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Originally posted by egghead:

Just bent you over?! I'm sweating the March selection board for a slot next month. I'd be happy if they said I got to fly Tweets for the next 20 years. But oh that's right I'm not an ENJJPT stud that was suposed to be the next raptor pilot. Dude, your getting paid to fly, what the hell else do you want?

Dude, best of luck in your upcoming board. I hope you get picked up to go to UPT... come here (sts) to ENJJPT and maybe I'll fly with you.. and you'll finish with really great scores and get your wings. But until then, until you've been through the whole process, you won't understand what its like to get FAIPed into an a/c that was...well, let's just say it wasn't in my top 3 on my dream sheet. Yes, I still get to fly and teach new dudes how to fly the Air Force's way... it will be a great job. But that doesn't change the fact that at the last minute, a couple of people in my class got a raw deal (a long story, and maybe I'll share it with you over a beer someday).

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Another question for anyone "in the know".. Toro, you definately know this one... does the callsign you get as a FAIP stay the same when you get to an operation squadron in your follow-on a/c, or do you get a new one?

[Changing/Switching airframes]

Originally posted by C-21 Pilot:

You'll come to love the term "needs of the AF."

Roger that. The AF just bent me over for the 1st time Friday night at assignment night... apparently I loved the tweet so much I get to fly it for 4 more years.

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The rule, for 10% stories, is that the story only has to be 10% percent true with the other 90% being made up. Obviously, that can lead to some pretty fictious stories being made up. Don't know about the other bases, but here at Sheppard we get one in 37s and a different one in 38s.. I'm guessing its the same at the other bases. My fav of all time for a stud: Nooner. Yup, you know where that one came from.

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Here at Sheppard, there is still a dollar ride when you get to the 38 side of the house, although you do most of the flying.

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I would wait until you find out what IP you will be flying with, and then ask him before you make it. My tweet IP was game for a "full-up" dollar, but my 38 IP wanted something clean so he could show it to his kids. Plus, what if you got a female IP and had naked women plastered on the back?