Powerleverlock
Registered User
The NFO-Pilot transition program is a bit of a different animal and I can tell you from experience that you give up a lot of different things.
1)No bonus-may not be important to you now, but it's a lot of money
2)Community reputation-You will have to work twice as hard as most people in your new community in order to get a good name for yourself.
3)No competitive FITREP during your time in the training command. This will hurt you more when you go for your command board. This screen is extremely competitive and when you are competing against someone who has done everything right, it's hard to advance.
4)When all your friends are enjoying shore duty, taking leave, and buying a house, etc, you could possibly be moving every six months and playing the TRACOM game for awhile.
With the current force shaping going on in the Navy, I would expect to see O-5 becoming a harder rank to make. The #2 DH may not be a shoe-in for O-5 in a few years.
If you really want to be a pilot or transition to another community realize you give up a lot. Being a CO or DH may not be important now, but your priorities in life may change later. Also being a CO or DH gets you flying operationally longer, which is probably why you transitioned anyway.
1)No bonus-may not be important to you now, but it's a lot of money
2)Community reputation-You will have to work twice as hard as most people in your new community in order to get a good name for yourself.
3)No competitive FITREP during your time in the training command. This will hurt you more when you go for your command board. This screen is extremely competitive and when you are competing against someone who has done everything right, it's hard to advance.
4)When all your friends are enjoying shore duty, taking leave, and buying a house, etc, you could possibly be moving every six months and playing the TRACOM game for awhile.
With the current force shaping going on in the Navy, I would expect to see O-5 becoming a harder rank to make. The #2 DH may not be a shoe-in for O-5 in a few years.
If you really want to be a pilot or transition to another community realize you give up a lot. Being a CO or DH may not be important now, but your priorities in life may change later. Also being a CO or DH gets you flying operationally longer, which is probably why you transitioned anyway.