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HeloDude

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  1. One down, many more to go!
  2. That alone makes me support the nomination even more!
  3. Well, he already thinks democracy is over since Trump won, so he didn’t have much of a chance anyway according to his own words.
  4. Is this a serious question? And the contract was to go to UPT and become a pilot…promotion/retention laws/regs had nothing to do with it. Rules always change while you’re in the military, nothing you agree to says they have to remain static while you’re in service.
  5. 1) In my time in the AF, I was rarely surprised that those who got passed over for O-4 were passed over… 2) To be a Captain (or soon to be) and get picked picked up for UPT means they most likely had a solid record to begin with…my bet is the percentage of late to rate (pilots) Captains getting passed over for O-4 is much lower than those in their original career fields, as well as their non-late to rate fellow pilots. 3) The UPT ADSC is to go to pilot training and become a pilot, that’s it. Promotion is definitely not a gurantee, and if said potential late to rate officer is concerned about promotions (though see point above), my advice for them is to focus not on becoming a pilot, but being the best officer they can be and getting promoted in their original career field. 4) The AF is not hurting for qualified candidates to go to UPT…if fewer non-rated officers want to become pilots, then it’s not much of a loss IMO. 5) It’s the AF, and it’s far from anything we all think is “fair” in our own minds. If we’re going down that rabbit hole, I’m sure I got quite a few people beat, willing to discuss offline. 6) They signed up to serve, meeting the minimum standard isn’t that hard. And if they really want to get out, there are ways to do it.
  6. So they’ll suddenly become shitty pilots because they’re passed over and have to fulfill the commitment they agreed to?
  7. How much money did you lose?
  8. I’m pretty ignorant on the Tesla self driving feature: How much time are you spending looking at the road vs not? Or is it just you’re watching the road 98% of the time but still on your phone and/or focusing on a podcast? I get driving can be tiring, especially considering traffic, road conditions, etc but how exactly does this feature make a difference? Appreciate the info!
  9. …but, but preserving democracy…or something.
  10. Trump was still found guilty in NY, was he not? And the decision hasn’t been overturned or reversed (or whatever)…so why isn’t he going to prison? It’s because Trump was never going to prison is he won the presidency. It amazes me that people actually thought over the last couple of years that Trump would go to prison, even if he won the election.
  11. Didn’t really pan out the way you said it would.
  12. What a difference a year can make.
  13. I can only hope he is also shown the door for supporting all the DEI nonsense.
  14. Biden said he would not pardon his son, but did it anyway. I always predicted this would happen. Anyone who is surprised by this, well, they shouldn’t be. To be fair, I truly think Trump would have done the same if he were in a similar situation.
  15. Maybe this is a way for pilots to get out of their commitments early?
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