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    Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    still looking for something west of the mississippi (closer to vegas the better). PM me if you have any recommendations. Cobra Kai won't return my emails. Might have to use Glendal AZ's outfit but they are 4200$ + 700$ for an instructor fee.

    PM me your contact info and I'll get them to call you. I just talked to the owners yesterday and they're swamped - booked through January I believe.

    Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I've been hearing good things about Cobra Kai in Wichita Falls. 5-6 hours from SAT, right?

    Couple of former ENJJPT IPs and a fair DPE from what I hear.

    I drove to Memphis from San Antonio. There are closer places, but what's more of a hassle, driving mindlessly for a few extra hours, or pitching into an unknown/potentially more difficult/expensive ATP program?

    I can't speak to Cobra Kai's program, but I will tell you that there are a significant number of people (20+ that I know of) who live here in Wichita Falls and have driven to Memphis based on comparing the two programs for price and duration. One of my buds asked one of the Cobra Kai instructors (a former SPS T-6 IP) if he'd considered reducing his price to at least be competive with Memphis, and they refused. So you have a large number of folks who are driving 8.5 hours each way and spending at least two nights in a hotel rather than do it local. That ought to tell you something.

    And in case I haven't previously posted it here, I put together a packet with a lot of good gouge for Memphis (way more than what they send you). I would post it publicly here, but it exceeds the attachment limits, so PM me with a personal e-mail if you're interested.

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    Kirtland AFB info

    in General Discussion

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    Looking for a general update to the Kirtland info. For folks who have been there any significant period of time, what's your thoughts on the base, town, area, options, etc. Right now this is an option I can accept, or turn down and take my chances with who knows what.

    Decline of Baseops.net (aka The Wrath of PYB/Mods gone wild)

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    The ### words are FPhcking Khunt (BODN blocks the words from my posts, but Rainman had special authority to call females Khunts using proper and unblocked spelling. Nice job mods)

    Nice try, but this isn't some special treatment we gave Rainman, it's a function of the control panel. The CP will block any words from a set database until the user has reached a certain number of posts or time as a registered user.

    Is BODN not designed for officer aircrew?

    Asked an answered...No. This is designed for prospective, current, soon to be gone, separated, retired, and wannabe military members. The focus is obviously aircrew, be we have a small pockets of other AFSCs to include cyber, medical, and the all-encompassing "shoe clerk". Some of those folks have been the greatest contributors to our discussions based on our limited knowledge of those areas, just as we are great contributors of knowledge to the college kids seeking out a flying career.

    Another problem you have is that the BODN "squadron bar" is not a squadron bar. A squadron bar is a very limited number of like-minded individuals without recording devices. BODN "squadron bar" is an open internet forum for all the world to see (not even a login required to view) and some of the postings are even more disgusting than what you see in your neighborhood fighter squadron bar.

    A squadron bar is where people go at the end of the day to relax and shoot the shit and not talk about work queep, and that's what our squadron bar is. Since I know that you were not around when the BODN squadron bar was created, I'll give you some background. Many years ago, this entire forum was almost exclusively a flying forum and had a significantly fewer number of sub forums. The occasional non-flying topic would come up and many times it would devolve into arguments. There was a proposal - which I was completely opposed to - that we create the squadron bar as a location to divert that discussion. It has for the most part been successful, with the occasional bad apple that drags topics into the mud. The squadron bar isn't the kind of stuff you would see at work - hence the overt labeling of NSFW. I personally don't go to about 90% of the recurring squadron bar threads unless I'm notified via a report. It's not because I think they're offensive, I just don't particularly care about them. I suggest you do the same.

    I'll say this, Rainman did have one good piece of advice: Never talk to the media. Guess what you dingleberries are doing with every single post on BODN? Showing your ass is what you're doing, and it aint pretty. Recommend either eliminating the sexist NSFW drivel from BODN or making it login-required. You're not doing yourselves any favors by fighting for a Tailhook website. Too many of the mods are stuck in some glorified, olden days AF, which most of them never even experienced. Too many BODN members fight to maintain the status quo or to even move things in a direction the public and government will never return to. Not a whole lot of leadership in that...

    You continuously miss the point that while many members of this website are military members, this is not a military website and it is in no way affiliated with the Air Force. The fact that the Air Force Times comes here and quotes anonymous posters for their articles doesn't highlight anything unprofessional on the Air Force, it highlights the fact that the Air Force Times has hack reporters who can't or won't get somebody to go on the record to make a quote supporting their inflammatory articles.

