What is everyones take on the regular officer training plan? If anyone knows much about it, i'd love to know about the process/whats involved with it???
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ROTP for Air Force
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I don't know much about the ROTP, but I have PLENTY to say about their college entry program... or how they cancelled it!
Coming out of high school, the recruiters told me that the college sponsored program was the shortest route to the cockpit in the air force.
So I took the ill-fated Aviation Management program at Red River. After my first year they cancelled that entry program. So, there I was (among a few others) with my entry into the CF dropped, stuck in a horrid program with a huge bill to boot. Thanks RCAF!
Bitter? just a little...
Coming out of high school, the recruiters told me that the college sponsored program was the shortest route to the cockpit in the air force.
So I took the ill-fated Aviation Management program at Red River. After my first year they cancelled that entry program. So, there I was (among a few others) with my entry into the CF dropped, stuck in a horrid program with a huge bill to boot. Thanks RCAF!
Bitter? just a little...
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mellow_pilot
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Welcome to the club. CCEP closed right after I accepted my offer to college. I did it any way and tried to go CEOTP, which closed my second year. Then went for ROTP, got told I had low academic potential with my college 4.0 cause of my highschool marks from 4 years prior. 
I went to Uni, had an A- average first semester (low potential my ass, I wasn't even trying that hard) and I'm waitin' on some more testing for the now re-opened CEOTP.
The best thing to do is go talk to a recruiter. It doesn't cost anything (actually they'll pay for your travel expenses sometimes) and you learn quite a bit about the programs. I would also search the airforce posts here, good info.
All I can say is be prepared to wait.
I went to Uni, had an A- average first semester (low potential my ass, I wasn't even trying that hard) and I'm waitin' on some more testing for the now re-opened CEOTP.
The best thing to do is go talk to a recruiter. It doesn't cost anything (actually they'll pay for your travel expenses sometimes) and you learn quite a bit about the programs. I would also search the airforce posts here, good info.
All I can say is be prepared to wait.
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I_Drive_Planes
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Go to http://www.army.ca and look in the recruiting and air force forums, do a search before you post anything. All of the answers to nearly any question you might have will have been answered on there.
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Whatever you do, don't expect consistency or common sense from the military...there's a reason that NDHQ is called the "Puzzle Palace".
In '93, they decided that they had too many Aerospace Engineering (AERE) Officers. In order to solve the problem, they simply told every AERE officer that would be graduating from RMC that year that their services would not be required. Not that bad a deal for the graduating class - after all, they already had a $40,000 degree paid for, and two or three summers worth of AERE training. Their severance package included a free move to anywhere in the country, job placement assistance, and a year's salary as a 2Lt.
For those that looked at RMC as a stepping stone into the civilian world, it was great. For those that wanted a career in the military, it was awful. RMC is best described as a $40,000 degree, shoved up your ass...one nickel at a time...and the part of their reward that they most wanted was suddenly snatched away from them.
In '93, they decided that they had too many Aerospace Engineering (AERE) Officers. In order to solve the problem, they simply told every AERE officer that would be graduating from RMC that year that their services would not be required. Not that bad a deal for the graduating class - after all, they already had a $40,000 degree paid for, and two or three summers worth of AERE training. Their severance package included a free move to anywhere in the country, job placement assistance, and a year's salary as a 2Lt.
For those that looked at RMC as a stepping stone into the civilian world, it was great. For those that wanted a career in the military, it was awful. RMC is best described as a $40,000 degree, shoved up your ass...one nickel at a time...and the part of their reward that they most wanted was suddenly snatched away from them.
Please don't tell my mother that I work in the Oilpatch...she still thinks that I'm the piano player at a whorehouse.
