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Kamaka Air thankfully only requires up to CPL and a deal if you work at the front desk with them for at least 6 months, they will hire you. I am interested in flying for HA if I was a part-time raptor guy, but then again that's not my motive for all this. I do see where you're coming from though. I definitely dont want to go into a shitload of debt, but am willing to if it gives me a better chance at coming back. thanks for your 0.02 cents brabus. always appreciated sir!

I definitely dont have the funds but im hoping to got on the next 6 monther coming up so I can qualify for the GI Bill. thanks for the information brody. CFII just became more favorable.

Can’t find anything that supports that claim. He is opposed to combat roles and other certain areas (e.g. no women on subs). I watched the interview and searched around (but if I missed it in my googling, let me know).

Sadly, this is the way. This is likely the only card we have left to play at this point to shed enough light on the problem in order to turn things around enough so that we don’t get our cheeks clapped in WW3.

Gender differences ≠ Racial differences. So let's just skip that diversion. We already discriminate based on gender in the military. And we should. The extent to which we do so is a valid debate. Also, reposting something does not equal endorsing every word of an interview. As I said, I wish our leaders wouldn't post/repost/share anything, but they do. If Hegseth says he believes women should not serve, then you have a point. Hell, if he refuses to answer, even then you have a point. Right now you do not. Call it lunacy all you want. We will *never* have a functional government by this standard. I think it's lunacy to believe that gay people will go to hell. I also think it's lunacy to believe that gay parents are a drop-in substitute for straight parents. Every belief is absurd to someone. But he did not voice an opinion about women serving or not serving. *You* think it's wrong. Which is worse? Saying women shouldn't serve, or promoting seizing the means of production? What about hate speech laws? Affirmative action? How many people would die if we "turn the clock back 77 years" and ban women from military service versus legalizing all drugs? Is a discriminatory belief less acceptable than a fatal belief? It's just hypothetical, since PetSouth has never said that women should be banned from serving. Overturning RvW was the constitutional answer. Period. So now that's a step on the slippery slope? Also, could you elaborate on the gay marriage to Jews continuum? Not going to lie, watching you lump disparate issues together like this is making you sound more like Sotomayor then Alito. If we shouldn't have a Secretary of defense that would roll back women serving in the military, do you also suggest that we shouldn't have supreme Court justices that would (did) roll back Roe v Wade? Do we appoint a new Arbiter of Acceptable Opinions, or do we just rely on the first amendment and let the voters to decide? I already told you I agreed with you on Signal (that it is a fire-able offense, not that he *should* be fired), but we are talking specifically about this Twitter post. I won't make so broad a statement, but again, if Pete Hegseth actually advocates for banning women from the military, then I will agree that he is the wrong person to run the DoD. But he hasn't done that, regardless of how much I disagree with him retweeting a ridiculous interview.

Correct, Wilsbach’s standards push in ACC was well before Trump was even elected and 99% of people even heard of Hegseth.

Yes. Very well said

Keep in mind you'll need 250 hrs for a commercial, which is going to cost a shitload, especially in Hawaii. Additional hours may be required for a specific company’s mins. I would go down this road only if professional flying outside the AF is a desirable career. Doing all of that just to boost your ANG app or UPT performance (I watched CFIs do great and horribly in UPT) is not a great reason by itself. Definitely get your PPL and continue to learn, just make sure you only go into a shitload of flight training debt for logical reasons.

Funny thing was that crap was already in the colon ready to shit on the troops before the administration change. They have lost sight of the forest for the trees. Yet can’t figure out why we keep doing dumb things with airplanes….that mess we all knew was coming 6-9 years ago when it was proposed. I’ll just take comfort in my 214 blanket knowing that it doesn’t matter to me anymore… but then who would have listened then anyway?

certainly one way to describe boot-height regs and open-ranks inspections

IMHO If you have the funds, go CFII until you have ATP minimums and then try to get on board at an airline. You can get paid as a CFII (not much money but plenty of hours and knowledge gained from instructing new pilots) while waiting for a regional or mainline company to hire you. Continue to apply for the USAF during the process of becoming a professional pilot. The few CFIIs I knew did a little better at UPT and the regionals (RIP Compass).

