u/fritos_cat

For context I’m starting afrotc this fall and feeling a bit behind in the sense that I didn’t do jr rotc in high school and I’m going in as a transfer sophmore at a university. After high school I started taking online classes that summer and working at the airport I was taking flight lessons at, and I will just say my gpa was not the best… I wish I knew sooner what I wanted to do with myself, I had always wanted to be a usaf pilot and just decided I would rather go all in than watch the years pass by never knowing if I would’ve made it.

The thing I am most nervous about is meps since its not something I can just study for and ace. So I had an incident about three or four years ago where I had a really really bad day and took a few too many benadryls. I didn’t want to actually die or anything I don’t know what I thought I would get out of it, I was just stupid. But through another thing that happened the following day that led to me telling my parents and they called the pediatrician (lol). I went to get checked up the next day and everything was fine. It was defineitly an isolated incident and I have been fine and happy since. I guess technically this would be considered a form of self harm? I just want to know if my dreams are down the gutter.

Edit: I had a 3.8 gpa in high school (I can maintain a good gpa) and the college only counts the credits you take at their school for gpa so my ass gpa doesn’t transfer

Is it a normal thing for CFI’s to take five business days to respond? All the instructors I’ve worked with so far never get back to me same day. I worked with one consistantly in my PPL training, she was great but not communication wise. The few others I’ve flown with were similar in that sense. I guess my limited expirience with other instructors has a great influence on this, but I’m trying to rent a plane from a different facility and my checkout instructor took a week to get back to me after my initial response to his message. I think the only reason he replied is because I told him I was going on a 9 day vacation starting this weekend.. Now I’m set up to fly tomorrow, but what about the whole other week I could’ve been flying!! I understand these are busy people but come on now!

So I have my PPL (19F) and am transfering to a university with previous credits I had from online college, so I’d be a sophmore going into ROTC. I’m going to college on an aviation degree to get the rest of my ratings as well. I just want to see if there are any female pilots in here that could give me advice and share their experiences the good, bad, and ugly or really anyone who has gone through a similar path. I know going in as a sophmore will be a lot harder but I’m willing to put in the work, being a USAF pilot is something I’ve always wanted to do. I won’t be too mad if I don’t get a pilot slot because I want to serve anyways, I just think it would be sick if I did. Aviation and flying have really become a sort of obsession for me and I enjoy learning new things related. I just want to know how realistic that is for someone with previous flight hours going in as a sophmore on an aviation degree. It makes it harder I don’t have anyone I know who is knowledgable in this subject matter so I’m turning to reddit lol. Anyways, how far in advance did you guys prep for the AFOQT and how did you study?

I’m kind of desperate here, not sure if posting on reddit will help but I don’t think it will hurt. I’ve been ready for my PPL checkride for about a month now, getting a hold of a DPE has been a struggle. My instructor told me I have a date with one May 13th. Supposedly another instuctor has been messaging the DPE and telling my instructor a date and time for me to plan on having my checkride. Find out today said DPE has not given a date or time yet after I was told the date and time were confirmed. I filled out the form on his website for a checkride, messaged him, and he has not said anything back to me. I had tried emailing other DPE’s as well but these emails seem to be going to a dead end. I’m also on a bit of a time crunch because the planes I’ve been training in are phasing out and have been on the market since May 1st, and being ready for a checkride I don’t want to have to re-train in a whole new plane. I know it’s unlikely but if anyone maybe knows any fair DPE’s in my area that could do a PPL check soon, or just any tips on the oral portion it would be appreciated. Also would like to know anything that would give me an instant unsat so I make sure not to do that loI. I will try and stay hopeful that this DPE will respond but it’s making me nervous… Not sure if I should try emailing others again or wait on this one to respond.

Edit: I’m in the Kcmo area!!