Rated2014 Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 The wait is harder now... Before, I was just thinking "we'll hear something when we hear something." Now, I can't help but think "what if I just didn't get it and that's why I'm not hearing anything?" Happy thoughts. Happy thoughts. 1
MaintainerMade Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 On 1/6/2019 at 12:25 AM, Padre said: $30 says we don’t hear anything today. Expand Learned my lesson and cutting my losses at $20
iFly18 Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 On 1/6/2019 at 2:59 AM, Rated2014 said: The wait is harder now... Before, I was just thinking "we'll hear something when we hear something." Now, I can't help but think "what if I just didn't get it and that's why I'm not hearing anything?" Happy thoughts. Happy thoughts. Expand My feelings and thoughts exactly!
Rage W. Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 From my commander: "I had FSS here pull the “secure” PDSMs today and it wasn’t there. That’s where they originate from...so not sure where the other info is coming from." Maybe next week???
TeafChief Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 I assume If the list doesn’t come out tomorrow, this was all a joke and we played the fool for the last 6 months.. side note, walked through the Air Force Museum today, so that didn’t help at all...
MC2112 Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 On 1/6/2019 at 7:42 PM, Rage W. said: From my commander: "I had FSS here pull the “secure” PDSMs today and it wasn’t there. That’s where they originate from...so not sure where the other info is coming from." Maybe next week??? Expand Well if someone on this forum has already found out the list must be somewhere out there. On 1/6/2019 at 8:13 PM, TeafChief said: side note, walked through the Air Force Museum today, so that didn’t help at all... Expand I’ve refused to go anywhere near there since submitting my package. Seems to be a lot of Wright Patt people on this forum haha.
Rated2014 Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 Not board related, but I just talked to an old instructor from Randolph and he said they're looking at adding it as a UPT base as early as this summer. They currently have PIT there, but want to add an undergraduate class. It's not official yet, but it's early enough to potentially be starting up with this board.
TeafChief Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 On 1/6/2019 at 9:35 PM, Rated2014 said: Not board related, but I just talked to an old instructor from Randolph and he said they're looking at adding it as a UPT base as early as this summer. They currently have PIT there, but want to add an undergraduate class. It's not official yet, but it's early enough to potentially be starting up with this board. Expand I’ll happily fall on that sword...
Uptapplicant2019 Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 I can't think about anything past tomorrow... Really hoping I don't regret not finishing my PPL 😖
UFTapplicant Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 Geesze guys your making me feel bad! My PCSM is horrendous, I just hope I was able to get selected.
Rated2014 Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 I feel good about my PCSM/PPL, but I partied hard in college and got a whopping 2.5 GPA... 😖 Hopefully the other parts of our packages far outweigh the bad. If I don't get picked up I guess it's even more flight hours and start a masters for next year.
MC2112 Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 I really hope I don’t regret dishing out 1/5 of my salary for the year on a PPL.
UFTapplicant Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 Guys I got a PCSM of a 11, but was previous enlisted aviator. Not sure if that means much, but let’s hops it does.
Rated2014 Posted January 6, 2019 Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) On 1/6/2019 at 11:17 PM, MC2112 said: I really hope I don’t regret dishing out 1/5 of my salary for the year on a PPL. Expand Lol. My thoughts exactly. At $100 and hr, it's an investment I really hope to get back tomorrow. On 1/6/2019 at 11:20 PM, UFTapplicant said: Guys I got a PCSM of a 11, but was previous enlisted aviator. Not sure if that means much, but let’s hops it does. Expand I mean, we've seen pilot selects in that range before! Did you log combat time for your AF215? That's another bean I'm hoping helps me; I've pulled a decent amount of it for my two years Edited January 6, 2019 by Rated2014
UFTapplicant Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 On 1/6/2019 at 11:45 PM, Rated2014 said: Lol. My thoughts exactly. At $100 and hr, it's an investment I really hope to get back tomorrow. I mean, we've seen pilot selects in that range before! Did you log combat time for your AF215? That's another bean I'm hoping helps me; I've pulled a decent amount of it for my two years Expand No I didn’t. But my LOR reflected that.
Rated2014 Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 Thankfully it's people grading our packages and not an automated system. The LoR and personal letter may be the saving grace for a lot of us.
jjpoole741 Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 On 1/7/2019 at 12:10 AM, Rated2014 said: Thankfully it's people grading our packages and not an automated system. The LoR and personal letter may be the saving grace for a lot of us. Expand Yes, thank goodness for the whole person concept. My PCSM score was not the best.
MC2112 Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 Went from horribly anxious watching the Eagles, to overjoyed, then right back to anxious for tomorrow.
jjpoole741 Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 On 1/7/2019 at 1:08 AM, goddard15 said: I think the distribution of pcsms is not at all normally distributed but probably bimodal between people who do and do not have a PPL / lots of hours. The data they provide which presents the mean, max, min is hard to interpret. My guess is there are peaks around 55 and 85 but I haven’t looked at their PowerPoint slides recently (not an applicant this year). A histogram would be awesome because although someone’s pcsm may be above the min they really have no way of knowing how many people near that pcsm ever get selected and whether or not to invest money on hours. I had a pcsm of 17 and spent a lot of money to improve my pcsm last year. Expand I think the money invested isn’t a waste though. It’ll help prepare you for training. I didn’t have any flight hours when I applied, but I’ve been taking lessons since. So much to learn. It’s intimidating for someone without prior experience/PPL.
Uptapplicant2019 Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 On 1/7/2019 at 1:27 AM, jjpoole741 said: I think the money invested isn’t a waste though. It’ll help prepare you for training. I didn’t have any flight hours when I applied, but I’ve been taking lessons since. So much to learn. It’s intimidating for someone without prior experience/PPL. Expand Agree, I made a conscious risk to only get 11 hours, put me at an average pcsm with a good career record/LOR...hopefully it doesn't bite me
jjpoole741 Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 On 1/7/2019 at 1:58 AM, Uptapplicant2019 said: Agree, I made a conscious risk to only get 11 hours, put me at an average pcsm with a good career record/LOR...hopefully it doesn't bite me Expand Sounds like you’ve done your part...good luck!
xxDonutxx Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 Last year's application I had a 93 PCSM, 3.0 GPA, over 100 hours civilian, over 350 combat hours, O-6 LoR, and an EQ check ride in my current aircraft as a Nav. I better get good news. My commitment ended almost 3 weeks ago. The Air Force will have no pilot or Nav if I don't get selected.
idahoguy Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 Public release date is updated to 14 January on the AF portal page. Let's hope notifications are coming down today for realsies! 1
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