OZZ

Thanks for the insight, I knew I couldnt be the only one. Thats my designator now! I figured it would be a pretty arduous process but it beats being on the ground for 5+ years. I have been keeping current with my civilian ratings and Im pretty close on my commercial so I guess that might help my case a little bit. From what I understand theres pretty much a waiver for anything right? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Good afternoon Guys, Quite a bit farther in the future on this post. I found myself in the same situation last year. I was an E-2/C-2 flight school student and made it through Primary and Intermediate multi engine training with little difficulty but I had a VERY hard time staying ahead of the Jet in Instruments. I ultimately wound up attriting in the instrument rating phase of training. I gave it everything I had too! I was in the OPS office signing up for practice sims every day, trying to get backseat hops if I could, and bumming unused sims every Friday just to get some practice. Even through the T-45 OBOGS stand down (Paid vacation by Navy Flight school terms) I was getting after it on the daily. Unfortunately I eventually attrited in Advanced T-45 jet training due to "Inconsistencies in instrument conditions". To make matters worse, Navy Flight training as a whole was still recovering from the OBOGS stand down and all the other pipelines were full, so no one was getting ANY pipeline transfers to other airframes. After literally waiting for 7 months to find out my final verdict. I wound up re designating as a General Aviation Officer and I currently work for a VFA squadron right now. I did however put my best foot forward and continued flying on the civilian side to maintain my currency and built time. That's my story. A year has passed since then, but right now I am still exploring the possibilities of flying again. The end result is flying for the airlines (at some point) but with only 300 hours that is an incredibly long road from now. I still want to serve, but its pretty gut wrenching being near aircraft and NOT getting to fly them. If I have any shot at getting in the air again I'll go for it. From what I have read from you guys it appears to be a long shot, but a shots a shot no matter how long it is. I'm currently working on my Commercial / CFI / CFI-II and gaining a lot of experience working for the fighter community and I'm hoping it will help my chances of being selected. From what I understand, since I did not get my wings I would have to go through UPT and fly the T-6 again and then T-1's. As for getting hired , Would any of you guys know if there is a different process I would have to proceed through since I am AD Navy? Does my Attrition disqualify me? Is it waiver-able? It seems like there would be quite a few Admin hurdles trying to go from AD Navy to Guard... I also just promoted to O-3 and I do not know if that would affect my UPT candidacy as well. My command here is very supportive of my goals and they are ready to help me in any way they can. I am just trying to find the best plan of action so I don't go into this blindly and spin my wheels. Have any of you guys heard of any success stories similar to mine? Thanks ~OZZ