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Hello All,

 

I see on the aviation branch website that fixed wing panels are no longer being conducted as everything transitions to IERW accessions.

 

That being said, there are a lot of things that aren't done or are impossible, that still happen by other avenues. If anyone has any insight into the situation please let me know here or by PM. IE: You fell into a fixed wing slot and your classmate is active duty and not a W01, etc.

 

I'm an active duty CW2 with less than a year in grade who has over 50 hours PC time untracked, so I'd imagine I'm not too far off the accessions intent.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Rob

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At this point, I would guess that it would be about the same method for you to transfer from whatever you are now to any other rotary wing air-frame. For what it's worth, I know only one person who wasn't a switch due to the Kiowa being divested. (He went from -60 to -64 active duty).

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Rob your best option is to switch to the guard or the reserves. There are currently no fixed wing slots being "given" out anymore to active duty rated aviators. Fixed wing has become its own track out of flight school (I picked it last year) and the actual IEFW (initial entry to fixed wing) course is just on the horizon. I currently have a CW5 in my class that is active duty but he's a spooky, and he assessed on the last active duty fixed wing board that is no longer being held anymore.

 

I do have a CW2 and 2 CW3's currently in my fixed wing class as well that just happened to fall into a guard/reserve slot. They were just in the right place at the right time. One of them is even going AGR when he gets home. I'd pursue that route if I were you.

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Rob,

 

Just a thought; being so junior in your present unit and verbalizing a desire to transition to another airframe can be OER suicide depending on your commanders perception.

 

Although you're untracked, there's no reason HRC would choose to transition you to FW. Except in rare cases usually found in special operations, there are no lateral transfers. You would never see a CW2 UH-60 pilot submitting a 4187 to go to the AH-64 AQC. The only caveat would be if HRC is authorizing transfers to fill low density MOSs, of which FW isn't one. It's still currently well near 100% staffed.

 

Just a thought before you submit paperwork.

 

Mike-

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Right. I had considered that as well, which is why I got most of my information from here and the branch website.

 

I get its a long shot, it's just what I've always wanted to do in the army. However, I'm not going to sabotage myself for a pipe dream. I'll just wait a year and see what the situation is then. Thanks for the input.

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Thanks for the info. I'll probably wait a year and try push a 4187 up through our cwob when I'll be going back to Rucker anyway for school.

 

If not...It's not like I don't like what I'm doing already, just would have preferred fixed if possible.

you picked the wrong branch..

 

if you're dying for fixed, my advice would be to choose chinooks at selection..

 

Then you can get picked up by delta when you're time is up at least.

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you picked the wrong branch..

 

if you're dying for fixed, my advice would be to choose chinooks at selection..

 

Then you can get picked up by delta when you're time is up at least.

You picked the wrong forum.

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you picked the wrong branch..

 

if you're dying for fixed, my advice would be to choose chinooks at selection..

 

Then you can get picked up by delta when you're time is up at least.

If someone who is good at Interneting could please post a meme along the lines of a B52 dropping "knowledge bombs," I'd appreciate that.

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You picked the wrong forum.

 

I'm interested in what he thinks the logic is.

 

Is it

"Big helicopter = big plane"

or

"This guy said that you get a multiengine rating from the chinook. Because it's got two transmissions (Not kidding, I heard that once...). So those hours totally count just like airplane hours."

 

 

Lindsey... didn't i tell you to get off of this forum??

 

you're done here.. It's time to move onto bigger and better things. Things that aren't internet related. ;)

 

G'bye!!! :D

 

Though apparently it's just Shindig again, or something. How boring, and so 2015.

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