Dave Shutter
Registered User
Age Waiver Part II: Enlightenment!
Here I am again yapping about the age waiver. I read John's post suggesting that older topics be re-posted and he specificaly named the age waiver, so here I go. I originally posted that there exists a waiver for age. The current max for the pilot program is 27 (you must be comissioned and in flight training before your 27'th birthday) However, if you have 24 (or more) months of active duty the Navy will be nice enough to reward you for being such a patriotic youngster, and extend the age max for you to 29. that What I did not know about this waiver when I first posted it on the old forum is that there is one small catch. Speeking with the new LT in charge of my local officer recruiting program (this guy actually knew his ****) he said that:
"It's a waiver, what that means is that you have to APPLY for it and then you may not get it! It's not etched in stone that because your prior service your qualified up until your 29. So, they will look at your complete package and decide if they're... desperate enough to fill slots to accept you."
He also said that the waiver, if granted, will come from BUPERS, not Pensacola. Not exactly the final word on the subject that I wanted hear, that the Navy has to be desperate to accept me. Oh well, technically I still have a shot at SNA and that's all that matters to me. Again, this is probably old news to those of you in uniform but many of the older post's indicated that many people did not know this. I do recall Ens. Wickhan mentioning earlier that the service is "hurting" for pilots right now, maybe that'll be the edge that my old ass needs to get picked up? Anyway, wish me luck!
Love the new forum, Check six!
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Edited by - Dave Shutter on 4 May 2000
Here I am again yapping about the age waiver. I read John's post suggesting that older topics be re-posted and he specificaly named the age waiver, so here I go. I originally posted that there exists a waiver for age. The current max for the pilot program is 27 (you must be comissioned and in flight training before your 27'th birthday) However, if you have 24 (or more) months of active duty the Navy will be nice enough to reward you for being such a patriotic youngster, and extend the age max for you to 29. that What I did not know about this waiver when I first posted it on the old forum is that there is one small catch. Speeking with the new LT in charge of my local officer recruiting program (this guy actually knew his ****) he said that:
"It's a waiver, what that means is that you have to APPLY for it and then you may not get it! It's not etched in stone that because your prior service your qualified up until your 29. So, they will look at your complete package and decide if they're... desperate enough to fill slots to accept you."
He also said that the waiver, if granted, will come from BUPERS, not Pensacola. Not exactly the final word on the subject that I wanted hear, that the Navy has to be desperate to accept me. Oh well, technically I still have a shot at SNA and that's all that matters to me. Again, this is probably old news to those of you in uniform but many of the older post's indicated that many people did not know this. I do recall Ens. Wickhan mentioning earlier that the service is "hurting" for pilots right now, maybe that'll be the edge that my old ass needs to get picked up? Anyway, wish me luck!
Love the new forum, Check six!
D
Edited by - Dave Shutter on 4 May 2000