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NICE! Welcome, it's a sickness...you'll want more. Speaking of...I'm getting the itch to buy another 1911. The TRP is high on my list but I recently flew with a Captain who picked up a Dan Wesson, which has piqued my interest. He has a TRP as well and had nothing by great things to say about his DW. I have always heard good things about DW, a Valor may just be my next purchase.

Oh for sure. They're a quite a few guard squadrons out there that sound worse than AD. They tend to be run by guys who are off AD straight into full time jobs. So they've never been a part timer and don't understand what it's like to be one. Until recently they've never had to deal with part timers (since airlines weren't hiring) and it appears some have chosen not to deal them... I still think it should be a requirement for leadership to have been a part timer. At the very least we should get back to the days of the SQ/CC and/or OG/CC being part timers. *Note: Some stand alone guard bases now have active duty WG/CC. Will be interesting to see where that goes.

I've only had contingency orders extended to cover my leave days. Keep in mind, you can sell back more than 60 days in your career (if that's your concern). Leave sold from contingency orders and I'm pretty sure any order less than 1 year, don't count toward your 60 day limit.

I'm too lazy to look to see if this has been listed here before but here is an easy way to renew your CFI. Pay once ($99) for a lifetime subscription. I signed up for this before I went to pilot training and I'm currently going through it to renew my CFII for the 4th time. Best deal going! http://www.americanflyers.net/flightinstructor/online_renewal.htm

They can make an active duty guy the WG/CC of a stand alone Guard base, but they can't figure out how to let ARC guys be an IP in AD iron...sounds par for the course.

Lie, deny, counter-accuse, demand an apology.

I just listened to it (it's ~14:00 minute mark for anyone who cares). The reason it's confusing is because I had tons of Reserve IPs going through training. We already have a metric fuck ton of reserve IP's teaching UPT/IFF/FTU/PIT.

Huh? I'm not sure I understand this bullet.

WTF! Why is this not being blasted on every major news outlet?!? If true, there are probably plenty of lawyers who would be willing to represent him. I'd sue the shit out of everyone attached to this case.

No, I got it. I have just never understood the obsession, among active duty types, with getting a 737 type. I met guys who weren't even planning on applying to SWA that were getting that type.

Why?

I have been a Linux/Mac guy for years but I'm ok with different technology. The surface, so far is a huge let down. I've had it lock up multiple times, just trying to put in my password! A hard reset is the only way to unfuck it. That's ok until I'm descending into the terminal environment and need the plates. Used an iPad for years and never had a problem. This is just one in a long list of problems. If it's being used for flight it sucks. If not, I see you're point about encrypted emails, etc... Sounds about right for a govt program. Progress being held up by one person.

Edit...I would be very interested in the answer to the question above. Tell them to dump the Surface and pick up iPads. As someone who has used both as an EFB, the iPad is far superior...unless you like dealing with a slow OS, blue screen of death, system lock up, etc...

As a prior-E, I never once thought twice about my leadership wearing a bag. When I was in the AMXS, my MG/CC was a flyer and he very rarely wore BDUs. The first time I saw him in BDUs, I thought it was weird that he wasn't wearing his bag (since he was still on flying status). He was a great leader and none of us gave a shit what uniform he wore, I had other things to worry about, like my job! To 17Ds point, I think they need to bring back patches on the ABUs. I think it's a very small thing that goes a long way for our non-flyer force. It's ridiculous that we ever got rid of them.

Every base (including Guard) is allowed to have a marksmanship, someone just has to take the initiative to stand it up and run it. With it comes a ridiculous amount of 308/556/9 (I think 22 and shotgun as well) ammo. A friend of mine stood one up at his base and said to watch out for SF, they will try to take it over, tell them to fuck off. You can get some weapons but I guess that brings on additional ass pain. You are required to field a team to compete in a few events a year. It's a little work but worth it to have some ammo on the govt dime. Good job for a LT.

If nothing has changed, that is correct. You're only pay protected until you get promoted OR to your current orders end date.

This makes me happy!

Now, when you say checklist...what exactly do you mean?

This. USERRA specifically states what orders are exempt. It all has to do with how your orders are coded (which codes are written into USERRA). I agree on both accounts. I can't see the law changing to have fewer types of orders protected. If anything, it had better get changed to add in some of these newer "deployments" that are to non-contingency locations. The Guard is not meant to deploy for 6 months on a regular basis. I can guarantee you as these type deployments become common place, the awesome retention rates that the ANG has enjoyed for so long, will quickly go away.

It's only going to get worse my friend. It's even better when they deploy Guard squadrons to NON contingency locations in the "AEF." Works good until your part timers hit their 5 year mil leave limit. These orders are not USERRA exempt...so theoretically, their employers do not have keep their job for them. I think you're going to see a lot more guys say no...mobilize me.

Neil trap!

This could very well be the case, but it's a database. A simple line of code would easily fix this. If this is the case, that's pretty shitty of them to do without posting that info on the website. But as I said in my previous post, I was given a DAL invite with a medical that was 9 months old.

In general a non-IP = GS-12, IP = GS-13. All under 2181.

I'm a Guard guy, still on my initial UPT commitment, so no currency issues for me. That's shitty, since the medical is good for a year for anyone under 40. I can tell you that this is NOT the case with DAL. My medical was 9 months old when I received the invite. I'm not sure "strong recs," are necessarily a requirement. I only had a few junior FOs and a new hire. The rest is right on. Have a few people run through your app and check it over for you. It's amazing what another pair of eyes will catch.