ROTP or Glider Pilot Scholarship??

[PuckChaser]

Moral of the story: 1. Cadets don't communicate with DND, so if you don't tell officers at your unit about getting accepted to military, they won't force you to retire and you can still attend a summer course.
2. Sometimes (as in my case) It's better to take the summer course instead of ROTP.

You're going to make a great officer...  :

 

[aesop081]

Read my signature.

Ever hear of "integrity" ?

 

[dimsum]

Where's that popcorn animated gif?  This is gonna be good.

 

[Gimpy]

In his position I would have done the same. Read my signature.

If you base decisions in your life on Machiavelli's works you are in for a short career in the CF or no friends. Possibly both.

 

[KGB]

This decision would be related more to cadets than the military

 

[Zoomie]

It's not a lack of integrity to take a cadet course and then enroll in the CF.  Most cadets that take Power are in their last year or could be aging out immediately upon receiving their PPL.  The Cadet League/Canadian Forces don't expect the Cadet to stay in and share their "skills".  It is just an exposure to flying, nothing more.  If someone can get through the PPL program in 5 weeks vice the programmed 7 week syllabus - kudos to them.  This is exactly the type of person we want in the CF - someone with drive and motivation.

 

[chrisf]

If you base decisions in your life on Machiavelli's works you are in for a short career in the CF or no friends. Possibly both.

Sun Tzu, now there's a man to read...

 

[yoman]

It's not a lack of integrity to take a cadet course and then enroll in the CF.  Most cadets that take Power are in their last year or could be aging out immediately upon receiving their PPL.  The Cadet League/Canadian Forces don't expect the Cadet to stay in and share their "skills".

If only that were true. When I was a cadet people were denied Power based solely on the fact that they wouldn't of been able to "share" their new found skills. They were told this right to their faces.

 

[The Bread Guy]

It's not a lack of integrity to take a cadet course and then enroll in the CF. 

I think it's more this part that seems to smell a bit:

1. Cadets don't communicate with DND, so if you don't tell officers at your unit about getting accepted to military, they won't force you to retire and you can still attend a summer course.

Depending on when one is accepted for either....

The Cadet League/Canadian Forces don't expect the Cadet to stay in and share their "skills".

.... if I was sitting on a board interviewing 2 candidates for Flying Scholarship, and one was going into the Reg Force by the end of the summer, and the other was going to spend a year or 2 w/the Squadron, I know who I'd give more marks to (the latter).

If someone can get through the PPL program in 5 weeks vice the programmed 7 week syllabus - kudos to them.  This is exactly the type of person we want in the CF - someone with drive and motivation.

Yup - and if one can do both, great.

In his position I would have done the same. Read my signature.

"The end justifies the means"
-Niccolo Machialvelli

Wow - interesting words coming from someone training to be a leader of Canadian Forces members.  They say that in the Mohawk culture, the first folks that don't make the cut in the selection of a Chief is anyone who wants to be Chief.

To the OP:  go ROTP.