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Maximum age to be a pilot? Prior service.

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F18sPlease

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What is the maximum age that one can graduate at in NROTC in order to be a pilot? Does being prior service give one extra time when applying for a pilot slot? Thanks.
 
The max age has been 27, at least since I've been in (5+ years) Each year of prior mil service will get you a year of waiver, pretty much automatically, as long as you qualify medically, etc. I believe the one year for one year waiver is good up to age 31. After that, if you still have more qualifying service time, I believe you can request an additional waiver. My squadron currently has two prior Navy E-6's and several prior E-5's. I know one of them had a total of 14 years service, which makes him about 32. Good luck.
 
The actual policy (at least a couple years ago) is commissioned by 27 with a month-for-month waiver for prior service (up to 48 months). I know there have been exceptions, but in the current climate, that may be hard to come by.

To become a FO, it's 29 with the same waiver criteria.
 
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29 to be a pilot. Thanks for the info.
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27 to be a pilot, 29 to be an NFO (with either you can get a waiver for an additional 48 months based on prior service).
 
Really? So if I have 48 months of prior service I can still apply to be a pilot at the age of 31? I know they have the month for month deal, I just figured they might cap it before 48 months for pilots. I hope not.

Thanks for the info.
 
The 48 months of prior service must have been completed before your 27th birthday, and you must be commissioned before your 31st birthday. At least this is how it was a few years ago.
 
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The 48 months of prior service must have been completed before your 27th birthday, and you must be commissioned before your 31st birthday. At least this is how it was a few years ago.
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It's still the same. I will (assuming everything goes fine through STA-21) be commissioned and head to flight school when I am slightly over 30. I will have about 9 months to spare with the age.
 
That is awesome!!!

I have not talked to any NROTC offices yet, and I am just wondering how one gets selected for pilot. Do you join ROTC, then apply to a board? Can you get a guarantee pilot?
 
Join ROTC, put in service selection fall of senior year, and wait to get results back around christmas. Unfortunately no garunteeed NROTC pilot slots. Appearently there is some way to get one through STA-21 and BDCP though- Im sure someone here knows the details.
 
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