Yeah that is true, but the Air Force is the only brance of service that does not have Warrant Officers.
The Air Force's tuition assistance is kind of funky, but there are a lot of programs like CLEP wich allow you to get the credit on general knowledge etc. Then there are thing like the Community College of the Air Force.

[OfficerGoat]

Actualy the Air Force has an Equivolent... its called a Flight Officer. There are 3 grades of FO... but they are extraordinarly rare and the one I did meet was in the 30th Space Group (An Air War College Instructor) and not a Zoomie.

But yeah ... don't even plan on doing any sort of Flying these days unless you have a College Degree... AND at least ROTC if not Acadamy. The Air Force gives preference to Acadamy Grads and then to ROTC and finaly the OTS guys get last choice.

[ntn4502]

Originally posted by -Carnifex-
Can you get that laser eye surgery and be a pilot?

Its a special eye surgery that cost a hellofa lot of money. (v something or nother) I'll be getting it sometime before Im done with college

[Restola]

Originally posted by ntn4502
Its a special eye surgery that cost a hellofa lot of money. (v something or nother) I'll be getting it sometime before Im done with college

Sweet. We'll kick some butt flying around in our F-16s.

Just got to finish getting in shape...