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Gun turn in fail https://www.nraila.org/articles/20250811/chicago-woman-shot-with-stolen-buyback-gun-files-suit

what's up y'all! I am in the process of getting my PPL and I absolutely love flying, and will be continuing after I finish college; however, I am stuck between the two options listed above in the title. Ive heard so many different stories of how having time before going to UPT is good because you have a good idea of how to do things, or how it can also be bad due to unlearning civilian flying habits. it seems to me like most of our guys at the 199th FS had time before going to UPT such as Skywest, HA pilot, CFI, charter airline, and I definitely think i'm gonna jump on that train. I understand that Uncle Sam would be paying for those ratings and it would be a waste of money, but I want to ensure I comeback to the squadron if I ever got picked up by these guys. I don't really care about how much hours I'll accrue, but rather which skills will transfer over to UPT more. if I trained students as a CFI/CFII, I feel like VFR and IFR flying will be engrained in my head which I think will be good? However, I will mainly be teaching and not flying meaning I could possibly lose the flying hands? I also think CFI flying will look better on a resume then charter/cargo flying. On the other hand, I have buddies who are also trying to fly for the 199th that fly for kamaka air (the charter/cargo airline im talking about) who said they would vouch for me if I ever tried to fly for them. It probably would be an easier way to gain hours, and I would actually be flying, however, its less focused on maneuvers, etc. I would appreciate any thoughts you guys have! Thanks in advance!🤙

Probably not in this case. Likely the flight lead's local callsign. Possibly bought at an LPA sponsored callsign auction after upgrade/joining the unit.

RAMBO 01...CC?

Weird flex to advocate for taking religious beliefs into account for job retention. Seems like there's something written somewhere about that... Also https://justthenews.com/government/security/pentagon-says-female-military-recruitment-all-service-branches-report

You might listen then pass judgement, the dude Hegseth is not just supporting but REPOSTING, openly professes women should be barred from service...not just combat service, but military service. Would you think differently if the Secretary of the treasury was posting content that said black people should not get government backed loans? When a senate confirmed cabinet secretary start posting content suggesting we discriminate based on race, gender or ideology then it is not a matter of me disagreeing with a belief. Concur, but that isn't happening and until it does, voicing opinions like that while sitting in office, particularly an office that has the power to impose discriminating policies is lunacy. I don't think they are all crazy, but most of them are. I don't expect them to all have the "right" answer. We are a country founded on a vision of long debate and I support that debate in the right context. That being said, it is wrong for the sitting SECDEF to try and turn the clock back 77 years and discriminate against women because of his religious beliefs. I don't think they are either, but this is a very slippery slope the GOP is on. The overturned Roe v Wade, the gay rights/ gay marriage case is back before SCOTUS and you know the homophobic far-right is salivating to end gay marriage. What is next? The Jews? Apples to oranges...RFK and Johnson are loons, but what they said/did was not illegal. Hegseth's actions were clearly illegal. What would have happened to any one of us lowly people had we put classified info on Signal? I'd rather settle on accountability culture. Break the law, be punished like everyone else. Advocate for bias or discrimination while in an office of power...resign.

37cm = 6 inches yeah?

What a cross to bear…..

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ooof that is a bad day. The canopy fracturing system in the T-6 is gnarly

For this? Why? Because you don't like his beliefs? I don't agree with them either, though I haven't taken the time to listen to the complete interview. I'd rather we just close off the pipeline of unfiltered reactions to every stimulus in the world. Our leaders should not have social media. We shouldn't know what they think about everything. You guys are acting like you still haven't figured it out. They're all crazy. They're all idiots. If you expect these people (or any people) to have the right views and the right ideas and the right responses and the right actions to every possible situation, then every single one will be a let down. Vote for what matters *now.* Women are not going to be forcibly impregnated and kicked out of the workplace, losing their suffrage in the process. The signal thing was bad. 100% understand calling for removal for that. I don't think RFK Jr should be removed for thinking he has a worm in his brain, nor do I think Hank Johnson should be removed for thinking Guam could flip over. I don't think they should be voted for, but that's not the same as calling for their resignation. Cancel Culture indeed.

Completely unsat. The Signal crap should have been enough but this is WAY over the line. And before my fellow GOPers get your panties in a wad, we wanted Swalwell to resign after falling into the Fang Fang honey trap. And, recall the statements the right made when Obama associated with Reverend Wright and all of his nonsense. If we say everyone should be held to the same standard, lets do it. Hegseth should resign.