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Not exactly true, or perhaps I need to go to Spokane!!! The Air Force is just as competitive if not more. I'm playing both sides of the fence, I won't tell my stats, b/c they have been mentioned before and are not as strong as my buddies. But he just got denied a pilot slot with the AF and he has his ppl, instrument rating, 130 hours. 3.4 gpa business admin., professional athlete (golf), community service, and high scores on AFOQT (92 pilot). So as depressing as all that sounds, you just have to get in the fight, and be patient, because that is what it comes down to it seems.
Yes I agree both services are very hard to get into, but what I said was that the "recruiters" are having a hard time finding qualified people. Especially the Air Force recruiters because there are not too many people in the area I live with their pilots license and technical type of degree. There was an article in AF Times not too long ago stating that the AF was now looking for more engineers, mathematicians, scientists ect. For a while the flood gates were open and quite a number of non-technical majors became officers and now the AF is starting to change gears. Also to my understanding, and correct me if I am wrong, you don't stand much of a chance of getting a pilot slot in the Air Force unless you have you PPL. Most of the pilot slots for the AF go to AFROTC and the academy grads. Kind of upsetting. Good luck on what ever you do