Champ Kind
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As you alluded in your post, there are lots of options out there to be a UPT spouse and member of the ARC. We'll need some pics of your fiancé to help you narrow it down some more.
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Good stuff, thanks.
10 minutes ago, Ho Lee Fuk said:At the student MLR, your record competes for a DP and you get a Recommendation-only PRF that is blank except for the DP/P/DNP.
Does the student MLR only see your ROP (the same stuff the prom board would see), or do they also see the narrative only PRF from your last SR?
10 minutes ago, Ho Lee Fuk said:As far as promotion potential with IDE res, historically it doesn't matter if you get a DP or P, you will get promoted. Getting a P will, however, most likely eliminate you from being in the running for SDE select.
What's the approx. SDE select rate for non-BTZ?
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Are the DP allocations at the student MLRs the same as the SR/conventional MLR route?
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I think that's the point of the exercise. It works both ways - I was about to rate (highly) a PRF for a combat rescue officer, before another CRO in my flight showed me the "magic words" on the form that meant the guy was actually a shitbag. It was enlightening.
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Which is a datapoint to the ridiculousness of our evaluation system. We don't just rate the guy a shitbag, but instead we use cute "continue to challenge" or "upgrade when ready" language, or leave off the SOS push.-
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On November 27, 2016 at 6:49 AM, 11F said:
"...outshine and outperform any other offerings hands down..."
Have you tried the flight approved Danner Rivots? The Belleville 693s are clunky and awkward. The Rivots feel like they're broken in right out of the box--big fan as far as flight approved boots go.How's the weight on the Danner's? Noticeably lighter than the Bellevilles?
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Did I miss something? Has HRC actually been charged with anything at this point? What's there to pardon?
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I can 100% vouch for Amy. She took care of a re-fi for us several years ago. She and the rest of the NBOKC are great.
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That's all well and good but you also have to reference the earlier comments about the USAF being infatuated with in-residence PME.
Not completing PME via correspondence all but eliminates you for promotion contention, but doesn't do a great deal to help your case, either.
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Any rumblings on increase to monthly flight pay?
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27 minutes ago, panchbarnes said:
2. close physical proximity to Sq/CC (face time) for influence.
Sq/CCs don't sign PRFs.
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We just got Jepp pro...
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Great flying and job satisfaction when accomplishing the mission. Awesome people for the most part (very few exceptions).
But, you'd be foolish to pass up med school. Let me put it this way... once you are done with college, UPT, and your active duty service commitment from UPT (currently ten years, starting after training is complete), you are going to be at a much different place in your life to go back to med school. You can go to med school now and once you have a steady income, you can learn to fly and get your ratings. No, it won't be the same as raging in fighter or airdropping/hitting dirt LZs in the Mighty Herk, but I think it will satisfy the flying itch.
If you truly have to pick between the two, go to med school.
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1. get a prenup
2. get married on paper
3. bank the extra BAH
4. profit
5. Post pics
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35 minutes ago, WheelsOff said:
...or for the coming exodus of 18X folks in the next couple of years. Buddy of mine at Cannon said nearly all of the ones he knows plan to bail after their 6 years.
When did 18X start?
Edit: Nevermind... fine, I googled it. Jan 2012. T-minus 1.5 years or so until the sky falls in that community, too.
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2 hours ago, Duck said:
You just described the rated problem perfectly! How many 6-12 month deployments to do some stupid job that anyone could do... But instead let's make pilots do it.Sadly it's a double-edged sword. How many times have you heard a pilot say to a nonner, "This is the AIR force....." When you marginalize support personnel in that way, it is hard to have a leg to stand on when they make those "important" deployed jobs coded for pilots. "They can't hand out a basketball without poking an eye out or pay out a travel voucher in less than 6 months... why are we going to trust them to make operational-level inputs?"
All that to say yes, the staff and deployed billets absolutely need to be scrubbed, hacked, whatever.
