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The guy who did the check at vance a while ago was in a King Air. But, sounds like they're also using other stuff...just wondering. That's not what I said LJ. Don't put words in my mouth. It would be incredibly gay to march around for Generals and blah blah. I have nothing against the funeral/presenting flag side of the job and think it's a great thing. But that's only a part, all the other stuff is gay; that's the part I was commenting on and that's my opinion.

Alright, fair enough. Obviously I'm biased towards my side of the fence. Seriously though, I'm sure being in OSI is a hell of a lot better than being a standard shoe in any other job. I just sure as hell wouldn't want to deal w/ the sick crap those guys have to deal with. Just me though. Good luck on the board, I hope it works out for you.

It seems that 98% of OSI is queep and spending the other hours dealing w/ some fvcked up cases...again, from your desk. The other 2% is freaking out when I tell them some dude has more than one beer in a sitting. Holy shit, say it ain't so! I don't see how people think that job is so awesome.

They're nice people, it's just they're horrible at their job...or at least they're horrible w/ my stuff, but I'm sure there are many more here w/ similar problems as I. It's frustrating when perfection is expected out of the Ops side of the house (as it should be), but mediocrity seems to be the goal on the support side (as far as Finance and MPF go). It's good to know level-headed people who don't suck at their job exist in the Finance world, just apparently not at Vance.

I'm always very polite to them. I've never been irate and it's true I only bash them on here or in the SQ. I firmly believe being nice gets you a lot farther than blowing up at people, even if it's completely warranted. However, it just makes my blood boil that EVERY time I deal w/ them, they lose something, completely screw it up, things magically change (for the worse of course), they never have a good reason for why somethings screwed up, etc. Yes, they're using DTS, but for some reason we had to do the old school way this time (I heard it was b/c Holloman wasn't in DTS, which is where we went TDY...but I don't know for sure). At least w/ DTS the screw-ups are minimized.

Just a friendly update...Finance is still batting a 1000. Went in the other day to ask why the fvck I hadn't been paid for my TDY over a month ago. Their answer: "uh, we lost your paperwork." And of course they didn't think to tell me about this...apparently standard procedure is to just wait till I go in and ask. Finance Guy...you know anyone who can get these fvckheads at Vance to get their shit together? Man I hate these guys.

I would report it. That's a pretty big surgery. Like you said, everything's fine, so it shouldn't be too big of a deal. They'll probably test your range of motion and that's about it. Have all the reports/x-rays from the civilian doc ready and then tell the AF. I wouldn't skip out on saying something about a surgery.

Either you really suck, are shooting terrible ammunition, or something is wrong w/ the weapon...but the last one is very unlikely compared to the first two. Every Glock I've shot shoots as straight as a laser. The only better I've personally shot was a USP and a Sig...but the difference was not worth the price of the USP, and I liked the Glock better for carry over the Sig. But seriously, give it a good cleaning and buy some decent ammo...and you're probably jerking all over the place when you pull the trigger, naturally trying to "compensate" for the larger kick. It's a VERY common mistake in new shooters. Try getting some dummy rounds (blast caps) and have a friend load a magazine w/ real ammo and a dummy round somewhere randomly in there (you should not watch him do this...it's gotta be a surprise). Then start shooting, one shot at a time, a few sec in b/w each shot. When you get to the dummy round, you'll probably be surprised at how much you naturally jerk the gun around when trigger squeeze comes. Doing the blast cap thing fixed my problem of doing that back in the day.

I don't know, flying 15 approaches in a King Air would be pretty fvcking boring. What's the pay like?

I know brick, I was just stating my complete disgust for a completely gay job.

Where do I sign up! (insert vomiting icon...I can't find it)

What a badass. What happened to all the dudes like him.

Wow, that sucks. From the couple I went to when casual (someone had to pour the shots), the songs were definitely there. And that's at a UPT base...I would have thought AD would have been even better.

