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SFG

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  1. 23 minutes ago, Duck said:

    I’ve flown with enough terrible co-pilots to know that he would have been successful in a different aircraft.

    So what now? Can we just shake our heads at this situation or is this when things change, the people have had enough, and somehow we bloody the General? In other words, any way to get other eyes on this to get this guy retrained?

  2. I was at a non-standard assignment last year when the CC asked for award nominees. Neither myself nor any of my peers supervised anyone. A few lower performing individuals submitted themselves. For a fraction of a second I considered submitting myself, but I just couldn’t do it. I also thought that there was no way the Commander would pick those guys over someone else with great performance who wasn’t self-promoting. He had a lot of options that weren’t those guys or even me. (note this was not a 1206 award process). All those folks who submitted themselves got picked.

    Pawnman might be on to something. What’s more frustrating than having to submit yourself for an award? Seeing those other guys win when you spent all year outworking and outperforming them. At least give it to the guy who outworked and outperformed me! Can’t imagine how irritated he is.

    What’s more frustrating than that? Never knowing which Commander you work for... the “people-person” one who takes the “1206” directly from the “customer” to the “engineer” or the one who penalizes you for submitting yourself.

    If only there were clear guidance on this...

    You hear that Bobs?!

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  3. Yet rumor also has it that one of those two lines must contain a strat of 1-n by rank meeting board and 1-n overall. That means the #100/100 guy will know immediately that he should update his airline apps.

    If they increase the bonus, I think this could actually help the AF retain its top-rated folks. Now everyone knows where they are at.

    I’d expect the bottom 20 or more to self-eliminate and move on to greener pastures. On the other hand this could backfire if the bottom 50% start self eliminating. I would. There are plenty of jobs out there that would love an AF officer.

    ... but hopefully they don’t ask to see your AF records, because bottom ratings won’t be hidden in code words anymore. 🤔

  4. 23 minutes ago, MechGov said:

    Anyone have any insight into the IDE nomination procedure? I had heard that either you get nominated on your first look (fast burner) or third look (any other nom), but the second look was pretty much a throwaway. Any truth to that?

    A bit.  It's luck and timing, performance, and who you know (how close you are to your senior rater).  Fast burners that don't get picked up or nominated on first look for whatever reason are likely to get nom'ed second, and if not then, due to timing or other factors, then will get pushed hard on third look.

  5. 13 minutes ago, torqued said:

    Your every concern will be met with: “That’s why you make the big bucks.’

    Nah. You’re overthinking it. If it’s  not one thing it’s another. We already hear “service before self” and “suck it up, you joined the military.” The retention issue the AF has right now is that pilots can say “no thanks” laughing all the way to the bank, as change the size of the current bonus is falling out of their pockets the whole way without even denting their bottom line.

  6. 5 hours ago, LookieRookie said:

    The director of the ACTF will be doing an AMA on Reddit

    Smart doing it on Reddit. Pilots will be less inclined to discuss pay in public especially in front of other AFSCs and enlisted who don’t have such a large wage gap on the outside.

    I wonder why they don’t have AMAs over medical officer’s retention?

  7. 2 hours ago, Guardian said:


    This is the kind of junk you get from someone that works hand in hand with fingers. We won’t get anywhere with Fingers at the helm. Quick someone give him a private sector advisory job that gives him the label VP, gives him 250k a year, and allows him not to show up for work. (Pretty much what he does now). Schwartz still owns some blame for a lot of this backwards culture we have now.

    I really hope he goes to fly for Delta 🤣

  8. 4 hours ago, war007afa said:

    Not sure this invalidates his argument. Are you really measuring VO2 max with anaerobic events (like max piss-poor reps in a minute)? And he’s right: the age bands are ridiculous. A 39 year-old is leaps and bounds different than a 30 year-old. Can’t even imagine what the poor 49 year-old bastards go through. 

    I don’t know. I’m not the expert. Ask the AF PT guy. Just saying that’s what he says the reason for the run and waist measurement is. And apparently the age bands are because of science.

    As for the pushups and sit-ups he said he never wanted them but the institution made him do it.

    Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled complaining. I think it’s a dumb test too, and I actually tried to understand his reasoning instead of complaining into the abyss without any prior research, so there’s that. Dumb! 😂

  9. 7 minutes ago, 08Dawg said:

    I really hate the age categories. The current Army test changes the age standards every four years, ie 18-21, 22-25, etc. It also counts push ups, sit-ups and the run equally. 

    Measuring different stuff. AF is measuring Vo2 max and BMI.

  10. 29 minutes ago, Best-22 said:

    How would you support this position to a third party who thinks we are biased because we’re in the Air Force? Pure numbers based on flying hour cost, or by saying their skill set is too hard to replace? 

    I dont necessarily disagree just trying to check my own biases.

    The third party, RAND, already supports his position.

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