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As long as we take a “total destruction” mindset like WW2, it could work. Aside from OGA/HVI targeting missions, it needs to be all out death and destruction for decisive action, to the end that it’s so bad for our enemies they choose not to step out of line against the western world again. Anything less and we end up in the same cycle of constant deployed ops.

The problem is ISIS, AQ, etc. will always be a transnational problem. It’s never going to work to simply leave somewhere and trust the locals to keep a lid on Islamic terrorist group’s unquenchable thirst for total world domination. So, we’ll be killing these fucks for the rest of our existence, with varying levels of manning and materiel commitments. Don’t worry boys, that RipIt stock will never tank.

We’re a long ways off from what Elon describes. My kids will have the option to be fighter pilots if they want, and I won’t be surprised if their kids do as well (of course it’ll look very different, but it’ll exist).

Elon is talking out of his ass, but there is credence in fourfans statement. I’d choose Google, Apple, Tesla every day over the government to solve war fighter problems. The things I’ve seen in “free-thinking” private industry (as opposed to bureaucratic monoliths like LM, Boeing, etc.) is very impressive and will run circles around what the gov and it’s mil industrial complex bros can produce.

Saw a mil dude not get hired...dressed well/looked professional, but all I know from a little BSing is he did zero interview prep and had a strong, “I’m here, so I got the job already” attitude. Obviously the interview didn’t go well. So yeah, you can still fuck it up.

Just had a bro hired by United a couple months ago. C-virus is overhyped by the media like SARS, Swine flu, etc. I don’t think this will affect anything in the grand scheme of things. True the Max has hurt more than United, but reference the first sentence - that happened well into the Max saga.

Stop being a Marriott guy and you're problem will be solved.

She's still running the show. My assumption is his CC has already talked to Cathy about this and has her on the lookout for a swap, but maybe that's an invalid assumption. That said for the OP, we only got one of our hires into UPT this FY; the guard is very slim on UPT slots. So, make sure you don't unintentionally shoot yourself in the foot and get your FY20 slot taken and forced to wait until FY21 for a Vance spot. Of course I don't know your particular situation, but I imagine you'd still prioritize UPT timing vs. location.

Fair point that they’re dealing with a royally jacked up system. My frustration is more towards the finance empire at large and not necessarily at the individuals locally. That said, herk also nailed it.

That was my stance, then a bro pointed out I wasn’t getting flight pay when I had an unrelated question and my LES was up. Turns out I wasn’t the only one when everyone pulled their pay up. Also incorrect rate was also found in several cases. Finance is probably in the hole about $20k to the FS at large. Dipshits.

To be clear, they all love that demographic. Most fighter dudes aren’t going to get past low 2k-s in a standard career unless they’ve hit the revolving deployment door timing like a boss (or not like a boss, depending on how you look at it). Guys at the 12 year/jump shit point are ~1.5k, and they’re getting snatched up left and right. Met several Navy dudes who were lower than that. It’s a buyers market, regardless of what company you’re talking about.

Haven’t heard that here. But finance has fucked up several dude’s flight pay, so we got that going for us.

I have several friends who were hired by Delta, AA, UAL with < 2k TT (~1.6k avg fighter time) in the recent past. Seems like those numbers are fairly typical for fighter guys who are going earlier than the standard 20 year retired guy. A few of those guys were called before their 20+ year fighter bros were.

Binary.

There’s some pretty good comments in the article. Bottom line, general consensus is she’s a 1 and he’s a total pussy.

Again, no issues with beards, turbans, etc. The point on these specific items is why not make beards allowed across the board; where is the detraction from the mission if a non-Sikh has a beard? This seems like an easy, “fuck it, let’s roll this out across the board” as opposed to, “let’s grant this to a specific group only, everyone else must maintain the ‘standards’!” Copy Shabbat and war, then just apply it to non-deployed ops...you cant tell me it wouldn’t be a big issue for units if a specific religion was granted no shifts, sorties, etc. fri night to sat night. Point is not to say this particular beard/turban move is wrong, but it could have gone in a better direction, and overall, blanket giving specific groups of people whatever they want in the name of religion or other identity can have negative consequences on the force and mission.

Great post. I don’t disagree, nor have any issue with beards, cranium covers, etc., but I also don’t see a problem with everyone being able to have a beard if they choose to. It’s a fine line separating sensible allowances for specific reasons and being (at least perceived) to cater to an individual or demographic while implying everyone else can go fuck themselves. The latter can erode cohesion, culture, morale, etc., which absolutely does negatively affect the mission. Sometimes the right answer is to help the individual, and other times they have to be told no because it truly is for the greater good of the unit. To circle back to my example, should the AF allow every Jewish member to never work from fri sundown to sat sundown, including while deployed? Imagine the implications if that was to occur...all of the sudden everyone is Jewish because the hell if any of us like working weekends. Second and third order effects are a real thing...

Seventh Day Adventist and Jews shouldn’t work on saturdays because it’s a day of rest. How many of those people are working on saturdays because that’s what they signed up for and see it as something bigger than themselves, and in a part, bigger than their religion? I bet the answer is a lot. But you don’t see them complaining or asking to take every sat off. Shack.

Wow, that’s crazy! Though I still think your average AD pilot (who doesn’t have a significantly compelling reason) won’t have a chance in hell of getting that much off UPT. Managing expectations...

Anything near 2 years is likely PC off a PCS or additional school ADSC. No chance in hell thats off a UPT ADSC. The letter could help sway the O-6s at SAF/PC, but it’s not required as far as I know.

There’s a lot of USERRA-exempt orders to be had on deployments, staff, school in res, etc. Prepare yourself to have to take a 3 year staff job in DC/Langley, because you’re not likely to make up 3 years with just collecting USERRA-exempts deployments (and why would you want to?) There’s WOM of consideration for making all CC orders exempt, but not an actual thing right now. My opinion without knowing your exact situation: get your line number and see how the AF cards fall, but don’t prioritize the AF over the line number.

The guard has the same bonus. Just putting that out there for anyone who’s AD leadership has told them the AD bonus is a reason to not go guard.

Tell your LNO what you want to do, why you need to do it this way, and then ask that they work with the 340th to ensure all of your dependents are on your TDY-enroute orders. If Kelly doesn’t have a suitable TLF, they will give you a non-A. Maybe JTR defines “suitable,” but I think it’s something like BR for you/wife, BR for kids (under 10 can share room or something like that), allows pets if you have them, etc. With non-A, you get $127/day for lodging in San Antonio (I looked it up). For arguments sake, even if you didn’t have a non-A, you can still choose to refuse a lodging room and the AF has to reimburse you Kelly’s lodging rate, which is probably $70/day. So that’s the bare min you would get.

TDY enroute with dependents on your orders is the best option. Talk to your UPT SQ/CC and you’ll also have to work it through MPF. It will likely take CC interaction with MPF to make it happen, as MPF’s standard answer will be no. If you only have a matter of days between the two courses, that sounds like a solid reason to go this route. If that all works, the AF will have to provide you lodging that covers your whole family. If no TLFs available, its on you to find something off base. Ha e you looked into long term air bnb in the local area?

Not with PIC time (at least for a while until CA upgrade). He’s turbine PIC 100% of the time in fighters, and most (all?) majors apply some amount of correction factor to mil time (but none for civ time). He should be at 1500 TT/800+ turbine PIC in 5 years if all he does is fly full time fighters. With the way retirements/hiring is going, he’ll likely be pretty damn competitive at that point.