Boomer6

Manchester.

Those pushing DEI have no issues with racist/sexist hiring practices because the ends justify the means. Those practices are part of the “help” and “removal of barriers” that are alluded to, but they don’t have the integrity to openly grant their approval. I find it comical the same individuals that will argue with the conservative dudes on here for hours about how the main stream media bias/hunter Biden laptop story/pick your conservative conspiracy theory are all just BS and there’s no real collusion. Then they’ll jump in this thread and demand that we all agree there’s a large barrier put in place by white males to anyone else entering aviation. If the liberal minded individuals in the room don’t realize that their quiet endorsement of racism/sexism/gender in the hiring process is extremely hypocritical then you’re never going to find common ground with conservatives. You can’t virtue signal day and night and then agree with these practices and think you have any credibility. I’ve yet to hear anyone say “we shouldn’t be reaching out to underrepresented communities” when it comes to aviation. Using race/sex/gender as a discriminator is what is being argued against. It’s happening in the government and on the civilian side, it’s been happening and the ends don’t justify the means.

I don’t know that anyone is arguing that there should be barriers to ppl based on physical traits they’re born with, specifically in aviation jobs. However, there are a lot of company/gov led initiatives that are pushing certain groups of ppl based on physical traits they’re born with. I get the impression after years of these arguments on BO that the liberal minded ppl here and in America have no problem with physical traits being the discriminator as long as it helps someone get a job, but consider it abhorrent if the situation is reversed. I don’t understand how that isn’t a hypocritical viewpoint.

By that logic I’d recommend no drinking, smoking, drugs, or fornicating until 25.

You’re mad that senior officers were pussies during Iraq and Afghanistan, so now when they’re recommending our gov back Ukraine you’re pissed they’re not bending over to the will of Russia. You want them to double down on being pussies? 🤔

Great info, thank you. I’ve heard if you have any kind of break in service that you can’t start collecting retirement until you’re 60. The example I was given was: if you have a 1 day break in service between a 10 year AD tour and 10 years as an AGR with a guard unit, that you can’t collect until you’re 60. Any truth to that, or do you know the reg where I can find this?

What constitutes a break in service?

Word on the street is sexual discrimination was alleged by a previous DO, who apparently recorded a feedback session on their phone as evidence.

Apparently you didn’t read what was posted above about Capt James Denton.

Rico Rodriguez and James Denton would disagree with you.

Plenty of mid-level AF managers and ROTC wannabe bobs have destroyed careers and morale due to this whole thing. Unfortunately, they’ll most likely never answer for the damage they’ve inflicted on the force.

That’s great info. Luckily projos in my community have used that reg to fight for our ppl and it’s been mostly successful. The fact that we keep fighting the same battle every TDY is shameful though. It’d be nice to somehow pin posts like Bueno’s so the next bro trying to fight finance can find it easily.

I’m well aware the point of RF-A. Also, calling the gold rush inn a hotel is a huge stretch. Nothing more embarrassing then having other countries show up for an exercise and putting them in that dumpster fire. The good news is that’s not an option anymore because they’re housing ppl in the gold rush inn because no one realized they didn’t have enough housing to standup several new F35 sq. Try justifying $13/day to a 19yr old A1C that is working mids and has no food options because the DFAC hours won’t support the exercise hours. Crew chiefs are literally saving up money prior to the exercise so they’ll be able to buy food.

Dude, if you’re exercise is in PACAF then welcome to the priority AOR. Where they can justify paying you $13/day at Eielson because you’re on CED orders. If you don’t want to share a room on TDY then you can just stay home.

You probably know better than I that the AF is built upon regs that tell you only what you’re allowed to do. If you do anything outside what is specifically stated then you’re wrong. With this alone in mind I get the sentiment about wanting specific guidance. When I think about the sq, og, and wg/cc I’ve dealt with in the CAF, I have zero trust that they would have my back based on this memo. Obviously I can’t speak for AMC. I saw it when the approval to roll-up sleeves started and we had dudes carrying around the memo so they could tell chiefs to get bent. I’ve heard numerous stories about chiefs arguing with CGOs about how it’s not allowed because the reg hasn’t changed yet. This was rolling up our ffing sleeves mind you. I’m sure you’ve heard similar stories. The “if the reg doesn’t make sense, then do what makes sense and we’ll get the reg changed.” was a warm fuzzy for about 6.9 sec. Standing infront of the Bobs and explaining why we should violate a reg. because it’s the right thing to do for the sq/training etc, when you know all they care about is getting that school slot is a daunting thing for a young Capt. Bottom line. I have zero trust in the majority of individuals in leadership positions that I’ve dealt with in the CAF. CGO/FGOs need actually backing to make these changes because when the bros don’t trust their local leadership they need something specific and definable to back-up their thinking. Otherwise it’s onto the shit list and guard life here we come.

His most notable contributions were pushing toxic policies in relation to COVID. Although, he’s been shockingly absent in that thread as of late…

The tanker meme stream doesn’t seem too impressed…

Simple, their guy won. What’s the harm in a little help from social media companies if it prevented DJT from remaining in office. It’s all okay because it was done to “preserve” democracy.

Turns out towing fat Amy whilst the parking brake is engaged doesn’t workout well, gear pin or not.

Word is the NGAD is arriving the first of next year with the SR-72 forward deploying to Guam to replace 82nd RC-135s.

Others that have been stuck there for the duration of covid would disagree.

Russia was Ukraine’s second highest trading partner in 2019. Hopefully that’s recent enough. The enemy gets a vote. 99% of the U.S didn’t know Osama Bin Ladin was their enemy on Sept 10, 2001. As I said in a previous post and others have alluded to, China has declared the US it’s greatest adversary for the past 70 years. You may not view them that way but that’s how they view us, and they get a vote. Luckily a few ppl in the DoD/gov know this and are preparing. To your question on the president and energy/inflation, which has no bearing on this conversation, I’d say don’t put much stock in someone losing their senility. I’m sure stopping trade with a primary trading partner would create uncomfortable implications for the US. However, in the examples I listed above the mass deaths of thousands of US soldiers usually outweighed the rationing of tin and copper for common folks.

In 1914 Britain and Russia we’re Germany’s largest trading partners. In the years leading up to Pearl Harbor the US was Japan’s number one trading partner. Britain was the primary trading partner to the 13 colonies. They were also the primary trading partner to the U.S. prior to the war of 1812. Ironically, a war fought over, among other things, trade. I hope you’re trolling, because I can’t imagine an officer in the AF having such a short sighted point of view. Oh wait, yes I can, they’re usually the bobs.

China is our enemy because China, specifically the CCP, has decided we’re their enemy. Not that recommending someone on the internet go read a book ever actually worked, but you might take a look at The Hundred Year Marathon by Michael Pillsbury. They’ve been telling us for 70 years we’re their greatest enemy and we (the collective we), have been too busy trying to make money off them to actually listen.