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You know these 3 guys?! Wow.
You need to hang out with better people at the airport, my friend!!
I knew them in that I knew their names and in passing. They flew out of the airport that our flight school got some of our mx done. It was a good shop, these three just happened to fly out of this particular airport. The mx guys showed me the aftermath of the 421 and R22...the 310 happened after I left for pilot training, can't say I was surprised. I did not associate with these guys!
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I know what he's talking about. When I went to Airline Transport Professionals in Trenton, the DPE kinda busted my CFI's balls for not endorsing my logbook to reflect legitimate training had transpired. It's the paper trail, that's all, and a CYA issue..
A CFI is not required to endorse your logbook, nor does the ATP ride require any kind of endorsement. Your instructor WAS covering HIS ass.
and I'm surprised the interviewers at Jetblue didn't ask me about it.They didn't check because its really a non-issue. My interview, they didn't even look at my logbooks. I just signed a paper saying I met ATP mins or had an ATP.
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I have zero civil time...is it normal to fly without a seatbelt?
Negatron. FAR (or 14 CFR 91, for the reg Nazis) says you have to keep your seatbelt on for takeoff, landing and while en-route, and your shoulder harness on for takeoff and landing (unless you are unable to do you job as a result of wearing the shoulder harness).
I always wear mine when flying, either mil or civ.2! This goes along the lines, of play stupid games, win stupid prizes. I generally try to give the benefit of doubt, but I'm scratching my nugget on this one. Maybe the seatbelts are uncomfortable, or maybe there was a malfunction of the seatbelt (highly unlikely...but then again, so is your canopy flying off). Either way it sounds like this was easily preventable, and that's unfortunate.
Didn't the pilot of the Aewacs, that had the tanker incident fuck up his back because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt (2nd hand info)?
I'm generally not the guy that goes around quoting ever FAR (as I post a reg above), but they are there for a reason. I've known a few guys that had blatant disregard for the regs, we all have. One packed in a 310 while flying IFR, he was not instrument or multi-engine rated. Another one destroyed a beautiful 421 because he decided to fly into known icing with malfunction boots. He decided to adjust his flap setting on landing and stalled it 50 feet above the runway. He broke a wing spar, bent the engine mounts so bad that his props hit the pavement, and the plane never flew again. The last guy balled up a R22 because he decided to start it up in the hanger and taxi out...you can't make this shit up!
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14 checkrides (including several 141 stage checks) I have never had a DPE endorse my logbook, with the exception of documenting the stage checks, not license or certificate issuance. Handing me a temporary was the routine.
2! I received all the way through my ATP/CFI/CFII, prior to joinging the military. In all those check rides, I've never had an examiner endorse my logbook.
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I can't imagine why he would have taken his seat belt off. Aside from flying at the airlines, I can't remember a time I ever took my seat belt off.
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He is sick of the 1% of Baseops that insists on throwing shit on the wall just to get a reaction from others. Thank the Nsplyrs, Vertigos, and CHSLoads of the world and ask yourself what contribution they have made here? This was once a great site to share wisdom on careers in military aviation...it has morphed into a place where a small minority spew their political views non-stop.
Really...he's going to let the 1% drive him out? Since when did Rainman develop a sandy vagina?
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Do they take ANG volunteers for this mission?
Yes, or at least they did.
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I'll save you the trouble on that one. Don't care how bad A he is. His book is full of, "I'm awesome" talk that make you never care to read another book about a single SOF guy again, unless it's written about a team, from a more realistic perspective. Just my $.02.
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Ever read The Yellow Green Beret series? Pretty funny books, and easy reads, from a fairly humble A team officer. He actually touches on exactly what you're talking about. Highly recommend.
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Having been to all of them I would list them, Sheppard, Laughlin, Columbus, Vance. Not that your dreamsheet really matters but Wichita Falls is actually a decent town. There is also lots to do nearby; OKC, DFW, Possum Kingdom, etc... You also have Austin and San Antonio for long weekends. It definitely beats Del Rio, Enid and Columbus.
