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  1. guineapigfury
    If it costs money to fix a problem, spend the money. TINSTAAFL.
  2. guineapigfury
    No, PTSD is rare but not unheard of. I've been flying MQ-9s since 2012 and I've seen 2 cases. Long term sleep deprivation is the actual culprit behind many of the RPA community's physical and mental health woes.
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    We already have perfectly serviceable bases in Hawaii and Guam. Those locations already have all the support stuff in place (medical, finance, etc) and there would be no SOFA issues. Find a couple buildings to plug some fixed facility GCS's into, some room for satellite dishes and away we go. We don't need to reinvent the wheel here. We'd have to get good at handovers to people who aren't the LRE, but that isn't that hard. Let every base work 2 shifts, not 3. Mids is what's literally breaking people.
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    I believe the proper verbiage for his chosen technique is the "Care Bear Stare".
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    I don't understand the complaint. At least he's mixing it up from the standard flag lapel pin.
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    I'm doubting he's a Major. The willfull cluelessness, unwillingness to listen to those actually doing the job, beclowning himself on an online forum, vomiting blue koolaid nonsense on officership and being stupid enough to volunteer for RPAs all point to 2 Lt.
  7. guineapigfury
    Some come back as contractors. Increased pay, vastly decreased queep and the ability to walk away make for a vastly improved QoL.
  8. guineapigfury
    I've read that paper too. A lot of this community's problems are customer driven. However, the primary problem most pilots flying RPAs have is that their flying RPAs. Shiftwork in a box is inherently miserable.
  9. guineapigfury
    The current OG/CC is about par for the course with regards to RPA O-6 leadership. I'd recommend not flying into any MEZs. They are trigger happy with paperwork down here. If you have a valid reason to not stay on base (bringing your family), call the 16th and they might be able to help you out.
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    From what I've seen it's worse. I've seen 3 first term SOs reenlist in my 4 years in RPAs. I've lost count of the separations. My understanding is that Cannon had a 0% reenlistment rate for 1st term SOs last year. RPAs and Active Duty just do not mix. If we had any sense we'd hand a CAP to each state's ANG, supplement with contractor CAPs and get the regular Air Force completely out of the MQ-9 business.
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    Wasn't the selection rate 95% last time?
  12. guineapigfury
    I think peer and subordinate review would at least highlight some of the douchers. You could put Jefferson on both sides of a nickel and he'd still be less two-faced than some of the SNCOs I've met in this career field. And we wonder why SOs don't reenlist.
  13. guineapigfury
    I don't dispute that, but I'm thinking of a swiss cheese model. 2 slices, or even 3, might close some of the holes that our current crop of O-6s slipped through.
  14. guineapigfury
    This is a fairly common attitude amongst brand new 18Xers. 6 months flying the line changes their mind in about 90% of them. Maybe you'll be different, but probably not.
  15. guineapigfury
    I like the idea of peer review. Maybe give every officer of similar rank (+- 1) who's been in the same unit for at least a year a vote on whether their peer can have a DP. 75% required to promote, or something like that.
  16. guineapigfury
    FWIW, I have 2 friends in RPAs released back to their functionals (135 & 130) for the current VML. I'll standby and notify this board what they get. There may be hope, if only for a lucky few.
  17. guineapigfury
    The term you're looking for here is "daywalker".
  18. guineapigfury
    Joining the active duty Air Force was the biggest mistake of my life. I wish I had joined the ANG; hopefully I'll be able to do just that in the next year. I graduated UPT, got my dream job flying the tanker then had it yanked away a couple years later when I got nonvolled to MQ-9s.
  19. guineapigfury
    RPA operators are home more, but it's a dogshit quality of life. Would not recommend, 0/10.
  20. guineapigfury
    Where do they find these guys? I'm starting to think ACSC stands for Airpower Clown School Course.
  21. guineapigfury
    A suboptimal technique, but it appears her aim is impeccable.
  22. guineapigfury
    What's not surprising is the absence of MQ-9 guys selling their souls at a discount.
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    Real Estate
  24. guineapigfury
    If you are set on a particular airframe, find a guard or reserve unit that flys that plane and start talking to them.
  25. guineapigfury
    I think these studies and surveys are sadly necessary since the higher-ups seem to be impervious to bad news delivered in any other format. Perhaps this is laying the groundwork for making pilot compensation competitive with airline compensation as the only feasible COA for pilot retention.
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