pawnman

There's a reason they asked O-6s at thirty years to stay on for three additional years.

Is this how they're planning to solve the O-6 shortage?

Our FTU is doing the same thing, despite shedding the DOC statement for x crews to support ops squadrons in an effort to make the most of our minimal manning. The things we're asked to do seem kind of random though...CST is a must, but we can't get any time to shoot the M9...

According to other news sources, it's also going to Whiteman and Ellsworth. So...

How about enough to fill instructor slots at UPT and FTUs while also having enough instructors in the squadron to keep it running?

I'm really surprised the bomber manning is that good. The B-1 FTU is staring down the barrel of having something like 5 IPs leave over the summer, with no projected inbounds.

2 Mine is my first day of academics at Pensacola.

It is interesting how so many of the people telling you to fly for the Air Force are in other threads talking about the fastest way out.

Who do the recruits talk to before signing up?

I can see some of this... But do we really think no one knows where Dhafra, Al Udeid, or Ali Al Salem are? Do we think the Taliban is still in the dark about the location of Bagram or Kandahar?

Our tenant AMC wing is working as hard as they can to rope the rest of the base into their self-led ORE.

You're not at Dyess, are you?

I volunteered to join the Air Force to fly airplanes. Is it slavery when I have to write a memo or sweep a floor?

I can't agree with you more. "Don't tell me what the military needs!" Well, Ma'am, what the military needs is their paychecks and the support of all the civilians that keep the mission running at home while we deploy for the 6-9th time. Also, love "shit it down".

Our flight safety guy just 7-day opted a 365. And he was a shiny penny type, shoe-in for school and likely a 2-below to Lt Col.

It's also interesting to think that our allies are building countries on slave labor, if this is the definition of it. Germany has mandatory service, and so does Israel. Not just a draft where you have a chance of going into the military - a 100% guarantee that you will serve in the military when you become an adult.

Don't pay your taxes and people with guns will put you in jail. I guess everyone with a job is now a slave.

Comparing a public service job to slavery is a little over the top, don't you think?

So, I guess the folks that were there on at the tail end of eligibility are just SOL?

Not about flight in general... Cargo and tanker guys can wear them. It's specifically about ejection seats.

Do you think DoD leadership actually had faith that a budget would get passed, or do they just have to look like they have faith in front of the elected officials?

Nope. We initially tried to mount it on the left, but turns out that's where the water separator dumps all the water... So...

No...because in your example, the captain is getting out at 10 years. 10% of zero dollars a month is...let me do some math here...carry the one...ZERO DOLLARS. That captain could, alternatively, walk away with $23,000 IN INVESTMENTS which will continue to grow for the next 30+ years before said captain is ready to use it. At 7%, that $23,000 is worth about $175,000 in 30 years.

I'm saying that the B-1's method of CAS doesn't approach the effectiveness of an A-10 with a good pilot, but the safety record is pretty damned good, despite what 60 Minutes would like you to believe.

I'll put our safety record up against any other platform in the CAF.