BeerMan

If that information is legit then someone needs to go talk to their squadron, group, wing leadership. In that entire wing there's not a single person who thinks that is an F'd up system and can say/do something about it?

I hate the 30 second forced restart.

And it always waits until I've opened my email to do it.

Not a bachelors. That is completely different that a post-graduate degree. But if they qualify for a masters then yes give them one too.

It's a post graduate degree. In the civilian world people use them to further their career field, knowledge, and make more money; like doctors, lawyers, businessmen (MBA), etc. Why not in the military? My MBA for TUI doesn't help me fly a jet. It also doesn't help me manage people, build a schedule, sit Top 3 , SOF, etc. It doesn't help me or the Air Force. But I have one because I was told I needed to get one to be competitive for promotion, and I could manage the workload so I did.

The Air Force needs you to be good at your primary job. I would argue around major your primary job starts to shift a little. Pilots would already have a masters, the P of the 4 best officers ever has an AAD, and now the Air Force can/should send majors to school somewhere to get a masters in something the Air Force wants you to have. (ACSC, Civilian school equivalent, Olmstead, etc.)

You guys might seriously be on to something. I doubt it will ever come to fruition, but a new college grad going to law school is the same thing as a new college grad going to UPT.

If we're using that logic a law degree or "Juris Doctor" degree is the equivalent of being a qualified pilot. Post UPT training in a qualified MDS would then be the equivalent of a "Master's of Law" degree in a specialized field. The time commitment is roughly the same as well ~ 3 years.

You could make the same argument about doctors (M.D.s and D.O.s) who then go on to have a residency in a specialty. Timeline is a little longer, but not really when you consider the upgrades of MQT, FLUG, MCUG, IPUG, SEFE, WIC, etc. If you look at it like that then they are on par with one another.

Lawyers and doctors get credit for accomplishing specialized training in their field. Why don't we?

What does the Air Force want? I'll even go as far to say what does the Air Force need? We need people who are qualified in their primary job and who are rated on that primary job performance. As others have stated, if 4 pilots at Wing X are the best officers in the world, #4 of 4 gets a P. Right or wrong, that is how the system is currently designed. An AAD and SOS in-res is a way to make that #4 of 4 guy try and get a DP in the mix outside of the Wing.

We want/need are bad ass pilots/officers who are critical thinker and willing to take calculated risks. The Air Force needs to create a system that rewards innovative thought and consistent execution. If making UPT and FTU the equivalent of an AAD helps then I think that would be a step in the right direction, but it doesn't fix the problem.

But that would require us to say that 10 years of UPT, IFF, FTU, MQT, FLUG, MCUG, IPUG, SEFE, WIC, (insert your MDS programs here) are better than or at least on par with non-flying AFSCs. You could at least give those accomplishments a tangible "ranking". Just some ramblings but worthy of discussion I think.

I agree with the comments from Hoss and DC, but why would you WANT to be the group or wing exec?