Lord Ratner

I'm going to be the voice of dissent here and say I hope they don't raise the bonus. They will never compete. Congress just won't do it, so they will never realistically pay enough to make enough people stay to solve the crisis. The right answer is to fix the system. Treat people better. Define realistic capabilities based on number of aircraft and aircrew and stick to them. Want more sorties? Give us more people and planes. The AF general level leadership needs to start giving Congress, and whoever the mythical, no-one-can-say-no-to COCOM commanders, real capability levels, and stick to them. No more cbts just because some bureaucrat thinks it's a good idea. No more spending skilled labor on jobs that can be done by a two striper or civilian. No more making six-figure employees pick up leaves for a staff visit. Treat the talent like a resource. If that means we drop all those things and find ourselves with excess capacity, fine, do another RIF. But treat people the way they know they are worth, and then, only then, worry about the money. A bigger bonus or more flight pay isn't going to fix this, because they will never, ever, ever be able to raise it enough. The only hope is to recapitalize on camaraderie, patriotism, and self efficacy. I don't want them to offer more money because it's going to prolong the problem, and America can't afford it. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Please. Pretty sure you've never had to take our PT test. #CheckYourGruntPrivilege Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

And the AF was also furloughing, let's not forget Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Only valid if you also assume the AF will have solved the shortage crisis at the same time the airlines tank. You can always go back to the AF (these days). You can't retroactively set your seniority. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

https://aviationbull.com/2017/mar/28/what-will-year-cost-me

The Deid won't be touched. The other countries are uninterested in impacting the base, and have made that clear Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Sure. Useful, I have no doubt. The problem as I see it is that you only get so many years in a lifetime. Our promotion and career development system, and least on the pilot side, is a game of checking as many boxes as you can. Jack of all trades, master of none. The real question is what's more true? Do you need to see the sausage maker to be a successful squadron commander (while realizing that no matter what staff jobs to do, you're still only going to see 5-10% of the bureaucracy), or will first hand leadership experience as a CGO/Junior FGO (which you will need for nearly all of your sq/cc duties) be a better use of limited development time? Perspective always helps, but there are endless examples of leaders being successful running organizations they never served in as workers. We have to choose, and toxic leadership is something of a hot topic these days, for good reason Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Jesus I never know what the f*** you're talking about. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

We had a guy in my SOS class who was being completely genuine when he said he was too tired to go out because he had never worked past 4pm, or on a Friday, every, since finishing tech school. Not saying all not rated jobs are like this, but have you ever once even heard of a flying job like that in the AF? When I told them what a week in a flying squadron was like, they looked sorry for me, as though working a 16 hour day was inhumane. But I agree with brick. If all a pilot does is fly, why should they be promoted into a leadership rank? I think many of us are talking out of both sides of our mouths. We want to fly a lot, but also get promoted to a leadership rank (LtC)? I don't think that's fair or good for the org. I think what we need is to drop the idea that staff jobs help leadership. Sure, it's useful to know how sausage is made. But a captain or Major will get more out of leading a shop of 100 airman than he will out of a desk job crunching numbers, as far as leadership of airmen is concerned. If we still want the AF run by pilots, which is not necessarily the best idea IMO, then we should change the system so exec, staff, aide, and all the other "broadening" jobs go to the support officers, while the pre-ordained future senior leaders go run a mx or SF shop, with 360° feedback, to see if they really have what it takes to run a squadron. But that means the people who choose to fly for four assignments in a row (with only flying related jobs) don't make it past Major or Captain, which doesn't seem unfair to me. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

They put in a recommendation for continuation. It's in the regs posted to myPers Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Wow. Able to slow it down substantially with the nose up. I think the 135 would just fall apart Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

I wonder if this is decision will apply to the Major board as well. I want to say no, but by what logic are they not continuing Majors? Why would that not apply to captains? Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Good for you, Ram. Sometimes the good guys win Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Haha, good point. Apparently I'm new here Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Is this the board for promotion to Major, or LTC? Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

No no, WaPo had an anonymous source. Who ya gunna trust? I don't think this is about Trump anymore. I think it's very convenient for the opposition that's he's such a public persona disaster, because normally they have to completely invent things to be outraged about. But really this seems more like the desperate flailing of a party that has almost ZERO power at the federal, state, that local levels right now. And he may seem ridiculous on TV and Twitter, but so far his policies are not. This is how he got elected, folks. Act nuts, look nuts, sound nuts, but speak truths the other politicians won't speak. If he keeps hammering through on the action side of things (Gorsuch, dismantling EPA rules, undoing net neutrality, Obamacare repeal, immigration enforcement, etc), I don't think the people who fancy themselves "in charge" are going to be able to stop him. They failed quite spectacularly during the election, why should the same strategy work now? But if the investigation into Russian collusion yields nothing, he's going to be rubbing it in their faces very publicly in 2020 Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

I just love the idea that the president of the United States isn't a high enough authority to decide what classified information we share. Isn't this the same line of reasoning our generals use to claim they can't change things to make the AF better? Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

There are only those who don't understand socialism, and those who profit from it. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Ok, I get what your saying, but I don't think he has to have been near it to fake it. Let's be real, the cartoonish disconnect from reality and blind fealty to a system that clearly has no rudder is so simple and pure it can almost be said to be perfect. All you have to do to mimick it is disregard reality and never admit defeat. GC was so effective in the troll because he never tried to engage with logic or actually respond to arguments posed against his propaganda. Sound familiar? I for one applaud him. He played us, which is an internet staple, and catalyzed some great debate that I've used in my real-life interactions with the General Changs of the Air Force who aren't joking. I do think he should state quals, but not AF quals, rather, I want to know what his other account name is. Put an internet face to the internet mask, so to speak. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

How are people still confused? It was a great troll, but it became obvious a while ago. Overall I'd say 8.5/10 Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Rumor has it that Fairchild is PCSing the first major in five years who wasn't going to school or on an adsc. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Between this and the thread where you complain that Junior officers and enlisted are too open with those that outrank them, you seem like you'd be on the General Chang side of the debate. But then your username, and other posts where you lay waste to the Air Force make it seem like you'd be more on the BaseOps.net-regular side of the debate. Do you know Ryan Ryanerson (spelling)? Also known here as PickYourBattles or PYB. You remind me of him. Furious at the Air Force (and authority in general), so he figured he'd fit in well with the people here. But aside from being super awkward socially, he was cross with the AF for completely different reasons, and often 180-off on actual leadership issues in the Air Force, like, I dunno, saying a big problem we face is Junior officers being too comfortable talking to senior officers. I guess ultimately I'm saying that you're wrong. But also that I get the vibe you're more mad at "leadership" for not inviting you into their club, and that you'd sell all of us out in a microsecond if they ever gave you the invite. But I have no clue who you are, so who knows? Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

We don't know when they'll start dropping them out of the Boeing factory, let alone UPT.

If one exists, they're probably a commander...

Did you ever come to regret your email, or at least decide you would have done things differently? For reasons other than the ass chewing. How strange the internet is. I was talking to George about that email over a decade ago, and now I'm in a forum with you. Glad you didn't get anything more than the punishment you deserved. I don't know what he was like then, but Kwast is a pretty good dude as a 3 Star.