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Deployment rates, manning, training requirements, TDY types and locations, and other issues that drive quality of life are easily subject to change. Aircraft missions are not.

I like the "yes, if..." technique. I say yes if the DO agrees that filling local x is more important than me meeting deadline y. If the pet project is more important I don't fly, then I go back to my desk and update my spreadsheet...

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Yikes! Goodluck getting the unions onboard with any changes to seniority. Then again, maybe APA could fuck over the TWA guys just one more time. Oh...I thought by "update my spreadsheet," you really meant update airlineapps.

Whatever the outcome of this meeting between Airline management and your Air Force leadership, the one fact is it will not be in your best interest. There is only one group on the earth that hates you more than your Air Force leadership...it's the shoe clerks in Airline management.

This makes me literally laugh out loud. Most of our 16 year guys have 15-20 deployments, and everyone else is on about the same pacing regardless of time in. Totally different worlds... Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

So don't.

I know it's a different for the fighter guys in the squadrons that stopped flying during sequestration, but on the heavy side there is no lack of flying. Completely disregarding the fact that our job requires us to fly to stay current and qualified, pilots aren't unhappy because there aren't jets to fly. Our base generates 2-3 locals per squadron per week, not counting off station JA/ATTs, TACC missions or even our sims. We actually don't have enough pilots to fill all of those lines. What pilots are tired of is having to fly locals or missions and then having to stay late into the evening afterwards or come into work during their post mission to make sure their shops don't burn down because the schedulers cleaned out the shop for the 3-4 time this month and X,Y & Z projects are due to tomorrow. I know we are all well aware this isn't a 9-5 job and personally I like that it isn't that way, the problem is when I'm staying late to do PowerPoint slides not flying jets.

Most of the rest of the world does not understand how developed the SOF fires machine has become...they still think in terms of the AOC or CAOC running the fight with 3 GO's, 10 O-6's and 50 O-4's working the same permissions that a single dude in the JSOAC can pass. Sadly, BLOS and VDL have become pass fail, but they do act as an insurance policy in multiple ways. Sorry bra, I don't talk to the CAOC unless I want to know why the tanker is late...AGAIN.

JTR reference

What he said. You only have to check once. If they send you off base to a specific hotel and say come back in X days, I usually politely agree, get all the details, get the piece of paper that says "go to hotel Y for Z days," and then go stay wherever the hell I want for the duration. I've never had a voucher not approved for the duration. Of course, having the JTR reference helps ... just don't argue with the lodging folks .... take it up with finance on the voucher side of things.

Hmmm. Maybe, but AF leadership hates us a lot. That would be some competition. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

No, no, no, no, no, please God never.

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I commissioned March of 2016 and had a similar experience in DET12. The level of intensity is pretty low threat and if anything is suitable to preparing for the official PT test so think of it as just staying in shape if you show up already physically prepared. IMHO the biggest risk to washing out comes from personal injury. Since a lot of the PT is cadet led I would be careful to stretch like you normally would and just take care of yourself. Idiot cadets who have never done PT in their life will be tasked to lead exercises and will find ways to get you hurt. Also watch out on the LRC (or whatever the obstacle puzzle challenges were called) for the same reasons. The squadron runs are kind of nice in terms of distance/pace/workout to start the day off bright and early (4:30AM) but they are actually physically terrible for you. A friend of a friend I may or may not know injured his knee in the latter half of the program because of they way they do those runs. My 2cts

Never had any issues with PACWIND......

I appreciate it. As long as they have local sorties I'll be fine. You mentioned likely no flights on Monday and Friday, why is that?