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Paxion, on 08 May 2013 - 05:09 PM, said:

Good job nerd...you'll be at home in many 12XX communities Seriously, thanks for the data.

Saw that the guys at DM did a piano burn for Reid...classy. to the crew.

It's not basic math...there are a whole host of factors you're potentially not considering, which airdawg is trying to point out. You may be absolutely correct in that gender is a statistically significant factor in AF promotion, but you have no way of knowing that for certain without more data. I would even tend to agree that gender plays a factor in promotion due to the political nature of promotion at the senior leader level. However, playing devil's advocate...

What percentage of eligibles are female? If say it's 19% for instance...the data for that 19% is less telling than the data for the other 81% of officers who are male because of the differences in raw numbers. Raw numbers matter when considering whether something is statistically significant or not.

What career fields are we talking? I'm sure you're aware that promotion percentages vary sometimes widely among career fields. Follow up to that...

What percentage of female officers are line officers vs non-line? Let's say for instance that 45% of female officers are non-line, don't you think that would significantly alter their promotion figures due to differences in line vs non-line career fields and the way and rate at which they promote?

What percentage of officers were essentially self-eliminators for the next rank due to UIF? You'll probably never know this data-point, but even just look at the DUI delta between genders...how many of those non-promoted Majors or Lt Colonels for example weren't promoted because they got a career-ending DUI? And that's only only such factor that can take you out of the running for more rank.

These are all questions that would go into a details analysis of the question, "Does gender affect promotion among AF officers?" Maybe some shoe or pissed off pilot for that matter, can write an ACSC thesis on it. We have very little of the necessary data, have not put a lot of actual thought into this, and are pretty much basing our opinions (including my own) on speculation.

My closing argument, your honor, is who the F cares? Be a strong swimmer, have a touch of good luck and timing, bloom where you're planted, don't worry about the rest. If you really think having a different gender will help you on a badly-needed promotion I hear there is surgery for that type of thing...

I find it hilarious that some Colonel is bitching about how a diversity AFI is taking focus off the mission and blaming leadership for that loss of focus, and even further that one of his underlings thinks its important enough to start a thread about it on BO.net. If an O-6 is taking time out of everyone's day to have meetings saying "senior leadership has lost focus on the mission" and uses as evidence the existence of an obscure diversity AFI, he is literally part of the exact problem he is supposedly concerned with.

Edit to add: 3300 posts is a nice round number...back to my sabbatical

I just got issued a clarity aloft with a mil plug standard (i.e. no adapter). Can't say I liked it very much but have only flown with it once. Miss my Bose already, it was mandated so obviously hope it grows on me.

Average PFT in one of the two U-28 ops squadrons (~150 people) is 94. Average. The other squadron is right behind us (sts).

Don't be fat. Whether you like it or think it's dumb, it's definitely a thing that will get noticed.