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is the follow-on listed in the dream-sheet with the MC-12? Or is it a surprise on drop night?

in all seriousness, the only "guaranteed" way to get the fighter of your choice is to get hired by a guard/reserve unit that flies them, and then convince them to send you to UPT. Good luck!

the helo/tilt-rotor hot topics page on AFPC says they're only dropping 6 CV-22s a year to studs, which averages every other class at Rucker. They aren't going to take one of those 6 away from Rucker to give to someone else. The crossflow option after you fly in your MWS for a while may be your best bet.

where did Brabus' thread at the top go?

once a month our spouses get together to make a themed lunch in our bar. It goes over quite well, and they take donations (made over $300 at the last one - fajita bar)...we also do Hails and Farewells as appropriate in the bar (every 2 weeks in the summer, it seems, a little less frequent outside PCS season).

So not a fan of the new OG? I don't think many can live up to Donk...

they can ask the same questions, but they won't be answered the same way. AIB doesn't get a list of questions from the SIB, just the list of interviewees. "Tell me what happened." SIB = "I accidentally pulled both throttles back to idle, realized my mistake, pushed them immediately forward to MIL, and that caused both engines to compressor stall. I freaked out, forgot my boldface, and ejected." AIB = "Both engines compressor stalled so I ejected." AIB is a criminal investigation and there can be serious consequences for whomever is found at fault. SIB doesn't come with any consequences.

one big diff is that any witness statements given for an SIB can be given privilege, whereas statements given for an AIB will never be privileged. The AIB can only get the factual TAB 1 data from the SIB; nothing from TAB 2...an SIB is all about preventing future mishaps, and an AIB is all about laying blame somewhere.

I've never heard of that...in the Rescue community, there's an organization called That Others May Live Foundation that does very similar things as the River Rat and Warrior foundations...I'm pretty sure these organizations wouldn't exist if the USG was already paying for the education of kids whose parents gave the ultimate sacrifice.

there are several rated folks I know who have/do work there.

what's her job?

water survival is a recurring event. You have to get refresher training on a periodic basis. On top of basic water survival (yes, that's given at the Zoo), if you fly you'll get water survival that applies to your airframe (drag you through the water in a parachute, dunker, etc).

sounds like a perfect candidate for helos!

https://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/firstreading/entries/2009/07/21/_happy_birthday_to_rep.html

IRC stands for Instrument Refresher COURSE. The Instrument TEST you take associated with your checkride has NOTHING to do with IRC. The two are NOT linked together. IRC is a currency item, not a test. And that stupid Instrument test is completely BS for helicopter pilots. I could care less about a HI ILS, have no idea what an MLS is, don't think I'll ever reach 250 kts to hold, and our approach minima are completely different.

maybe he's the MSG/CC

raise your hand if you want the JTAC to be rolling an AC-208 in on your position during a TIC...hopefully they don't work that ROE out until all the American troops are gone!

when I hit reply to someone, where a quote is already imbedded (sush as right now, me replying to you quoting me above), the previously imbedded quote doesn't stick around, like it used to. Also looks like there are some other coding issues with quotes in the General Discussion thread that are related.

with the board upgrade, I can't tell where a quote to a previous post ends and the actual reply starts. Is there a setting somewhere that can be tweaked with? In the previous version, quotes were in a white block to differentiate from the response.

Finance Guy can expand, but don't forget about BAH you still get paid if you are doing a TDY enroute to your next duty station. I still got BAH for my previous duty station for the 6 months of my TDY enroute. That coupled with the lodging amount would have been plenty to find a furnished place in town where I wouldn't have had to pay out of pocket. If you will still get your BAH for your previous base while you're in SA...

Mess up, fess up I was on the Dean's other list 6 of 8 semesters Hey Gang! Ahhh G-Lo...

yes, blues Monday applies at Safety School unless you have crash lab that day.

hellllloooooooo....obviously, flying slower means smaller turn radius, so the answer is obvious! The helicopter.

I had a flickering chip light on my transmission last week during runup (Main module right side). For those not in the know, if the xmsn seizes, the spinny thing up top stops spinning and this usually proves fatal if you aren't on terra firma when it happens. It would flicker on, stay lit for about 10 seconds, then go out. This cycle repeated 3 times...the system has a 30 second delay for fuzz burn, so if the light comes on, it's already been trying to burn a chunk of metal for 30 seconds. MX pulled the chip detector, cleaned it off (a couple small metal shavings or so I was told), and said good to go! I run up again, and lo and behold there's a chip light! Goes on, flickers, goes off. MX says, oh that's ok, and at that point I gave them the finger (mentally) and asked for the spare. Turns out it was a bad chip detector, but no fucking way was I going to take off with a flickering chip. sorry, I guess this morphed into a mx thread...

shit, I'm a helo driver and I know what Ps (we just call it "Pee sub ess", though)