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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You never responded about how many children you have. Only child? It’s a flat out no for me. Maybe Air Force WITH PILOT TRAINING ONLY. Have to come out as a pilot able to drive for Amazon or UPS or major airline. [/quote]

NP. Our kid talks about enlisting and he wants to do this.  We keep explaining that he needs to get some sort of education first to in as an officer.  No one can just enlist and demand they want to learn how to fly.   There’s no guarantee you will ever be near a plane.

The other thing we tell him is that he has a hard time taking orders from authority and admits he doesn’t like it so the military is not the best choice.  [/quote]

Maybe he can take private lessons first and get a pilot license? The women on the bachelor franchise will fight over a pilot. [/quote]

Enlisted don’t fly.  Only officers. [/quote]

That's not entirely true. Mostly because there is a path from enlisted to becoming an officer and a pilot. I know people that have done that.[/quote]

It’s very rare and very hard to do.   You really think that many enlisted become officers and then pilots.  A few, sure.  [/quote]

I don't want to down play the accomplishments of others but it's not that hard to become a warrant or commissioned officer from enlisted. I know tons of people that have done that. Less people that then become a pilot only because those programs and people are rarer. But the opportunity is there and they can do it if that's their passion / goal. That was my friend. He really wanted to be a helicopter pilot after a decade in Armour as enlisted. He did become a pilot.[/quote]

DP. I was an officer (through ROTC). One of my staff sergeants had enlisted even though he already had a college degree because he was told by a recruiter that it was easy to get a commission once you are enlisted. No, it's not that easy. You have to have a lot of support in your chain of command to do it. And you have to meet a board and get selected, in competition with other enlisted who want that slot. It's far more of a roll of the dice than you make it sound. My staff sergeant didn't get chosen. [/quote]

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