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Strictly my opinion, but if you FAIP with the intention of being marketable to airline...fvck you. I know we are trying to generate pilots, but we’re not trying to make airline pilots. I’m with the other AFSOC brains here...go out and cut your teeth while the war is still hot. After you’ve seen you fair share of shit and combat has lost luster, take your white jet tour. As an aside, I have to seriously question the word of a guy who says that his FAIP tour developed a greater sense of airmanship than a combat deployment to Afghanistan in a barrel-roll capable King Air.

As a fellow oldish guy, I totally hear what you’re saying. But I also agree with the post you made in the other thread about your freshly MR wingman that loves every minute of your boring combat sorties. That’s what I was talking about earlier. I want kids like that in the AF. I don’t want a kid whose ambition is to simply get a bunch of time so he can go be an airline guy. I won’t begrudge a guy that punches at his commitment expiration (hell, that’s my plan), but if you want to just be an airline guy then go tow banners to build hours and get hired at a regional with min time and go that route. I guess my bias was showing and I get kinda irritated having seen guys in my squadron that are using the AF as a stepping stone to the airlines but they’re tactically weak and anchors around the office. But for better or worse, their 1.0 is the same 1.0 shit hot pilots (like Bashi) are logging on the 781. Such is life.

Duck is the f15 and AFPC is the sam

Hey man! Best of luck to you in your UPT hunt! One route that you may not have known about is the Air Force Reserve unsponsored route. I weYou can submit an application to the AFRC and get a UPT slot that way. If you get picked up, you go to OTS and UPT, and you have until the end of training to find an AFRC unit to sponsor you. This will eliminate your “age waiver” question when you rush units if you already got the green light from AFRC. You’ll still need an age waiver, but getting set up with a solid recruiter who will route your paperwork well can hook you up. The board meets every other month and it looks like the unsponsored route is getting scarcer and only every other board is accepting unsponsored applicants. The upcoming May Board is accepting a limited amount, and the deadline is end of April. You’ll have results within a few weeks of the board meeting date. After you get selected (with your scores etc I’m sure you will). Then you’ll start rushing units as a guy who’s already got all the admin complete and has a for sure UPT slot. It is a way better position to be in when rushing units. Also, this could open you up to all the fighter units because you’ll have the age waiver sorted out via AFRC before even rushing. Beware: the default route for a typical unsponsored dude is to track T-1’s in UPT unless you get sponsored by a fighter. So your timer for fighters runs out at the end of T-6 land. Additionally, after the selections come out, you’ll get phone calls from various heavy units that are interested in sponsoring you. Some of these may be invites for interview boards, meet and greets, or just flat out job offers pending a squadron visit. If you are highly motivated to just get your ass in the cockpit and sort out the location and airframe later, go this route. I just confirmed with a recruiter that they’ll do age waivers for unsponsored applicants. One final note: this will restrict your options to AFRC units only, so all ANG is off the table once you get to UPT unfortunately. That being said, there are tons of units to go around, but fighters are very very few, and heavies are the majority. Hit me up if you have any questions. These forums have been so helpful to me, so I’m happy to pay it forward.

Citibank has made the news with some new anti 2nd amendment policies. They also currently provide the Government Travel Card (GTC) which military members are forced to sign up for and used for all official travel. Now that Citibank made policy based on political ideology, how long before a service member challenges the GTC requirement of the JTR that supports of a private company with a political agenda contrary to their own. Would this be a first amendment issue? (not interested in the lame tired excuse of "you don't have rights in the military") Paraphrasing AFI1-1 sec 2.13 "Under our democratic system, the military, as a group, must remain politically neutral and divorced from partisan politics" Does continued support of a company that is clearly no longer politically neutral affect the neutrality of the military?

Uhhh...it’s the military? I like to think these kids joined the military to be involved in military things. Not just flying TP Stalls and lunch and backs to pad their resumes.

You are fine for LASIK. You won't qualify for pilot applicant unless you get LASIK. You might qualify for CSO applicant.

Sucks to hear that Trogdor. At least on my little corner of the AF boondoggle we are actively working to reduce regulatory guidance smartly to let more people “do that pilot shit.” We will either be kings or crucified. Only time will tell.

Duck, I think they are trying to figure out what to do with you.

What causes a person to think that shooting is a proper response to a life situation? When a young boy walks into a HS and shoot a girl he broke up with, what is the critical element that was present (or not present) that lead that person to believe that COA was reasonable? What bit flips in folks heads that leads them down that path? And what in the rest of the 99.x% of society keeps that bit from flipping? I personally think that is root cause here. Be it a truly mental breakdown, lack of faith/society heading away from a "greater purpose than just me" mindset, or lack of a strong family....those seem to be root causes here. Go ahead and raise the age limit on gun purchases, ban the bump stock and large cap magazines, heck...hell enforce every rule currently on the books...there will be another mass casualty situation involving firearms. This process will repeat until the realization that gun laws/restrictions may be a preventive measure...but they won't solve root cause. That is the real slippery slope here. I'm a proud NRA life member and unfortunately can't live with my trove of firearms here in DC, so don't misunderstand my ultimate position on this issue (you have the right), but society/politicians know they are spouting BS/window dressing when they talk about bans/new laws ....they are missing, or not in public addressing, root cause (Center of Gravity for your OODA Loop types) and that is what pisses me off the most about this entire situation. Standing by for wire-brush/flaming. ATIS