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[wikz]

Good evening gentlemen, I hope y'all had a good thanksgiving! 🙂

I have a question I was hoping to shoot y'all. I got back from BMT and tech school a month ago and have been loving AFE. ive met a couple of the pilots in the crossing and have started to get my face around and politely let them know that I would love to fly fighters for the squadron. I recently went up to the pilot room and met one of the hiring board pilots and he gave me some great advice of how I can make a good impression. he suggested I come up every drill after work and just talk to them, and if possible stay behind late to help clean up. I thought this was great advice and id love to hear more from you guys. what do you look for in applicants when they rush the unit and what do you wish they would do. I really appreciate your help guys! 

Edited November 29 by wikz

[ConfidentlyIncorrect]

staying after to help clean up would be bagging some huge points 

[Tarawa565]

Exactly what you're doing. To baseline be competitive for fighters you need a college degree, a PPL, and good test scores (>90, can vary a bit if you are strong elsewhere). 

So, my focus areas if I were you would be:

1) do a good job in AFE (if you suck, you'll never get hired)

2) get a college degree with a > 3.0, get your PPL, and take the tests

3) talk to pilots when they're not busy trying to step to the jet ("hey sir/ma'am, how was the flight? - at least until they stop telling you to say sir/ma'am which they should do immediately), go up after drill and after you've done your work to talk to folks, etc.