I actually disagree with some of the other posts. You will have plenty of free time on the weekends (not so much during the week), and having quite a few awesome places to blow off (STS) steam was great. Then again, once Friday hit, I didn't study until Sunday night. It seemed like we had quite a few 3 day weekends...maybe it's because those were all the fun times and I have blocked out the rest.
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Skip to 4:50 for the best part of this video.
Even then, it's really not worth it. Douchebags.
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Got an email on Fri at 1600 CC'd to our O6 that I was "due or over-due" for Suicide Training on ADLS.
Serious? I'm pretty sure my OG would throttle anyone who CC'd him for this.
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Can my local weapons officer access this?
Depends...
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Don't forget your 24 RMPs!!!
Do tell. Never heard of these (I'm ANG).
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Oh the joys of mastering the ANG pay system. Some of our old part-timers (especially the airline pilots) are true jedi knights at maximizing pay days and are usually the best to ask.
Per Year:
48 UTA
48 AFTP (Ground/AIR)
*AFTPs are divided into Quarters.
*Max of 16 AFTPs/quarter
*Max of 6 Ground AFTPs/quarter (12/year)
- UTAs are the most flexible and can be used anytime throughout the year. Also, they can be used for flying or ground. They do not need to be used on drill weekend. As gearpig said, burn a ground AFTP if you don't fly. If I do fly, I burn a flying AFTP to save my UTAs.
- AFTPs can only be used in it's individual quarter (it's true...if you don't use it, you lose it).
- Things can get interesting if you are on and off orders. If you're on an AGR order for a particular month, you can not use your UTAs that month. I'm not sure of all of the specifics as they change based on what type of order it is. All I know, is if I know i'm going on orders for a month (usually not AGR), I will burn that months UTAs PRIOR to going on the orders.
- My usual plan of attack to maximize pay/flying days.
1.) Burn all my Flying AFTPs first.
2.) Burn ground AFTPs next.
3.) Then burn my UTAs
Things get even more fun when you start talking about Technician pay!
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Hope the Generals in at least AMC read this and weep for what they know is calling it EXACTLY like it is, to their full shame.
I wouldn't count on it...
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The Viper is clearly a much more capable CAS platform, than the Hog...no one can argue that!
...oh and helo pilots are pussies!
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On a different issue, check this out:
https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/03/02/high-school-student-disarms-gunman-gets-suspended/
So a few students disarm a fellow student that was holding another student at gunpoint...and the heroic students get suspended? WTF? Unless there are some more extreme details not being discussed, then this is insane. Though then again, it comes from the public school system which as a whole is very idiotic, compliments from liberal ideology and the teachers union.
If I were the parents, I would demand a public apology along with the school authorities stating how the kids were heroic...if not, pull them out of the school. This is what our country has become in a lot of places, quite sad.
No good deed goes unpunished!
I guess the school admin would have rather let the guy shoot the other student.
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1.) Turn it off.
2.) Wait 10 seconds.
3.) Turn it on.
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This is a good article about the budgetary push and pull you get from competing generations (graying baby-boomers vs the kids of today).
In a Pew Research Center survey this spring, just 23 percent of white seniors said they preferred a larger government that offers more services; 61 percent preferred a smaller government that offers fewer services. Among minorities, the attitude was essentially reversed: 62 percent preferred a larger government and 28 percent a smaller one.Hmm...I wonder why?
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Colorado is in the process of becoming one of the most restrictive gun states. If all the laws go through, MAGPUL will be forced to move out of state and close to 700 jobs will be lost along with millions in revenue. Regretting not starting my collection sooner.
Texas will gladly take them and their jobs, with open arms.
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2012, when a B-52 flew from CONUS to the Middle East and back as part of an exercise.
Ugh, who drew short straw own that one...
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Gen Welsh - USAF Chief of Staff
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Start with the OPR, or find out who has waiver authority.