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Originally Posted by Bodacious
I'm interested in joining as a ctt and it just so happens my girlfriends brother was also a ctt. I've heard things from him that are conflicting to what I've gathered here and in other places as well.
My two questions are at what point as a ctt can you volunteer for aircrew? I've heard at a school but I've also heard some say it's possible to get it in your contract.
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Welcome and glad you're looking into our rate! I'm both a CTT and a current Aircrewman. I've also been out in the fleet with several years onboard a ship and a few on shore, so I've seen quite a bit of what T-bird world has to offer. It's a fantastic job and one that offers a level of opportunity that not many others can.
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can volunteer to come to our shop in A-school if you've got an outstanding package. You would need extremely strong academics in A-school as well as great PRT scores. As a shop, we hand pick everyone coming to us since we're such a niche group. It's extremely fast paced and you're gonna be around the top maybe 10% of guys doing this job out in the field. But, we're always open to motivated candidates. The reason we prefer guys with a tour already under their belts though is because being a CTT is challenging as it is; coming here is like trying to drink from a fire hose even for experienced folks. We do have a few first tour guys, but they were very high speed as it is before they got here (one of our junior guys has a pair of masters degrees). I say that because if you're thinking about coming here, I just want you to have a good idea of the level at which we're operating; it's a serious commitment.
A little caveat I want to throw in here however is that flying CT's are going to be changing dramatically within the next few years. The EP-3E's and P-3's will be going the way of the boneyard in favor of the new MQ-4C Triton. Since obviously that's an unmanned system, the amount of flying CT's is going to be dropping quite a bit. There will still be opportunities down the road as other capabilities come online and threats/needs change around the world, but in the mean time a lot of those numbers are going to be fluctuating.
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Originally Posted by Bodacious
Secondly from my reading it seems that ctt aircrewmen are only stationed in Washington, however...
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*Admin edit: That is not something we're going to discuss here.*
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Originally Posted by Bodacious
If anybody has any insight on this I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you
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Let me know if you've got follow on questions. I'm available here, via private message, or you can contact me directly if the need arises!
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