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Fair. I'll take Sept to Dec 2019 ROE..

Mil2ATP was a great course. It’s not a pay to play program, but the instruction is top-notch and it’ll make you a better pilot. I did the CTP through the Delta training center (highly recommend) and the ATP practical in Goldsboro.

Same here!

Isn't that just falling into the common attitude that "if we only understood them better and found common ground we would all get along"? There is an extreme faction of a particular middle eastern religion that wants us all dead and wants to take over our country and wipe any record of our existence off the planet. We have no ability to affect that one way or the other. So, the premise that we have anything to do with the actions or goals of those on the other side of that war or the current less obvious war is ludicrous in my opinion. Their end game remains unchanged regardless of what we may or may not do.

Not under the ROE we had at the end...unless you really like watching ANA/ANP get rolled by the Taliban and being unable to do anything about it. I was specifically referencing camaraderie. Sense of mission accomplishment just wasn't there for this guy. The flying was cool and I did some cool stuff for sure, I'll never discount that. It's just that none of that was used on any of our deployments....[bad] luck of the draw I suppose. Up to a point, I believe that was true. Toward the end, I couldn't help but think we were now just killing (or not) the product of our own doing. The proverbial self licking ice cream cone.

I don’t think we need very many tabV harden shelters like we have in Europe here in the United States. But pretty much every valuable airplane to include tankers and high dollar transport should be in enclosed building. Drones can fly into open doors or into hail, sheds or sun sheds. This is such an obvious precaution to take. I doubt anything like that will ever happen instead will be laser and microwave energy, directed weapons that built by one of the big contractors for a few million per unit and we can only afford one per base that’s the most likely outcome of what we can learn from this Ukrainian Pearl Harbor

China at it again!

Affordable? Our MIC is not interested in affordable!

Honestly, it was a goal to make it to retirement. Fortunately, I had fantastic assignments and pretty much got to go where I wanted, even ended up with a pretty sweet gig as an exchange officer with the Canadians despite it being non-flying. My most rewarding job was also the most challenging and exhausting, I loved the people and the Herk mission, but I was burnt out and ready to move on. Yes, the grass is greener with the airlines, but it's a different shade if you catch my drift. I definitely don't regret staying in for 20 years.

Considering that these types of drones have relatively small payloads, we don't need to build shelters hardened against 500lb bombs. An enclosure that guarantees relatively low levels of protection and standoff would probably render FPV attacks mostly ineffective...and might actually be affordable.

They didn't have bazooka microphones in my time so no, I didn't talk $hit....I was an angel.

Dude, you played football at Miami right? You never talked $hit? At least he didn't murder a teammate. 🤨

I stayed 21 years because people were great and mission was awesome; I wouldn’t have stayed if we weren’t at war. Although the war was managed poorly and much was wasted, we were killing terrible people and I’m convinced my 20s and 30s were spent doing tasks worth my best efforts. That’s very cool and rare in life.

That phenomena is real. Happens at a different point for everyone, but it usually happens.

Was never an argument. The contrast between camaraderie and sense of mission accomplishment was my point. Of course the airlines are a better QOL for a family/raising kids long term, no denying that.

If you told me I can go do gunships in Afghanistan tomorrow I would.. and I'd do it for free.

Yep. Turning point for me was when leading started to feel more like coaching. I love to see the young guys and gals grow. And then there is the whole service thing - at some point, this country will get into a big one again, and I desperately want us to win. With all that said, I got back from my last deployment, looked my growing family in the eyes, and submitted my retirement request. It has been an amazing ride, but my family needs me at home for awhile.

Sanders 6 months ago for the practical, recommend. They were booking up pretty far out, I would recommend getting on the books sooner rather than later. Did the CTP on my own about year and half ago at Delta, it was a good experience, did the test on base. You can book a package deal through Sanders to knock it all out at once. FAA test while not hard, has a lot of questions, get a study software and set aside a bunch of time.

No one was ever making that argument. The airlines allow me to be a better husband and a better father. I can provide more and be around for more than the military ever allowed. It's not even close. I will never have to say goodbye to my kids for 6-12 months, or watch the birth of the next one on Skype. I absolutely enjoyed the shit out of my military career, even with the rather disruptive ending, but it's not even remotely questionable that my family is better off with an airline pilot rather than a military pilot at the helm. It's a young man's game.

This right here fellas........just remember the almighty dollar/drug that is the airline career will NEVER compare to what we have accomplished in a 30+yr mil career which is why a preponderance of us still serve

Yeah, we're rooting for the Razorbacks.

Also got mine at Sanders years ago and would recommend Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Got mine at Sanders about 6 years ago. Would recommend.

Crazy tournament so far. Happy my Vols moved on to Supers, but a very tough test ahead of them. Not much faith they will repeat their Natty from last year. But they are fun to watch. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Thread Revival! Looking at getting my ATP here in the next 6 to 9 months. I've looked into Mil2ATP and Sanders Aviation. I'm looking to see if anyone has any other East Coast recommendations, or any gouge on the above locations. Thanks for the help!