akscott60 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Its too late for me, as I am an "old fart", but if you are young, consider the Coast Guard after your Army time. I think it would be great, esp with little to no war going on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit64 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 I've known a few folks that went DCA and loved it. There is some good gouge over at APTAP re: the program from time to time. I wish I had tried it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDP22 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Definitely keeping it in the back of my mind for when the time comes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zVo Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 The 10 years active TIS max to apply is waiverable but it's not automatic from what I've heard from two people that went USCG DCA. Even with budgets in the Coast Guard being cut, you'll fly more than what you would in an in-garrison Army. Might be a sweet transition... APTAP has good gouge and just from my observation, your odds of getting accepted greatly vary. Right now the DCA pipeline is ebbing, but some years they have tons of slots to go around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted April 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 My issue is the age. I am 33 now, and will be right 35 ish by the time I hit the non-training 500hour flight time requirement. Will the army give a separation for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_P148 Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Non training 500 hr? I've never really been interested in the CG. Doesn't really seem like a mission I'd be into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosier Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 The dca link on the cg website says that they want 2 years active time and 500 non sim/ua time as a minimum to apply.(I see the training now) that seems broad. I can only assume it means non flight school hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamer Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Does two year active guard time count you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnr032 Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Does two year active guard time count you think?No, it does not. https://www.gocoastguard.com/active-duty-careers/officer-opportunities/programs/direct-commission-aviator-dca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamer Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Ha at the bottom there is even a national guard q/a.... Hilarious. Thanks anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnr032 Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Ha at the bottom there is even a national guard q/a.... Hilarious. Thanks anywaysI was a Guard guy and looked into the possibility years ago........ I guess the answer is still the same...... Sorry but not qualified. Enjoy your Guard time. I did 27 years total Guard/ Reserve time retiring in 2011. I would not trade that experience for anything! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamer Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Will do, thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndGen Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Non training 500 hr? I've never really been interested in the CG. Doesn't really seem like a mission I'd be into. I can't imagine why someone would not be interested in flying CG. I'm absolutely going to look into transferring when the time comes. Extremely challenging flying, sh*t hot helicopters, heck, you could be stationed in some of the most beautiful places in America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_P148 Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Meh... Not interested in flying into weather or flying over water. Id rather fly for the Army or the Army's mission as backwards as that sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 I might look into it, although at this rate I won't hit the 500 hour requirement until I'm too old. I'm at a whopping zero hours in the six months since graduating flight school. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Ouch dude. Well, Carson is pretty at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndGen Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 I might look into it, although at this rate I won't hit the 500 hour requirement until I'm too old. I'm at a whopping zero hours in the six months since graduating flight school. oh.my.god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBuzzkill Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 It took me 10 months out of flight school to get back in a helicopter... It happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon64 Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 That's crazy. What do you do for that long without flying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBuzzkill Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 You fly a desk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon64 Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Lmao... eff that noise. Were there special circumstances that led to flying that desk? Did the desk have hydraulics at least? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBuzzkill Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Nope nothing more than timing. Lots of coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwil7280 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 So in that situation, were other people flying but not you, since you were new or something? or was it a matter of funds? Is this common? Because it sounds like it would suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 I'm at a company that doesn't have aircraft yet. A few guys here haven't flown in over a year. For now, we do lots of additional duties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBuzzkill Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) So in that situation, were other people flying but not you, since you were new or something? or was it a matter of funds? Is this common? Because it sounds like it would suck. Got there when the unit was getting ready to redeploy so I was on rear-D for a few months. Then I got to the unit and the aircraft were in reset. Add all that to a summer spent in ALSE school and it just worked out that I didn't fly for a long time. It wasn't too bad and allowed me to re-cage a bit after flight school. As an outsider the Coast Guard looks amazing. Edited April 15, 2014 by SBuzzkill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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