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Well, Joe Biden is our president, and I pay taxes, soooo.....

When the other candidate continues to question the legitimacy of the election, I would say that is more than hyperbole. When did Trump say storm the capital, please show me that. Now if you want to fault him for his comments about the VP, for saying "stop the steal", or for not being a leader and stepping forward sooner to stop what was happening I completely agree, but when you fabricate facts you lose all credibility. "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard." AGAIN, I've said i don't support Trump, and as I predicted he would use the Twitter files to concoct another lunatic rant which includes suspending the Constitution. Here is what I simply don't understand, if all the warriors on this forum swore an oath to the Constitution how can you be so nonchalant about the possibility that an American Presidential Election was influenced and likely tampered with by a big tech company, and that elements of the FBI played a part in that. Do you hate the Orange man that much that you will simply turn a blind eye? For the 1000th time I want Trump to go away, but I want justice and the integrity of our system more than anything.

Do brains that fly a strategic bomber at subsonic speeds across vast distances to pre-programmed coordinates need to be fast?

Flea, I appreciate your principled altruism…. sort of. But I do not want a convicted violent felon flying my family around the country when there are thousands of qualified alternate choices. I wouldn’t care if this guy was a sim instructor (which checks the meaningful employment box and societal integration you mention). Odd risk assessment that JetBlue would hire this dude but not an unvaccinated pilot without a criminal past.

Love the non pilot Navy Admiral talking about an Air Force bomber, really tied it all together.

I've avoided most online stuff for that very reason. It did come up in my airline's forum... and deteriorated quickly once it became known one person involved had crossed the picket line. The nasty, hateful things that were stated were plentiful. I have since removed myself from that forum.

Communicate - navigate - aviate…duh.

They have a whole series of these. https://youtu.be/C4QFmBlpnNw

Companion trainers should be fast. Fast jets make brain fast. https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/video/take-a-seat-in-the-cockpit-of-nasa-s-t38-jet-1002459715572

I don't normally allow anyone to watch my children so your point is moot. Regardless, people should be afforded the opportunity to redeem trust and gain confidence in society again. Child sex offenders have extremely low recidivism versus other types of crimes. Also lots of people permanently stigma'd to a list because their 17 to GF's parents didn't like her dating a 19 yo. Everything requires context and evolution of trust. You might not higher a prior child porn addict to be a school teacher but that shouldn't stop them from pursuing law, adult medicine, or even being a pilot. We tend to be stricter as a society with sex crimes because we see them as a perversion of impulse where the person is incapable of self control. However, that isn't the case with the vast majority of felonies and there is nothing specifically impulse triggering about flying an airplane. I work with a lot of justice impacted veterans now. We have hundreds of felons come through our national veterans treatment courts each year. The vast majority are decent people who are guilty of extremely poor decision making and often became entangled with drugs and substance abuse as a means with coping with some very hard realities that the DoD and VA will never do anything to help you for. The vast majority recognize their actions caused hurt to some people and they're truly remorseful for that. With the right guidance and mentorship most go on to be stalwart contributors to our society. Many of the best services to society were provided by people giving gratitude for the forgiveness they were given following something heinous they had done they were sorry for.

I went through MFS when I initially joined. You go to Wright-Pat. and its basically a more in depth physical. You'll be there for a week and if everything's fine you'll be cleared to fly. I read in other forums that you'll be scheduled for MFS quickly after the official results go public.

Do you live next to a power plant?

Lol. I agree with you, I just had to put this picture FLEA made to use.

Years ago flying the Stupid-80 into LGA and I was following some corporate type on the Expressway arrival. Tower asks, "American 69, you have a corporate doofus way long turning final so don't turn final until you seem him." We pick him up and turn final with LGA standard min spacing. On short final we hear "CORPORATE DOOFUS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING??..... YOU CAN'T STOP ON THE RUNWAY!!!"...."American 69, go around" CA immediately goes heads down MAKING A PA while I employ single man rules for the go around. About the time I'm abeam the runway after flying the Expressway arrival again, the CA rejoins the conversation in the cockpit and asks, "Where are we?" I do not miss domestic flying.

Your argument is stupid. Actually it’s not because stuff that wasn’t accepted might have been? Troll

time to ignore the constitution i guess

That's a good point. One for tyranny up close, and one for tyranny a little farther away.

Ya, the US really screwed the pooch on that one. I guess they forgot to consider the B-21 public unveiling event when appointing the 2nd highest ranking military official late last year. Rookie move.

Would you pay to have a convicted child molester watch your young children?

A plethora (lol) of things. Throughout US soccer's history we've had other sports that absorb talent that could make the US dominate soccer. Imagine some the NFL, NBA, MLB and etc players playing soccer their whole lives instead of football, basketball and such. Over the past 20 years some of these guys have started to play soccer. The past US teams had the drive to win but not the skill. Only now do we have actual talent to compete with the big boys. In other countries, the youth soccer programs are free. The kids play soccer in the streets like we do basketball and football. In the US most of the soccer associations are in well off areas. We don't really have a soccer players playing in the lower income areas. Competitive soccer is historically expensive to play in the US. In 2026, our dudes will be 4 years older. The majority of our starters play for competitive teams in Eruope. We will have the experience to go with the drive and talent. We are going to start winning World Cups in the near future. Also, the 2026 World Cup is in the US. Add a new manager, a good CB and a striker that can finish consistently and we will have a good team in 2026. These are some of the things holding us back, not everything.