The best part of the whole "deal" is you get to do pretty much the same exact shit a few years down the road (SOS). I agree getting some extra money, hanging out with friends and getting tanked in Florida on the weekends is a descent deal, but the course is retarded and has not made me any better of an officer..."real world" (as much as UPT can be anyways) experience has done that. I know this doesn't encompass all people (and yes everyone is entitled to their own opinion), but everyone who thought ASBC was relatively valuable and a descent program also were the people who thought ROTC was a great program and taught you a bunch of meaningful lessons on life/AF...yeah right.

Cell Dweller is probably spot on. But to be honest, if you can't pass the AF PFT, that's pretty damn bad. You have to be in horrendous shape to not be able to pass; I find it almost impossible to believe that a "varsity athlete" can not pass the PFT. Regardless, everyone should go to FT being able to pass the PFT. If they go not being able to pass it (as in this case...unless they made her take it w/ a sprained ankle, then that's a different story), then that's their own damn fault and I don't feel sorry for them. She's probably going to get the boot unless their some very good circumstances on her side.

Go to the doc. They're still bothering you and waiting will probably just make it worse. If you're absolutely worried about going DNIF or getting the screw, then go to a civilian doc and pay out of pocket. That's an option if you're willing to pay for it. But seriously, you're having some knee pain when you play sports, not just sitting there. I highly doubt you will be DNIF'd for something that probably (at least from what I can understand from what you've said) has no effect on your standard, every-day mobility and ability to fly an airplane. And like I said before. it's much better to get a problem fixed at the beginning of Phase II than it is half way through.

Are you sure ells? I thought if you were planning on any bank over 60 or pitch greater than +/- 25, you had to have a chute, period. Isn't in the FARs somewhere?

Definitely is a "non-standard" airshow. Last year (I think), a Corsair's prop "chewed" through an RV-4 while taxing, killing one guy in the RV. Stuff like this unfortunately is much more likely to happen at something like AirVenture than it is at a "traditional" airshow.

If you own the plane, you might as well own the rigs. They just have to be re-packed every 120 days by a rigger w/ that cert. It costs around 40 bucks or so for the repack, depending on where you go.

Any liquor store can order it if you can convince them to. I told one once that I'd buy the whole case if they ordered one...they had it 5 days later. And this is a liquor store 30 min at least from the nearest base.

Well you said starting in a "few weeks." You mean Phase I of UPT...i.e. the beginning, right? If so, then yes, you have about 2 months till you fly. Either way, see how the inserts work out, but if it's not a lot better in a week or so, I'd still go see the doc. It really sounds like this isn't something that would DNIF you...doesn't sound like any of this would affect your ability to fly...unless it was extremely painful to use the rudder, but that's the only thing I can think of.

Go see the doc. You're a good 2+ months from flying, so it really doesn't matter if you're DNIF during that time. I wouldn't think you'd go DNIF for this, but even if you did, it probably wouldn't be for that long. It's better to start solving the problem now than waiting till your 3 days out from your dollar ride and then going to the doc and getting DNIF'd. That would suck; stop the problem before it gets worse.

I love these stories about civilian's telling aircrew they don't know what they're talking about. Seriously, what the hell goes through these peoples' minds when they start telling an aircrew member they don't know anything about their profession. It's simply amazing. I think the next time I go to the dentist I'm going to tell him he's flossing my teeth all wrong.

I think P27 was speaking strictly for the AF. The AF will ONLY accept the plates. Navy will take the FALANT (as Hijole said). So yes, you WILL NOT fly for the AF, but you could very well still fly w/ the Navy. This happened to a buddy of mine. Based on what happened to him and what Hijole is saying, sounds to me like the Navy doesn't give a rats ass if you can't pass the plate test, they just care about you passing the FALANT. Also, don't they have a few other tests you can take? My buddy made it sound like they had 5 or 6 tests and you just had to pass one of them. Is that true? Either way, give the Navy a shot.

No pun intended, right drew? For anyone w/ windows mobile smart phones, you can get google maps or windows live search for free...no data package needed (works through normal connectivity...don't know how, but it does). Live search is way better than google maps. I installed both and live search can do a lot more and is easier. I have an SDA from Tmobile.