DA1202
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I'm a senior engineering student from a Maritime Academy, and I'm pursuing Navy Officer slots. Originally I was applying for CEC, but my recruiter told me he had another applicant with a package similar to mine who got rejected, so I need have some back-up options. He was pushing Aviation somewhat hard, especially the NFO. Cool job, and I wouldn't turn it down, but it's on the compete opposite spectrum when compared to CEC. Nonetheless, at 22, I wouldn't really turn having that as a day job down.
I've done some research on NFO, and I'm surprised that there are no videos on it, and was looking for some information if anyone could offer some. I found only one video on Youtube, and it was cut off when it clearly had more footage to show. Any links you might offer? Pretty much any text based site I have found seem to say the same things.
I've read NFO's have a lot of job responsibilities. Is this true, or do they have multiple NFO's on a plane doing individual tasks? I feel like personally, an NFO has a lot more responsibility than the pilot, and a lot more jobs that can transition to civilian careers better than that of a pilot. Maybe it's just me though...
As of now (11/21/13), is the Navy as desperately in need of NA's as my recruiter is telling me? He told me they lowered the GPA qualifications to a 2.5. I always got the impression to be in aviation, you needed to be close to walking on water in terms of your academics, especially in the Navy. I have a 2.82, with a fairly lengthy resume (if you ask me). I'm not going to say it's the best one out there, but I'd like to think I've been more than productive while here at school.
I have a buddy who has an Aviation contract with the USMC, and he told me (at least with them) they are starting to phase out NFOs because the technology is so advanced that a pilot can start to do most of it himself. He also said an NFO is a crappy job, and that I should just pursue pilot instead. What should I take from that? Kinda leads me to my last question...
I just joined this community yesterday, but I was poking around, and I see a lot of people posting about switching from NFO to NP, and not a whole lot posting the other way around. What is the reasoning for this? Just out of curiosity.
Thank you for the answers in advance. I apologize if I may have said things that seem completely untrue, but I just don't have enough knowledge about it yet to make informed statements.
I've done some research on NFO, and I'm surprised that there are no videos on it, and was looking for some information if anyone could offer some. I found only one video on Youtube, and it was cut off when it clearly had more footage to show. Any links you might offer? Pretty much any text based site I have found seem to say the same things.
I've read NFO's have a lot of job responsibilities. Is this true, or do they have multiple NFO's on a plane doing individual tasks? I feel like personally, an NFO has a lot more responsibility than the pilot, and a lot more jobs that can transition to civilian careers better than that of a pilot. Maybe it's just me though...
As of now (11/21/13), is the Navy as desperately in need of NA's as my recruiter is telling me? He told me they lowered the GPA qualifications to a 2.5. I always got the impression to be in aviation, you needed to be close to walking on water in terms of your academics, especially in the Navy. I have a 2.82, with a fairly lengthy resume (if you ask me). I'm not going to say it's the best one out there, but I'd like to think I've been more than productive while here at school.
I have a buddy who has an Aviation contract with the USMC, and he told me (at least with them) they are starting to phase out NFOs because the technology is so advanced that a pilot can start to do most of it himself. He also said an NFO is a crappy job, and that I should just pursue pilot instead. What should I take from that? Kinda leads me to my last question...
I just joined this community yesterday, but I was poking around, and I see a lot of people posting about switching from NFO to NP, and not a whole lot posting the other way around. What is the reasoning for this? Just out of curiosity.
Thank you for the answers in advance. I apologize if I may have said things that seem completely untrue, but I just don't have enough knowledge about it yet to make informed statements.