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Goldfein should fire this guy on the spot for insubordination. Only that type of drastic action will move the needle.

Just send it to JQP, he'll write it up and it'll ruffle some feathers enough something might happen.

One other thing about boldface. Learning them with all the punctuation and spelling, being able to regurgitate them at will, dream them in your sleep, etc. are obviously a requirement. At some point prior to actually hitting the flight line, I recommend being able to actually accomplish them. Perhaps that sounds obvious, but trust me... there is a very big difference between being able to write them or recite them verbally while at attention in a stand up brace and actually putting in control inputs and actuating switches. Paper trainer, cockpit mock-up, sim.... whatever is available. Drill them as hard as you do learning to write them properly. Nothing has to be done at lightning speed. Slower (and correct) is usually 'mo better. It's okay to walk down the hill and fck them all. But, when you need to do them in the sim or the aircraft for real, you will be far more effective if you've actually reached in the right part of the cockpit and actuated the appropriate controls as often as you write them out.

Debt should only a problem if it is unreasonable for your background. You went to med school for two years and then decided you wanted to be a pilot? Shouldn't be a problem to have 100K debt. You went on a week long bender in Vegas and racked up 50K in gambling debt? That's a problem. Your no kidding credit history, how many credit cards you've had, etc, is only relevant in so far as it determines if you are a responsible individual that can be trusted with our nation's secrets.

Stay-at-home, trophy husband. That’s my plan. We will see what my wife says.

I'd say the only thing worth studying beforehand is the boldface/ops limits. Maybe if you have some extra time and are really bored, the Air Force (UPT) traffic pattern and priorities (though it helps to have someone explain it). Outside of that, take care of yourself and your family beforehand, since once you start it'll be busy. You'll have classes on everything you need to learn, as well as your class to study with. Same advice I gave my casual LTs when I was a T-6 IP not too long ago. Edit to add: All learning the boldface beforehand does is free up time so you can learn/study other things when you start instead of worrying about stupid capitalization and punctuation.