Spaceballs

In the FAA's eyes, is a student pilot still a military pilot for legal purposes? I know in our eyes, we aren't real pilots until we get our wings. How does the FAA view it?

I've gotten mixed answers so far. The CFIs I've asked think I'm good to go. I'm a former CSO on casual status waiting to go through UPT, so I've passed the FC1. I guess my main concern after really thinking about it is that it says it applies to a "military pilot". I think the conservative route is to just go get a new class 3.

Is there a difference between a pilot and CSO PHA? And what about the FC1 to become a pilot?

I saw the flight physical counts for flying general aviation now. Is it the initial class 1 or the yearly PHA that counts for it? Also, does the CSO PHA count for flying GA? I'm trying to figure out what exact piece of paper I need to carry with me and if I need to do a civilian medical or not.

Does anyone else have one not showing up on mypay? I have one for every year I've been in the AF other than 2015. I contacted two finance offices today and the only information I've been able to get is that "all tax documents are ready". No one can explain why there isn't one. I don't know if it's a mistake or if it's all 0's, so the system didn't make one. I went on multiple TDYs, so I'd think there would be something on it. Could it be for only DITY moves? I think 2015 might be the only year I haven't PCS'd.

I didn't get one. I had to play in an exercise and was waived the brief. Thanks for the response. I'll definitely wait a couple days to get rest of the weights done. Gotta love the small town ripoffs.

Does anyone know if the military reimburses you for the cost of weight stations? The only place open this weekend on the approved list is $10.50 per weight. It's a little ridiculous.

It usually takes 3-4 weeks.

Does anyone know when the board is meeting? I haven't been able to get on mypers in the past week with all the outages to check. I helped a buddy put his package together and I'm excited to see if he gets picked up.

My squadron issued me these when the rockies were taken off the list. I love them.

So you don't have to pay your entire BAH for base housing? I've only ever seen base housing take all of it regardless of the house you're in.

I definitely don't want to buy anything and I don't mind the sound. I'll only be there for UPT and heading out again, so I don't want to get tied down to a house there.

Cool, thanks. I don't PCS until next year, but when she said we would get a 2 bedroom house I completely tuned her out. I'll give her a call tomorrow and try to see if it's an option to only have a 3 bedroom.

Has anyone had experience with base housing at Laughlin? I talked to a lady at the housing office about what kind of house I would get as a married captain with one kid. She said it would be a 2 bed, 1 bath floor plan, which doesn't make any sense to me. Captain BAH can afford a really nice in-town house, so why would we get one of the smallest floor plans they offer? I've also heard the houses are old and nasty. Any truth to that?

This gave me a good laugh. It's so true.

My understanding is that you just call up AFPC and tell him you want to trade with the other guy, then the other guy can call and confirm. Email would probably work as well.

I don't start until April now. Anyone going to Columbus want to trade for Laughlin? ^^

I called AFPC and told them my wife is pregnant, so they could schedule me around the delivery date. The guy I talked to said all the classes are booked through next year already.

I found out where I'm going today, but I'm not leaving for a while. If anyone finds out as well and wants to try to work a trade, pm me and hopefully we'll have the base the other person wants.

I talked to a buddy yesterday who went through upt recently and he had to go to Wright Pat even though he was a CSO already. He said it's usually a 3-day ordeal. Day 1 is travel. Day 2 is a full day of redoing the entire FC1 plus some extra tests. Then day 3 is travel. So even though I'm a CSO with a current PHA and completed the FC1 without any waivers at my local base, I have to redo everything at Wright Pat whenever they decide to send me before I can start UPT. I have not heard of anyone not making it to UPT after going to Wright Pat, but I only know two people who have gone. If they find something new, I assume they'll push you forward for a waiver and then you just have to wait for it to get approved before you can start. EDIT: I finally found my FC1. It does say "FC1 Complete (Pending successful completion of MFS)".

Does anyone know how in-depth the medical screening at wright pat is?

I finally read through the notes on the actual psdm. I haven't heard anything about the medical screening. I need to find my class 1 papers and see if they say that as well.

I'm not sure. I was just logging on to ask that same question. No one here knows what is next, if there is any additional medical checks, or if I have to go to IFS. I need to find the reg on ifs. It's probably in there. I called the guy at the pregnant spouses number multiple times today, but I kept getting his answering machine. I'll try again on Monday.

Does anyone know if you can request a certain base? I'm from one of the bases and my wife is preggers, so I would really like to get back there to have some family support. Can I contact AFPC or anything?

I got it!