Would an officer in the CG Reserve be able to submit a package for flight school if they met all the requirements? I know the CG does not have a Reserve aviation component, but if the officer agreed to switch to active duty if accepted to flight school, would the officer be able to apply?
Good question. Don't have a good answer. I would guess the hard part, beyond getting selected for flight training, would be convincing anyone that an active duty officer slot was just lying around waiting for you to take it.
All of the other candidates already have an active duty billet so they don't need to add one more active slot to the roles, they just need to change the job code.
From ALCGOFF 146/09 1. ACTIVE DUTY OFFICERS IN THE GRADES OF ENS/LTJG MAY APPLY FOR THE COAST GUARD FLIGHT TRAINING PANEL SCHEDULED TO CONVENE 01 DEC 2009. SELECTION FOR THIS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM LEADS TO DESIGNATION AS A COAST GUARD AVIATOR WITH SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENT TO DUTY STANDING BILLETS WITHIN COAST GUARD AVIATION. PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE IN ITS ENTIRETY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES.
I would say the answer is you need to be on AD in order to even apply.