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    Eagle Driver Proposes to Cardinals Cheerleader

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Toro,

    As the moderator, you've done great work on this forum, and we appreciate it. People aren't infallible, however. And your post was a mistake.

    As the moderator, your job is to moderate. It is NOT to tell someone who disagrees with you to fuck off,... and then offer to help them disable their account if they can't take a joke. That type of chest thumping by a moderator is a foul.

    Disagree. It's difficult to look at everything in context because one of the moderators (not me) deleted a majority of the posts that were deemed offensive or inflammatory. In my first post (which is still there), I simply said that the guy was in the 492nd based on his patch. After several people posted ridiculous physical flaws in what we all agree is an extremely attractive woman, I took their words and put them into a picture with "2/10 would not bang" at the bottom. For those who are unfamiliar with that meme, here's the summary:

    2/10 Would Not Bang is an image macro series in which photos of physically attractive women (and occasionally men) are scrutinized for minor or imagined flaws, prefaced by an ironically low rating on a scale of one to ten. The images are meant to parody hypercritical judgments made about women’s sex appeal on the Internet.

    Not only was it a joke, it was pointing out the idiocy of those critiquing her. So for some hypersensitive idiot to get up in arms and try to imply that my post was offensive to her was absolutely ridiculous. The SARC comment comes from the fact that stupid shit like this trivializes the real problem, and we end up having "morale and welfare checks" where - ironically - this picture would have been removed from his office or any public workspace because people feel that it contributes to a sexually hostile work environment.

    As far the email jab, I'll take that, but I didn't lay low around here at the time, I simply didn't post anything in that particular thread.

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    Decline of Baseops.net (aka The Wrath of PYB/Mods gone wild)

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    I have one recommenedation: close BODN to the public. There's no reason BODN needs the anonymous and potentially dangerous viewing of AF Times, anthropologists, scoobs, BQZip's mom, Chinese and Russian spies, or anyone else not in the community.

    Not going to happen. Others have adequately addressed the rest of your posts, but I will add one thing: anybody who wants to help improve the site is free to offer their suggestions (and sorry, but purging all the moderators who have busted their asses for over a decade here is not one of them). We occasionally bring on new moderators, nearly all of whom are a result of people stepping up and volunteering. If you don't like content, there's a report button, and we all get the reports. If you don't like individuals, you can report them as well.

    Lastly, I have no idea why JQP was removed/banned. I follow and enjoy his posts, so not only do I not know what happened, but I would welcome him to the board.

    Ejecting

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    So I took this thread a little off topic, let me rerail. I know a student pilot ejected at Vance back in 2010, do we know if he graduated?

    I don't about the Vance student, but I know two students who ejected in T-38s at Sheppard and both went on to graduate - one is flying Strike Eagles, the other is flying in the German AF.

    When the results of the various Class A mishap safety / investigation boards are determined following an ejection, and the pilot retains their flying clearance, is there much social stigma from other people in the flying community? Is it viewed as a dodged bullet and the rare experience of a small minority? Can it haunt a pilots' career and advancement despite later creating a record of high performance/competence?

    Lastly, I suspect around half of all pilots who've survived election keep flying in the AF. Between the possible permanent injuries and a stat that historically 67% of all class A's are "attributed to human factors," is that estimate about right?

    1st question/s - This would depend on the circumstances of the ejection. I know three people who have ejected - one in the Strike Eagle, two in the T-38. Two were caused by birdstrikes that led to engine failure and there was no stigma associated with the incident. In the third, the pilot's actions were found to be causal, but it was through his inadvertent actions and not a lack of knowledge or TO/AFI violations. I don't believe there was any associated stigma but I wasn't stationed with him at the time, and he on his last assignment so no telling whether it would have affected his career. Nothing from the safety incident can (rephrase - is supposed to) be used against the individual in a punitive matter or affect his career.

    2nd question - I would say your number is accurate, if not low.

    WTF? (**NSFW**)

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    I don't know what's more amazing

    - The cop asks for his license, dude goes to get it, and the cop starts shooting

    - The cop shot four times at virtually point blank range and only grazed him once

    - The victim is still being extremely civil (calling the cop "Sir") after being shot for complying with the cop's orders.

    This guy is the reason people hate cops. Fortunately, he is no longer a cop.

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