Help!!!!!!?

ok im planning on being a pilot in the Air Force. ideally, to make my trip to becoming a pilot much easier, i am most likely going to join an aviation college somewhere near. i was wondering if anyone knew of what requirement would help me to get a college to recognize me, and also what would make it that much easier to become a pilot in the Air Force. (ex: flight time or a single engine aircraft liscense, etc.) HELP!!!

Help!!!!!!?
I'm helping my 16 y/o daughter carve out a path for a military helicopter pilot gig. First of all she was told if she needed corrective eye surgery (Laser) she would have to go to a military approved surgeon.





As far as going to an aviation college, that's something I've completely forbidden as that doesn't help you become a pilot in the military. It's a worthless degree unless you have licenses as a mechanic or avionics tech. I know I have a


BS in Aviation Tech and it was worthless. Get a degree in something non aviation related that you can get a good job, if you don't make it as a pilot, or something you can use if you don't pass a medical. I have gotten MORE flight time with my nursing license than I ever did with my worthless aviation degree. I was a flight nurse as well as a commercial/instructor.





Don't buy what the aviation college diploma mills like Embry Riddle, or University of North Dakota are selling. I trained pilots from all different kinds of universities some with degrees in History, Education or Engineering. They got a flight slot in the military and contracted our flight school to get their private licenses. Aviation Degrees..Priceless?? NO but they are costly and WORTHLESS.





Embry Riddle 1034 dollars per credit hour..and their college algebra is the same as a community college... why pay that kind of money??
Reply:Go to a civilian community college which offers a two year program in avionics, or Airframe and Powerplant. then go onto a four year degree in Industrial Safety, or Industrial Hygiene. that combined with your military flight time, you can get good paying jobs three different ways. Report It

Reply:Correction on the above. Your vision needs to be 20/20 UNCORRECTABLE for your first physical. Now after that you can wear glasses but to get in you need 20/20 vision.
Reply:i can help you with some flying.....FSX training





http://www.freewebs.com/flighttraining10...
Reply:I suggest you get your 4 year degree with your ratings and then you can go into the air force as an Officer, make a boat load more cash than you would by starting fresh.





I was talking with a former F-16 pilot (now a southwest capt) and he said that all of the new fighter flight spots are for the "unmanned" aircraft. You sit in your flight suit here in the usa while someone in Iraq launches your unmanned aircraft. Everything is soo high tech these days; Anyway they make you wear your flight suit even though your behind some computer moniter 6000 miles away dropping bombs. Talk with your recruiter and see what he/she recomends.
Reply:The biggest thing you need to do is get good grades. You need to have an excellent GPA, as well as get involved in extra curricular activities like sports and clubs or anything else on campus. Although having a pilot's license looks good, grades are much more important. They will teach you how to fly, but they won't take you if you are a bad student. Good luck.
Reply:Talk to a recruiter, they can give you the most up to date info





Vision must be correctable to 20/20 for some aircraft (mostly cargo) but 20/20 or better for fighters. Being in good physical shape won't hurt. You will need a bachelors to be an officer, but there are programs that can help with that.





Just don't accept anything less than a guaranteed job. Don't enlist, you want to be commissioned.
Reply:My son is an Air Force pilot, currently flying the Pave Hawk helicopter in Iraq. He went ROTC and got his BS degree. He had 20/200 vision but had PRK surgery to correct it to 20/15. The Air Force limits how many pilot candidates can have the surgically corrected vision, so he had to excel in everything to get a slot. At the time Lasik was not acceptable to the Air Force. That may have changed now. Flying lessons in high school helped him score higher on evaluation exams and helped him get a leg up. Until you go through Independent Flight Training (private license essentially) and Undergraduate Flight Training you don't know what you'll end up flying, and that only narrows it down to tanker vs helo vs fighter, etc. In hindsight he recommends a different path if you want a better chance of flying something specific. I don't remember the details of the different path. Fortunately, he loves helos.
Reply:The best thing is talk to a recurter first. They will answer many of yoou\r questions as for you live there has to be many schools around





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