Is it possible to get promoted this quickly in the Air Force? Is this typical for band members?

Air Farce, nuff said.

Join the band it will take u there

Why give these people NCO status because of musical talent? Why not just give them a huge bonus for entering the service? When I made E-5 I had 7 years in the service, the promotion rate was 18%, the highest it had ever been. So many people I knew back then were getting booted for high year tenure, but being aircrew and they are only promoting 2 out of 40 people every year, it was very easy to be in that shit out of luck boat. They handed you a list of TO's to read and study. 80 percent of the test was on other airframes. So my point is you busted your ass to get promoted, you learned from your NCO's and SNCO's and Officers on how to be a supervisor. Yet, this gal can sing, here you go, one rank below SNCO with NO supervisor skills what so ever. Its a slap in the face of the rank system. Even an enlisted person that is going to OCS as an officer isn't paid E-6 pay, they only get E-5 pay. So, musical talent > Experience, Wisdom, Skill, Education, etc...

SrA (Join to see)
It may suck but that's how the Air Force does it:
http://www.usafband.af.mil/questions/topic.asp?id=954

Also note that the other service's bands directly promote to E6 based on the specific band.

US Navy - http://www.usafband.af.mil/questions/topic.asp?id=954 (only for members of The United States Navy Band Washington D.C.). Members of the fleet bands progress through the chain as would anyone else.

US Marine Corps - Members of The President's Own come in as E6. Also of interest is that they do not attend basic training. http://www.marineband.marines.mil/Portals/175/Docs/Career%20Information/Career%20Info_15_booklet.pdf I've talked with a few Marines who do not consider President's Own "real Marines." In fact members do not wear "crossed rifles" on their rank insignia and if I'm not mistaken also do not wear the EGA (Marines correct me if I'm wrong).
Members of the field bands do attend boot camp. I've talked to these Marines and they told me directly that they do not consider President's Own brother Marines.

US Army - members are promoted to E6 after 4 months of service.
http://www.usarmyband.com/vacancies/current-openings.html

So glad she did in 4 months what took me 10 years, not because of a failure on my end but due to "quota limitations" on their end. 0% advancement test after test... I should of just been taking singing lessons.

She's band flight!!! She chose her job!!! Get hard, so she can play the instruments for you or don't!!! Security forces H.U.A!!!

All I can say is wow and shake my head in disbelief

I remember meeting an e6 in the army who had only been in 6months. He said he was a musician and in the army band. This was in 1990 when I was going to RT school as a sailor at Ft. Sam Houston with the Army.

I went to basic with a guy who was entering into the Army Band (reserves) & he automatically came in as an E4 JUST because he signed for an Army band MOS. I don't believe that's right under any circumstance & by no means should you be promoted to an E6 after 4 months.

And the DoD wonders why so many young Americans do not want to join... The military in its entirety seems to be going down hill.