08Dawg
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Commanders are dropping like flies this year
08Dawg replied to MDDieselPilot's topic in General Discussion
Minot just fired the Comm Sq/CC. SSDD…”loss of confidence“ -
You can Skillbridge for up to six months. I chose to do four. On Skillbridge you’re essentially PTDY still making all your AD pay and benefits while working as an unpaid intern at whatever company you’re Skillbridging with. I got my ATP out of it, paid for by the company I was working with, and I’m working full time for them now after leaving AD. https://skillbridge.osd.mil
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If I can offer you one word… Skillbridge, my dude…there aren’t a shit ton of pilot focused Skillbridge opportunities out there, but there are some. Seems like most are in the 135 world. I did it, and it almost felt like cheating…almost…to be making AD pay for four months while going to a job where I literally just had to fly.
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Here’s a thought on the topic of hypocrisy…this individual, who claims to be so pious and devout, has her head shoved completely up the ass of a man who is both a wanton misogynist and an adulterer…but you could say the same for the majority of the evangelical right.
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I thought the Phantom was deemed so ugly, the ground just decided when to repel it.
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Which is tone deaf and stupid, since Easter is one of the most religiously steeped holidays of the year.
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They just reactivated one of the Aggressor squadrons with early block F-35s, IIRC. Might as well throw in the early block Raptors to that bag and have all kind of LO mischief and mayhem reeked upon poor WUGs and RF Msn/CCs
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I see even more finger pointing and “oh that’s not our job, that’s xyz’s job”
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But hey, at least the DM Hogs going away means plenty of 11Fs to fill those T-38 spots, right, right??
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“Possibly PCS”…hell no. Also, imagine just how little effort is going into that OPB.
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Damn…writing this one down for future use!
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FFS…I have zero confidence in any Boeing aircraft that was built post, say, Reagan presidency.
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How the hell are these our only choices? Seriously, this is the best we can do??
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FAA’s DEI Hiring initiative Suck it up for 6.9 seconds and read what the FAA, mandated by the Secretary of Transportation, is actively recruiting.
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RUMINT in the bomber community is a very serious EP (jet on fire) prior to the approach. Weather was an eyelash above ILS mins. First day back flying after Christmas/New Years. Helluva first day back…
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Nick Saban Retiring In what amounts to perhaps one of the most seismic of shifts in the college football landscape in recent memory....Nick Saban retiring at Bama.
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KBAD about to lose it’s golf course because…DEI?
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Weather was dogshit from Canada to Arkansas yesterday.
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On the struggle bus at UPT, heading for a CR
08Dawg replied to admdelta's topic in General Discussion
I never got to go to UPT. Did the CSO thing, and had a good time in the Buff for over a decade. Covered most the Pacific, sent some ISIS goons to goat paradise. You can still fly and have a good career. Or… I got my CFI, taught on the side and built hours. Now I’ve got my ATP and I’m flying charter, building lots of time and trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up 😂 You’re going to have opportunities, no matter what. -
Wait, I got it! Rated retention! If we don't have so many staffs, we don't have to man them, and all those non-command track O-4 and O-5 IPs can go back to flying the line!!
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Unsettling is the right phrase.
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Since it's TI, I'm assuming his use of the term "disable" is in the technical sense, as in "disable the equipment"....YGBSM....we're living in straight up 1984. Double plus ungood
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So let’s not address the real causes. Overworked, under resourced, constant pressure to do more with less, ops tempo that’s higher than it was when we were actually fighting a war…nope, overnight beer sales are the cause.
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Agreed. I just wish we weren't giving away everything now, with none of the replacement capes expected to be on the ramp in maybe even this decade.
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That's exactly the mindset of our brass right now, though. Ref. F-15C, AWACS, JSTARS, and A-10 retirements.
