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Easy way around that one. Go to 17's or be a J pilot. No Nav!!! I keed, I keed.

The problem in the Herk community is that there are Sq/CC and DO's that will never have an "A" Code on the flight orders and never be in that position you just described. But they are very good at micro managing their people and armchair QBing every situation their young AC/IP's experience when they are the "A" Code. They're called Navs.

Go to a large football school in a state with a great climate and hot women. Major in something you enjoy and wouldn't mind doing if the AF thing doesn't work out. Do well in school, volunteer a bit on the side, study abroad, get your PPL, etc. Apply to a guard/reserve job flying something you think you'd like in a location you think you'd like to live in. Stay as far away from active duty as possible, but if you must, go AD via OTS. Laugh at your academy (and to a much lesser extent, ROTC) bros in UPT for how much more fun you had and yet still got to the same, if not better, place. It'll be worth the student loans.

Not shenanigans on Stan-Eval's part, but seemed like an appropriate place for the question: Had a form 8 check recently, ended up Q1 with a pair of downgrades for being a bonehead at the right time and place. How much do downgrades on a form 8 checkride matter? Obviously no downgrades would have been much better, but is this something that's going to have an impact down the road?