NavyVance said:
I dont wanna be a jerk or anything, but it always seemed kinda insulting to the NFO community that half the guys at API wanted to switch over. Its an important job, a good job, and I have some buddies I really respect who do it.
If you wanna be a pilot... why did you take an NFO slot? Why not save it for the kid who actually wants to do it? Just kinda perplexed.
I'm currently pro-rec'd as an NFO, and my first choice was pilot. I'm not bitter about it or anything, when I got the phone call telling me i still jumped for joy. These are two jobs that I really want to do, it's just one of them I'd like a little bit more. My view on it is that if given the opportunity to switch, I'd probably take a shot at it. If for some reason I can't switch, so be it, I'm still happy. It's the same idea as a SWO who lat xfers to aviation. For some reason or another, when the person applied originally, the billet wasn't there. When it opens up, there's no reason for them not to apply simply because they didn't get it originally.
Of course, taking an NFO contract for the sole reason that you hope to get an SNA transfer is a load of @#$%. When you put NFO as your second choice it had better be because you want to be an NFO.