Personally I don't care if they're a former felon. You can risk analyze that all you want but the data also says that felons are more likely to recidivate when they are denied gainful employment and reintegration into society. Who the fuck is going to go from a white collar employee, lawyer, or pilot to being a lawn care worker? Without the concept of redemption in our culture it means no one is better than their worst day. That's a sad world because it ignores the fact that many of us grow as humans and become more phenomenal the longer we are on earth.

Why not both! M2 should grab that one and then find a 300BLK.

Chamber that in a 300 blackout and I'm in.

The Dutch are an excellent team right now, for one. The youth and lack of experience showed in the defensive side, although size/strength of those positions probably also played into it. Ream and Dest did well back there, others seemed like liabilities. Need to refine offensive play, but showed exciting ability to put runs together.

Not just her. I found all the speakers to be mind-numbingly dull...

5 sounds like a good round number

You know what would be revolutionary though.. if we actually buy the number of them we said we will

A rejoin is a skill taught to UPT students 4 months into training with 6-9 hours of formation flying experience. That's the wrong question. The question is what went wrong that a guy that has done thousands of rejoins in dozens of aircraft suddenly screws it up? And my experience tells me the answer has a lot more to do with human factors (rushing, distraction, medical, etc) than experience or skill.

My completely uninformed guess is the guy had thousands of hours if he’s flying aircraft like that. I have over 2k hours flying fighters, and only last year I damn near hit someone - misprioritizing a fast rejoin over a safe “it’s not going to happen within these tight time constraints” decision and just not doing it. I’ve done thousands of rejoins, tons of experience…task misprioritization and pressure to “get it done” is a real thing at all levels of flying experience.

Crew:"Tower, headed out to Persian Gulf for water work, back in...." Tower" "NEGATIVE, there is no Persian Gulf, you are going to Arabian gulf yes?" Crew: "uh yeah, yup thats the one."

Slightly different spin on this. Been in 22 years, almost all of that time has been as a part timer (I only take orders for deployments generally), and i've been an airline guy for the last 10+ years. I love going down range and doing the mission, but I absolutely regret going on orders nearly every time I do so. I just started a 5 month activation order and I've worked more in the last two weeks, then I worked in the last 2 months (combined) at Delta. I really don't know how guys do this shit for an entire career...painful! Very few of the "improvements" the AF has made in my career, has made life easier. DTS, AROWS, MyEval, JMPS (long live CFPS/Falcon view lol), AFFORGEN...DUBYA TEE EFF!!! It seems like nearly every time we try to do things, it's one self-imposed (big AF) road block after another. It's like the AF just sits around and dreams up shit to make life harder for the individual. I'm retiring this summer and I can't wait. I'll miss the flying but not much else. I'll maintain most of the camaraderie because nearly my entire squadron lives within a 4 sq mile area...my 2-3x weekly coffee/bourbon stops at bros houses will continue. Now get off my lawn!

No way that $50 email is legit, and if it actually was, then whoever running this board at Boise is a giant douche. I highly doubt that’s the case.

I think it’s nerve racking no matter where you are on the spectrum Lol. They say they look at the whole airmen. So hoping that’s true.

I feel so honored to be going through this process with y'all!! 🥰 It's really nice knowing that we're all going through the same shitshow together haha. It's my first year eligible/applying but I've wanted to be an Air Force pilot since I was 5 years old and I'll apply to every single board until they forcibly tell me to stop 😂

Nah bro you’re getting picked up this year 🤙

Good luck guys. Hoping the board treats you all as well as it did us last year.

This waiting is going to be the hardest part. I’m trying to stay busy lol

Best of luck everyone! Here’s hoping we all get what we want!

Well, assuming you’re not just trolling us, I’d recommend you take your own advice in your last sentence and “do some research”. There is, quite literally, hundreds of pages of people discussing AD vs Res vs ANG, and their particulars, on this very sub-forum. Then I’d recommend you explore the “Road to Wings” forum, specifically “Pilot Selection Process” followed by “What Are My Chances.” Then I’d recommend coming back with some specific questions that we’d be happy to answer for you. However, nobody on here should try to talk you into this life and nor should anyone attempt to psychoanalyze your “headspace.” Happy reading.

I'm sure they'll get back to you before the deadline. I know some guys who are still working their medical because flight med wouldn't even get them started until last month. Sounds like a lot of people are having issues with this board. And hopefully you all have more than the 100 selects we did last year but the pipeline is getting pretty full.

As the Twitter files finally see the light of day it is more and more obvious that Big Tech, the DNC and the FBI changed the outcome of the election...and they continue to shape the social media narrative. January 6th was horrific, a stain on American democracy, but what happened during the election was in fact a stolen election. I don't use those words lightly and I would never want to give Trump more hate to spew to the masses but recent polls about the laptop show that had the voters known the truth about the laptop the outcome would have been different. Several studies and reports have concluded that if the Laptop information had not been suppressed and been actually reported to most voters, Trump would have had 311 Electoral College votes. Others polls are also very telling: 1. 79% say ‘truthful’ coverage of Hunter Biden’s laptop would have changed 2020 election. 2. A similar percentage also said they’re convinced that information on the computer is real, with just 11% saying they thought it was “created by Russia,” according to the survey conducted by the New Jersey-based Technometrica Institute of Policy and Politics. 3. The poll found 65% of voters believe it is “likely” President Biden was consulted about — and potentially even profited from — his son’s foreign deals. By contrast, 28% say it’s unlikely Biden was involved in Hunter’s business dealings at all. And before we put all the blame on Big Tech lets not forget the FBI was weaponized to change the outcome of an American Presidential election. "Zuckerberg tells Rogan FBI warning prompted Biden laptop story censorship"

Actually it's not. The first amendment was the third in the original proposed Bill of Rights. The first two were not ratified at the time. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript