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    Promotion and PRF Information

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Anyone got the scoop on what happened to the FAIPS that did not get promoted? Were there boxes not checked or did leadership at their UPT bases not groom them enough for the promotion board? Or did the problem consist of their first duty station?

    Many of them did not have enough (if any) performance reports in their records. The dudes impacted most sat casual for 9 months to a year, went to UPT, sat for another 4 or 5 months and then went to PIT. Some only had 1 or 2 TRs in their records which were probably 'canned', generic bullets. When they met the board, there was nothing to 'grade'.

    SUPT ops going forward...specifically to IP's

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    That makes sense, I was going off of the CSAF statements to the Armed Services Committee:

    "For example, at Laughlin AFB, Texas, the Air Force’s largest pilot producer in FY122, civilian Airmen comprise the entire maintenance and simulator instructor workforce. A twenty percent reduction in that base’s ability to maintain jets and train student pilots will slow vital pilot production, an issue that always requires careful management."

    "The Air Force pilot training pipeline is particularly sensitive to these types of disruptions. On April 1, 2013, Air Education and Training Command will curtail advanced flight training courses, freeing up resources necessary to protect initial qualification flight training. Despite those actions, initial qualification flight training may also stand down in early September 2013, or perhaps earlier depending upon the impact of civilian Airmen furloughs."

    I don't know what the civilian structure at Laughlin is, at Vance the maintinence was CSC and the sim IPs were GS.

    The bigger concern is with maintenance. Some sims can be covered/augmented with AD military (IPs).

    Promotion and PRF Information

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Ok, another possible stupid question. The whole school "dream sheet" is coming up in the next couple of months, and I had a question on the ADSC that comes with it. I never expected to get a school slot (no BA+ or Masters at the board or after, and I don't walk on water) so I never got smart on everything that comes with it. Does the ADSC come with filling out the 3849, or only when picked up for a school.

    Also, for selects, is there a typical timeframe that you will go to school? For example, with assignments lining up right, will a select go first look, or later?

    Sorry, like I said, never expected the school slot, so I'm still foggy on the details. I'd ask someone locally, but I'm at a GSU. I'm the only USAF guy around for 11 hours...

    ADSC is after getting picked to go...and you accept. As far as when a select will go, it depends. Lots of variables that can drive which look you get picked up on. Being a select does not make it automatic that you'll go on your first look.

    Finance Problems

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    First time I heard the title "chief pilot" was at an AETC base where all the leadership, up to and including the wing commander, were former fighter pilots and they forced the squadrons to create the position. The title is now normally added to one of the ADO's. (ie; ADO/Chief Pilot).

    Max Use or Lose Leave

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    They did not learn everything there is to know in tech school, just as you did not learn everything you needed to know in pilot training - they have to continue to train.

    So, work on Saturday, that's why my ops squadrons did to accomplish our required training.

    It sounds like you have never had a commander tell you to take leave on weekends and federal holidays (even when you weren't going anywhere) so that "his" squadron didn't have anyone reported as having use or lose.

    125th FS Hiring 1-2 Traditionals

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted

    To be clear: you don't have to live within 50 miles of Tulsa at the time you are hired. However, once hired you are required to move within 50 miles of the airport.

    It's been our policy for a long time and I know it's been tested in the past (I'm not sure whether legally or otherwise), and upheld. I would think the law would give unit commanders discretion over how far their troops can live from the base.

    So no one from the Sq lives in Oklahoma City...

    Palace Chase info

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted · Edited by C17Driver

    Referral OPR is not criminal information.

    You are saying you know several who had criminal information in their files. I am not saying you are lying so please don't get defensive. It appears you have access to a large number of records and you have insight on something that in that, in the absence of your insight, is almost impossible to make sense of.

    I am seriously interested how many is "several" and what criminal information they had in their records.

    PM sent. Referral caused by a DUI (one example) is criminal.

    Referral OPR is not criminal information.

    True. With that said, if a dude meets a promotion board and has 2 OPRs (or fewer like some are reporting here) and 50% of those reports (1 of 2 for the dude) are referral, what do you think his chances of getting promoted are? I think the dude self-identified.

    Laughlin AFB info

    in Military Spouses

    Posted

    How far ahead did you get yourself on the wait list. In the reporting instructions it says you can call up to 90 days ahead for the TLF. There is a post in the this thread from a few years ago saying you can get on the waitlist for base housing 30 days ahead..that still the case?

    Why not just call and ask? Are you really going to rely on gouge from several years ago?

    Laughlin AFB info

    in Military Spouses

    Posted · Edited by C17Driver

    Hunt housing at Laughlin is telling me I need to give them an LES before signing a lease next week...if I am just starting out how might I acquire an LES statement in a few days time? (myPay has continually failed to mail me a password/account set up since they switched to online statements so I've got to fix that over the phone if that's the only way). It's been an interesting experience with Hunt thus far. They sent me a housing agreement and misspelled my first and last name on the document they want me to send back and gave me until tomorrow evening to do it. Oops!

    Go to the Finance office.

    Laughlin AFB info

    in Military Spouses

    Posted

    Does that happen because the class is lagging behind, or "just because"?

    It is usually the result of multiple hooked tests or students not showing on time Monday morning. If your class acts like adults, they will be treated as such. If not, expect to have limits placed on your outside activities.

    C-17 Lands at Wrong Airport

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Ya know, in the Herk we joke about -17 guys being gucci airheads...things like this don't help!

    On a more serious note, it sounds like there's quite a few fighter guys just saying "Man up and fly a visual right", and that's just not the way to approach flying a heavy. It's too much airplane, too much inertia, too much risk to squeeze in maneuvers or events you didn't plan and pre-think ahead of time. Yeah, these guys were wrong in every way possible, sure- airfield ID, DME, hell look at the fucking ground (you didn't fly over water, you're not there yet).

    We're fortunate enough to have 4 guys up front, all crosschecking each other (and would you believe it, it works?). As a nav I look at this kind of incident and sigh. But on an even smaller crew like the -17...the PNF has got to EXPECT the other guy to be 6-9 seconds away from fucking something up, every day. We've got 4 people in the Herk, plus two LM's (who DO catch shit), and we still lose things through the cracks. On a 2-man crew with a whole lot of airplane, you've got to be on your game, every time. There's no excuse for flying to a major airfield and NOT having an approach ready, or a waypoint built, or the fucking DME tuned, and using them to the max extent possible. Our planes are too big to be fucking around in, and we've got too many lives riding in back.

    And having said THAT, yeah, some buddies of mine put a Herk into Khost instead of Salerno a few years back (technically only touch-n-go'd). They all got Q-3'd, and admitted that "SCNS was correct, but we didn't follow it because we thought we saw it." Use your fucking systems, guys. In my experience, SCNS (or equivalent) is usually right, and your eyeball is usually wrong.

    YGBSM!

    T-6 Instructor Requirements

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1: What are the actual requirements to PCS from the HH-60 to T-6 PIT and than Instructor?

    2: Do the definitions of total time in the v1 take precedence over SARMS products?

    3: How do other communities define total time?

    4: Has anyone heard of a helicopter guy switching airframes after a T-6 instructor gig? For instance, could a guy go from the 60 to the T-6 to the C-17, etc?

    There are a lot of fundamental problems in this scenario. We are waiting to hear back from ACC, but I am trying to find out some "outside the box" information.

    Have you looked at the 11-2T-6v1? Have you went to the etca (education and training announcements) for the administrative and reporting requirements?

    There are multiple T-6 IPs that were not aircraft commanders prior to arriving (MAF dudes that got non-vol'd before upgrading from First Pilot). It's all waiverable.

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