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What if he wants a backseat F-15E ride?

Oh, he's definitely f***ed.

I am by no means a blue kool aid drinker but there are two sides to this coin. I am planning on getting out soon and going to the airlines. However, I heard recently that roughly 1/3 of all males won't make it to 65, and only around 25% of all airline pilots will make it to 65 without losing their medical for a period of time. Let that sink in. Also, we know that the airline industry is volatile. Hopefully, those of us who are getting hired now will be bullet proof from furloughs etc, but you never know. Also, look at how airline management teams are fighting tooth and nail to avoid better contracts for pilots. Doesn't seem like a healthy relationship to me. Health insurance costs are also significantly higher on the outside. If you have something go down you could take a pretty big hit. Just some food for thought. Everyone talks about the money you could lose at the end of your career if you don't go to the airlines now. Well, how do you know you'll live that long? Will you be able to hold your medical into those years? To me this isn't a money decision. It is a quality of life decision.

Nothing at all heard at Laughlin yet.

Called AFPC, all time as enlisted counts towards the requirement for O-1E, and she stated OTS/TFOT is included. She only mentioned that it would be a good idea to include a note to include the current years points in the point summary, all the way up to day prior to commission. She also verified for guard reserve is is 1460 points towards RETIREMENT. So got the answer, now others do too.