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'07 YG Majors should be done pinning on by Aug, so if there is no interruption, '08 dudes should start in Sept.

I forwarded the AFPAK Hands email directly to Gen Everhart's "Why are we losing so many pilots" inbox.

I fixed the glitch,

Depends who owns you on the accounting date. Look it up on myPers for your board.

Better make damn sure it's on the 70th Anniversary letterhead too.

But let's be honest, the Maj in question will be flying for Delta in 2 years so who the fuck cares?

Yep. Won't have to use air quotes anymore when she asks how many drinks I have per sitting.

Well that's because a 1/15 Lt Col strat doesn't include a lower rank, whereas 1/19 FGOs does. So it's not just you.

What are the repercussions of just putting your off-base lodging on your GTC and refusing to pay until you're reimbursed? Hit on your credit? Garnished wages? Paperwork from your CC?

Because, like any normal human looking for employment, I'd like to increase my chances of being hired post-AF. If you all of a sudden flood the job market with newly qualified applicants, wouldn't supply and demand dictate that my chances of getting hired would be less? It's not hard to understand so I'm not sure why you're having trouble with it. Then again, looking at your negative rep, I'm probably just feeding the troll.

Any other proof of this besides an email from Finance at Laughlin? Any other bases enforcing this BS?

I think you're missing the point. The current requirement is 1500 hours TT for any airline including regionals. If you lower that requirement, you're basically opening up the hiring pool to more off the street types that didn't have the luxury of logging monthly pond crossings or 8 hour orbits over Afghanistan.

Fuck. SWAB was such a good dude. A toast.

Gross.

Same exact TDYs and deployments. If you're comparing the flying, most will agree Dyess is the place to be if you want to fly the Herk the way it's supposed to be flown. Way better airspace, less brass, less queep, more tactically focused. If you're comparing the locations, one is in the middle of nowhere where people either drive to Dallas/Austin on the weekends or push it up at one of the local bars. The other is in the middle of the Outdoorsmen's paradise with hiking, fishing, and other similar shit to keep you busy. Decide what's important to you and choose accordingly.

I wouldn't say nothing.

'08 YG board starts the last week of Feb. Based on this year's board, results should be released by May-June and dudes will start pinning on by Sept.

Larger quantities of free booze at promotion parties?

The mass exodus is going to happen either way. I can name 2 out of ~69 pilots in my sq that are planning on staying in past their pilot training commitment.

TTT. I read this thread every year on this date to relive what must have been an unforgettable day for those serving. A toast to those lost.

Thanks. So it seems like 100 would be a realistic minimum if I'm looking at worst case scenario. 4380 (AD) + 800 (ARC) = 5180 / 360 = 14.39 x 2.5% = 36% x $7319 (O-4 w/ 14 yrs) = $2685

Thanks for the help fellas. Regarding the low estimate of 63 points a month, that was just a complete guess. The limited amount of experience I have with ARC flying are the dudes I flew with in T-6s. I just knew they generally flew one week a month (Mon-Thur), then we didn't see them again until next month. I know it all depends on several factors, but would a white jet IP flying one week a month be closer to 80 points? 100? 120? Just trying to do some rough financial planning for the future.

Can someone explain the AFRC retirement system like you are explaining it to a 5th grader? I'm trying to wrap my head around it and have read many articles, but I still have questions. So let's say I separate from AD at 12 years service (4380 pts earned). From this point, I would need 8 qualifying years in the AFRC to retire. Let's say I join a white jet AETC unit at a UPT base as a TR. If I fly 4 days a month, do these days count as AD days (earning 1 point a piece) or does this count towards a drill? If they count as AD days, then I'd have 48 AD days a year, plus my bonus 15 points, giving me 63 points per year. So if I earn 63 points a year for 8 years, then I'd hit 20 good years with a total of 4884 points. At this point, I can retire, however I will not collect a check until the age of 60 (with some early retirement exceptions). So 4884/360=13.56 years. 13.56 x 2.5% = 34%. So this tells me my retirement paycheck would be 34% of my salary at retirement. So is this based off the AD pay scales? For example, if I retire as a Maj in AFRC with 20 years qualifying years, do I use the AD O-4 with 20 years value? Or do I use O-4 with 13.56 years? Or is there a separate AFRC retirement pay scale?

C-17s are the most risk averse community in AMC. I'm surprised they even still have an AD qual.

Everyday I run into more and more first assignment guys in my AMC squadron already talking about getting out and going to the airlines. I think it's pretty telling when the FNGs fresh out of school, full of the blue Kool Aid, are already dreaming about cutting bait. I've never seen anything like it.