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*Promote ahead of peers*

Depends on what she looks like.

Now that funny and not something I'd ever thought about. When I was doing augmented ops, noone cared or thought about who was in the left seat when the Captain was on break. Then again, we also don't bid for the "bunkie" position. The Captain, or more likely a conversation between all us, decides who gets what landings then we figure out the breaks with the landing pilot getting their choice. Who gets the landings was mostly dependent on keeping people current, or not current if they wanted to go to the sim for bounces. I've heard in other shops, people can be quite militant about who gets the landings.

Ya all 3 airlines I've flown for has this as well. If the captain doesn't have 100 pic in type, you can't shoot cat 2 or 3 and you have additives to cat 1 approaches. There are some exceptions if you have time in the right seat in that type. There are also restrictions on pairing two new pilots.

I can't disagree with keeping it to yourself unless specifically discussing it within trusted agents. However, it's not our problem that their assumptions are wrong. It's not about what someone thinks is fair, it's what the law/gov says is fair.

Could have been him mins Captain. A buddy had to be rerouted out of a leg yesterday because he's a brand new Captain in his plane and the wx was below his mins as a newb on the fleet.

There is no explaining any of it other than PFM. An admin master sergeant just retired from my base after a career of clerk work, where he only deployed once, to a desk at the deid. Dude has 100% disability. Meanwhile, an old fighter pilot who has deployed countless times and can't look behind him without turning his entire body around is sitting at 40%. He who complains/documents the most, seems to end up with a high rating.

I was a punk when they rolled out the coat hanger abortion that was the first release of JMPS. We didn't have any civilian help so it was left to the punks to get it up and running, fix any bugs and make it work. I spent lots of time on the phone with Penguin (can't remember his last name...Roberts maybe) out at Hill, who was a former fighter guy and the guru on JMPS. If I remember correctly, he said JMPS told wasn't certified because the engineers showed that sometimes ut produced an error of 1 knot on the abort speed. This is how dumb they are with this shit. I'd love to put everyone in the sim and force them to make an abort decision with exactly 1 knot difference. Or even better, have everyone try to gonk told manually and have everyone get the correct numbers and an abort speed within a knot lol.

Like DSG's getting full flight pay, I'll believe it when I see it. ILS 4 has to be hand flown from FAF inbound.

Consider yourself in the presence of greatness. We may not have seatback in-flight entertainment, but at least our wifi sucks!

Lol, you're fired! Here is your multi-million dollar severance package with access to company corporate jets for life and a follow on job.

I remember my first trip to ORD at my regional. We got on the A taxiway and the alley was blocked, so the Captain just kept making right turns between A and B without a clearance. He's said just don't stop and and they couldn't care less what we do, if you stop, they yell at you lol. I've unfortunately flown there enough to know what taxi route they'll give me, but I avoid the place big time. One of my bids is actually avoid long layovers at ORD, because of the long ass drive into downtown during rush hour. This is of the many reasons I like flying the 717 into all the burgs & villes throughout the eastern U.S. You almost never have wait on anything, no conga line, rarely any "flow," one taxiway to one of the 5 gates, security is a breeze, and the people are nice. The hardest part about these airports is sometimes you have to turn the lights on yourself and occasionally you have use your phone to get a clearance.

The key to getting lost on the airport is to never admit it. Just keep moving and hope you figure it out soon. A few days ago in CAE, we had a Bonanza request progressive after receiving one of the easiest taxi instructions I've ever heard. Tower, keyed the mic 3 or 4 times (likely thinking WTF) and finally said just follow the 717. We taxied an little further ahead and made a right on to the runway. I'm guessing their iPad died 🤣.

Even then, it's not always approved in the ANG. Our Army TAG denied it for our old WG/CC, who would have been a great asset with a star at state. Reason for denial? Because he's Army and they make a lot of fucked up decisions lol. In the end probably the best thing for my boss, having one job is one of the best things going. To the OP. It's tough enough being a part timer when you're an airline pilot, which is the easiest road for DSGs. Our guys who did other jobs, struggled even more. Funny enough, the guy who got the most grief from his employer, worked for the USAF as a civilian. The only way I'd consider doing this path is if you live local to both jobs as any commuting makes you're life infinitely more miserable. Even then I'd think long and hard why you're hanging around. It's a lot of sacrifice for you and your family. If you're going to an air airline you'll give up the ability to control your schedule, but you probably wouldn't really need that much anyway. It's certainly not something I'd hang around after having 20 years TAFMS. Many states wouldn't even hire you because of that alone. Heck, we sometimes couldn't even keep our own people once that have their 20 unless they're on a command track. Just my humble opinion. But either stay AD if you still have itch to serve or just retire. Enjoy the check/tricare and the insane amount of free time you'll have with only having one job. As someone who is recently retired after staying a few years after my 20 (as a DSG, not AGR), I understand not wanting to fully separate. However, it was a massive stress relief when I retired. Trust me, you'll find things to fill you're time. Best of luck in your decision.

Agree with Brabus, always a tough spot to be in. Circa 2013, my squadron had 10 or 11 refugees (nearly 1/3rd of the squadron) from 5 different squadrons being shut down. Off the top of my head, I think they shut down about 13ish fighter squadrons back then (or converted them). Lots of guys looking for new homes and a few of my buddies ended up just converting to non-fighter airframes due to a lack of will of moving or there just being no jobs/TX to be had. These young bucks need to cast a wide net if they want to have a good shot of finding a home in a fighter squadron. Off the top of my head, Atlantic City, New Orleans and Homestead appear to always be hiring. As Brabus said, TX spots might be the LIMFAC. If I were a young guy and I didn't have time for the Legacies, I'd grab a regional gig. Pay is damn nice right now, you'll stay flying and have non-rev bennies to jump around to all the bases easily. Hopefully, you'll get picked up at a Legacy and then can drop MLOA to convert to your next airframe. Or, just be thankful for the time you had in the jet, get to a legacy and enjoy making damn good money with lots of time off. It will never compare to a good, tight-knit fighter squadron, but you'll certainly not sacrifice as much. ...my 25 year old self would tell me to fuck off with that statement lol!