Trying to help a young airman put together his dream sheet top 7 career fields to list and would appreciate any insight on ones that translate well to the civilian world when his commitment is done. He's leaning Intelligence field
CharlieBrown17 said:
I'm a pilot and love my maintainers.
Wouldn't push anyone towards that as a career field right now. Very little experience in the field overall right now, long hours, questionable leadership. Which I think is who the avionics jobs you're talking about fit into.
Doesn't really translate that well to the outside from talking to my mechanics unless you go out of your way to get your A&P.
Allegedly sensor operators for drones make good money on the outside. Not my world.
Air traffic control pays well on the outside and I'd hazard a guess his learning curve on a DoD base would be a lot less steep due to less traffic. Then he'd be able to get a higher experience job afterwards at a big airport/control center.
All of the command & control jobs listed on the page you're talking about are boring clerical work with a cool name. The aerospace physiology career field is, for all intents and purposes, helmet maintenance and other oxygen or survival related equipment on jets.
No flying enlisted job translates well (loadmaster, boom operator, etc) just not a civilian counterpart to them.
https://www.airforce.com/careers/combat-and-warfare/special-warfareQuote:
Yeah, Im worried about his level of excitement if he picks an office job. What are some categories that would be exciting in addition to Load Master and could that be something he could pursue when done in the civilian side?
CT'97 said:
Thanks for the info, that makes a lot more sense. He's a freshman so I'm not too worried. I'm steering him to talk to his officers and NCO's and not just take cadet rum-int as fact.
You must be a pilot of a C-130CharlieBrown17 said:
I'm a pilot and love my maintainers.
Wouldn't push anyone towards that as a career field right now. Very little experience in the field overall right now, long hours, questionable leadership. Which I think is who the avionics jobs you're talking about fit into.
Doesn't really translate that well to the outside from talking to my mechanics unless you go out of your way to get your A&P.
Allegedly sensor operators for drones make good money on the outside. Not my world.
Air traffic control pays well on the outside and I'd hazard a guess his learning curve on a DoD base would be a lot less steep due to less traffic. Then he'd be able to get a higher experience job afterwards at a big airport/control center.
All of the command & control jobs listed on the page you're talking about are boring clerical work with a cool name. The aerospace physiology career field is, for all intents and purposes, helmet maintenance and other oxygen or survival related equipment on jets.
No flying enlisted job translates well (loadmaster, boom operator, etc) just not a civilian counterpart to them.
FYI: I did 25 years as an ABM 13BX in CONUS Sector Control, Ground Based Air Defense, JSTARS, Mobile TACS, AOC, Numbered AF and MAJCOM HQ,CharlieBrown17 said:
I'm a pilot and love my maintainers.
Wouldn't push anyone towards that as a career field right now. Very little experience in the field overall right now, long hours, questionable leadership. Which I think is who the avionics jobs you're talking about fit into.
Doesn't really translate that well to the outside from talking to my mechanics unless you go out of your way to get your A&P.
Allegedly sensor operators for drones make good money on the outside. Not my world.
Air traffic control pays well on the outside and I'd hazard a guess his learning curve on a DoD base would be a lot less steep due to less traffic. Then he'd be able to get a higher experience job afterwards at a big airport/control center.
All of the command & control jobs listed on the page you're talking about are boring clerical work with a cool name. The aerospace physiology career field is, for all intents and purposes, helmet maintenance and other oxygen or survival related equipment on jets.
No flying enlisted job translates well (loadmaster, boom operator, etc) just not a civilian counterpart to them.