PMPT
Well-Known Member
Hi guys,
I am in a bit of an unusual position. I am pursuing an air contract at OCC, have passed MEPS but am still waiting to go to Pensacola. I originally trained as a lawyer and am currently on the NY Bar. I hate being a lawyer and so am trying to join the military to get away from doing this and to learn how to fly.
My recruiter has been scheming and has said that current selection rates for law contracts are extremely high and that I would be very likely to get picked up on an air contract. He said that I should then with relative ease (?) be able to 'drop' my law contract and pick up an air contract at TBS as students drop them and go ground instead. He said this move was largely intended solely as a means of finding the path of least resistance to OCS.
While I appreciate him brainstorming, is this 1) a load of bull; and 2) an incredibly bad idea, if I want to fly and hate being a lawyer, surely going in on a law contract and hoping to drop for air is not exactly as smart a way to go about it as going in with an air contract to begin with?
Just wanted to get your input on the matter. I don't want to stare a gift horse in the mouth ... but by the same token don't want to wind back up in the exact thing I was trying to escape from in the first place.
Thanks,
PMPT
I am in a bit of an unusual position. I am pursuing an air contract at OCC, have passed MEPS but am still waiting to go to Pensacola. I originally trained as a lawyer and am currently on the NY Bar. I hate being a lawyer and so am trying to join the military to get away from doing this and to learn how to fly.
My recruiter has been scheming and has said that current selection rates for law contracts are extremely high and that I would be very likely to get picked up on an air contract. He said that I should then with relative ease (?) be able to 'drop' my law contract and pick up an air contract at TBS as students drop them and go ground instead. He said this move was largely intended solely as a means of finding the path of least resistance to OCS.
While I appreciate him brainstorming, is this 1) a load of bull; and 2) an incredibly bad idea, if I want to fly and hate being a lawyer, surely going in on a law contract and hoping to drop for air is not exactly as smart a way to go about it as going in with an air contract to begin with?
Just wanted to get your input on the matter. I don't want to stare a gift horse in the mouth ... but by the same token don't want to wind back up in the exact thing I was trying to escape from in the first place.
Thanks,
PMPT