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1 hour ago, NKAWTG said:
How are the fighter squadrons going to find tails to fly a bunch of crossflow guys? Weren't absorption rates the reason we TAMI'd people out of that community? Nine years later we now have the cockpits to get pilots the right mix of experience to upgrade in a reasonable manner?
I also don't see the MAF getting the right pilots either. Flying ability is not something the MAF has cared about or quantified in your records. Your Christmas party planners may have a leg up on this over the guys out hacking the mission.
Actually, I predict that MAF leaders will want to protect their "investments" and keep their top guys (records-wise) in the community.
Already seeing that in my neck of the woods based on the names in the discussion for being submitted to crossflow.
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2 minutes ago, BADFNZ said:
C-17s are the most risk averse community in AMC. I'm surprised they even still have an AD qual.
"National assets" Just ask them.
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10 hours ago, innovator said:
Mcbush, Champ and hispeed: Thanks for the replies. Did you guys have to meet and be nominated on Training Review Boards to get started on training?
Not really a "nomination process", nor do you "meet" the TRB. Typically, when it's your turn, it's your turn.
TRBs happen about once a month in the squadron, chaired by the DO, and any available instructor attends. There, they review pilots in the hopper for upgrade and examine prerequisites (GRACC, coloring book, hours, etc.) and then they basically ask for any feedback (positive or negative) suggesting they should accelerate or slow-roll said individual. Nothing incredibly formal behind it.
There is a "certification board" that happens after your aircraft commander upgrade chaired by the squadron commander and usually attended by the DO and representatives from stan/eval, training, and safety. It's a 10-min meeting where they basically remind you of your responsibility, trust placed in you as an AC, and current squadron philosophies (i.e., "first phone call home wins" and all of that other risk-averse stuff these days). After that, the squadron Letter of Xs (certification tracker) is updated and you're on your way doing the Lord's work.
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Average in the C-130E/H was about two years from new copilot to certified aircraft commander. The C-130J is around 18-20 months.
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If you're a select, you literally can't sign up for correspondence. Now, if you're not a select, who knows if your leadership chain is using correspondence completion as a factor when they decide if they should push you or not?
Never seen a senior rater that doesn't.
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8 hours ago, Fuzz said:
So you mean the mandate to stop practice bleeding stupidity isn't being followed in some parts of the AF? I'm shocked /sarc.
Wasn't the "practice bleeding" memo specifically intended to stop IDE selects from having to complete it in correspondence before going in residence?
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On August 24, 2016 at 6:38 AM, pcola said:
I was in this exact same boat last year. I didn't want to go to school, but also didn't want to show my cards. The Sq/CC asked me to submit a 3849 because the OG wanted to push me. Rather than level with my Sq/CC, I rolled the dice and submitted the 3849. Crapped out, got picked up as a primary (candidate, no correspondence) and am now suffering at Maxwell (Douhet was wrong, btw.) In retrospect, and after talking it over with the CC in the bar, I should've let him know my desires so that he could've gone to bat for me and pushed someone else. Live and learn, and of course, YMMV.
Unfortunately, not a guarantee anymore. I was as a candidate with no correspondence and got selected. They truly have hit rock bottom...
Indeed.. wow. In my little slice of heaven, not having it done in correspondence is a non-starter for a candidate, you don't even get a push from the group. Without getting into a records discussion, it really is all luck and timing.
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Not that easy any more Champ - you can't even sign up for correspondence until your third look as a select. Which is awesome when you see bros get forced to school who don't want it on X look as clearly stated on their 3849. But, we shouldn't be surprised the AF doesn't give a shit about what a person wants.
Tracking on blocking ACSC in correspondence for selects but the poster above said he's a candidate.
Goldfein advocating FAA 1500 hour rule change???
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Wouldn't the remaining cargo carriers absorb the demand from USTRANSCOM for commercial airlift? It would mean that the government would have to pay a premium for that service with diminished competition, but being a jobs program ACMI carriers shouldn't be a part of the calculus.