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This is crazy rampant at UPT bases, well at least one. As a former NCO, I would have never considered treating an LT the way we got treated by some of the NCO's or even junior enlisted. I should have been able to correct them, but I'm just a lowly LT who doesn't know any better. More like we would have gotten our balls crushed because we are "student pilots!" So push it up the chain and see what happens...which is not much because the IP's are treated much different than students. As far as experience.....most of the people I commissioned with were E-5 and above, one was an E-9 and multiple E-8/7's.

I'm an LT where can I get in on that (only hot chicks please)?

I really don't get it.....we do our jobs correctly because that is what is EXPECTED of us and what we expect of ourselves. If they do their job correctly, they get a medal. Not finance....just venting So I am told I need to update my information in Deers (after a PCS), no problem, I'll get an appointment. Call them up, sure the first available spot is in 6 weeks! But sir we have walk in hours, sweet, I'll do that. Go in for a walk in..sign says 1.5 hour wait. Sure let me just cancel my flight/sim/academics for that wait. Try again the next day, only a 2 hour wait. Next day, closed for training. The following day was only an hour wait....what a deal. Been here almost two months and still haven't been able to update my info. Tried to do it online but apparently I need to do the one thing that can't be updated online....go figure.

That's weird...the civilian BE-200 does not require a type. Did they add a bunch of stuff to them to push them over the 12,500 MGTOW.

Picked it up this morning. First 1911 for me.....love it! Thanks.

Pilot didn't make it. RIP Sir

Thanks M2! Yup, it's new. I am going back over tomorrow, if it's still there I'm going to grab it. I read around on some 1911 forums and it seems like a decent deal. Sure hope it's still there.

Calling M2...or any other 1911 lover. Found a Springfield 1911 Loaded Black Stainless (PX9154LP) for $749.99. This will be my first 1911, good buy? I already have an XD45 and Wather P22.....just need a 1911.

If they get rid of their bizjets, they'll just buy a share at NetJets or some other fractional. The exec's need to travel to conduct business and traveling on the airlines will waste alot fo time and money for the company.

I can't count how many times I have heard "wish I would have known about the guard." I have tons of AD friends that would kill to trade positions with me, I have yet to hear a guard guy willing to take that offer. Looking at the results....I would guess the 19.05%, that voted OTS, are your competitors for the guard position!

Total BS! War GAMES are more important than real world....I have heard it all now! Listen man, either arrest me or get out of my way I'm going to the shower! Here is my commander and his phone number, take it up with him. I could see the SF commander trying to explain to an Army commander that his air support was late due to the base "PLAYING" war games, that should go over real well!

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While were on the topic of letters to the editor. I read this in Torch magazine the other day in disbelief. Does anyone else think this sounds like a little kid that isn't getting enough attention? Magazine Article - Page 2 I read the article “Too Much Chlorine in Pool Leaves Combat Controllers Coughing, Vomiting” (May/June 2008 issue of Torch, page 5) and was kind of disappointed. In the article you mentioned, “The base fire department responded to the medical emergency.” Well, that may be, but I can tell you that two ambulances and an AMBUS responded with emergency room and flight medicine medics/emergency medical technicians for treatment and transport to the emergency room. The ER hospital staff came together as a team to treat the combat control students and handled the mass casualty situationvery well. The hospital staff that was a part of this unfortunate incident was commended by everyone for the quick treatment, transport and overall outcome. The article I read mentions nothing about the hospital, ER or its medics. As the flight chief of emergency services, I can tell you that they did an awesome job that day. I think their performance is worthy of mentioning in that article. Master Sgt. John “Chip” Coleman Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Medical Center We appreciate your feedback and further insight on the noteworthy emergency response to this mass casualty mishap.

UAV x 3 RC-12 NSA F-22 F-15C F-15E x 2 F-16 x 2 (1 Guard) A-10 x 2 (1 Guard) T-6 T-38 B-1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t849CYRd2Ak.

Reason #999 I will never live anywhere with a HOA!

Went there a month ago and our group got a pretty good look at a 22. I was close enough to crawl in the wheel well and missile bays. Didn't get to look in the cockpit, to be honest it's not much to look at on the outside. It was more interesting to see the layout of the systems inside the aircraft, neat stuff that would have made my life easier when I was a maintainer. Ask nicely and they will give you a tour. We left right after the tour and got a hotel in El Paso. You have plenty of time to get the fuge done, go do a tour and still get to El Paso for some beer.

You pretty much saved the United States on that one, that guy was most likely a Russian spy! I was at my base for a year and a half before I finally received my line badge, thanks to SF screwing up my paperwork . Missed out on two trips because of their F-up. I got questioned all the time when I first showed up, but most of them had enough sense to ask other guys in my shop before they took me to the SP shack. I can understand security being a big deal but use a little sense before feeding some poor kid to the wolves, lord knows an SP is just itched to jack someone up. He probably didn't know any better and was just listening to his flight chief who told him to get his a$$ out their for the fod walk. Again, I'm all for security but lighten up Francis!

§ 61.199 Expired flight instructor certificates and ratings (a) Flight instructor certificates. The holder of an expired flight instructor certificate may exchange that certificate for a new certificate with the same ratings by passing a practical test as prescribed in §61.183(h) of this part for one of the ratings listed on the expired flight instructor certificate. (b) Flight instructor ratings. (1) A flight instructor rating or a limited flight instructor rating on a pilot certificate is no longer valid and may not be exchanged for a similar rating or a flight instructor certificate. (2) The holder of a flight instructor rating or a limited flight instructor rating on a pilot certificate may be issued a flight instructor certificate with the current ratings, but only if the person passes the required knowledge and practical test prescribed in this subpart for the issuance of the current flight instructor certificate and rating. [Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, as amended by Amdt. 61–104, 63 FR 20289, Apr. 23, 1998] If you can understand that, you should find your answer.....goodluck! I always thought that you just retake the practical, but the section (2) has me confused. To answer to the second part of your question, you can only renew your CFI, by adding an additional rating, if your certificate has not expired. Check 61.197. For all you guys considering getting your CFI, they are required to renewed every 24 calendar months. I would recommend reading Part 61 subpart H. There are a few different ways to update these but I would suggest American flyers. You pay $125 once and can renew every two years thereafter. For a little more they will take care of all the paperwork for you, which is nice if you don't have a FSDO nearby. I used this program while I was in UPT and it worked great. There are a few other companies out there that charge you that price every time you update. A Flight Instructor Refresher Course (FIRC) is another way to renew your CFI, but usually run around $150 and consists of two 8 hour days, and again that charge is every time you attend one.

Do all other UPT bases do this? Only time we saluted our IP's is before the morning formal brief, never before a brief to fly. As far as saluting 1Lt's, my rules are 1.) Salute anyone not rated 2.) Any O-2 of another service.

Contact this guy, he should be able to point you in the right direction. http://www.sheppardair.com/

Beat me to it!!! The tweet will not tell on you!

Illinois is about as gun friendly as Chicago Mayor Daley is to Meigs Field Story here, in other words, not very friendly!

What kind of D-Bag father does this dude have. Hell if my dad found out I was going around grabbing girls like that, he would have put me in a hospital! To bad this crap didn't happen back where I grew up. That place is so back woods, the cops would agree with most of us and look the other way. Don't go around doing that $hit and this wont happen. I'm sure we have all seen his type, that rich kid who doesn't know the value of anything. The same ones who do whatever they want and think there are no consequences because "daddy" will bail him out. I have no sympathy for this kid.

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