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    Field Fairies

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Biff_T said:

    Yeap.   It's kinda funny watching a grown man fly through the air and roll on the ground because someone almost touched his elbow.   

    The ref in the USA-England game didn't give a single yellow card.   That's good.   Let them play.   

    They do give yellow cards for flops.  Just not as often as I'd like.   

    Anyways the USA are doing better than expected.  England got lucky we didn't beat them.   I like watching all of the English sportscasters cry about it.   They always talk so much shit about how bad the USA sucks at soccer.   Lol.  England never learns.   Can't stop that 1776 magic.  

     

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    Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    53 minutes ago, HeloDude said:

    If 20 years is “predatory”, then what isn’t?  18 years, 16 years?…10 years?

    And young people sign contracts/documents that can change their lives all the time…a regular enlistment, purchasing a house, a school loan, changing your genitals, you name it.  You’re either an adult (who can vote for a president with the ability to destroy nations), or you’re not.

    It’s not that young people don’t often know what they’re signing…it’s just that at the time they’re ok with it.  How many people are happy when they get married vs those who get divorced.  It’s a future-them problem.

    I could at least believe, or stomach, that it's a 10 year ADSC because of the "cost" of training us...or so I was told. Has the cost gone up? I'd argue it's gone down with all the cuts in flying training. Allegedly, the ADSC used to be part of a financial investment calculus...if they increase it any it's just a retention tool, IMO.

    Also, all those other contracts you mentioned (except school loans), you can bail on in some way or another (and Biden gave the school loan people $10k anyway).

    Imagine if marriage really was until death...how many Kings created new branches of Christianity just because they changed their mind?

    Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I could also see the AF pitching 20 year pilot ADSC's.

    Which should be considered a predatory loan or some sort of indentured servitude, though. There needs to be some sort of mechanism to protect enthusiastic, misguided, brainwashed 21 year-old's from an exploitative and unfair contract.

    I could totally see enthusiastic, ROTC cadet, past me signing that. And, in that scenario, current me would 100% hate and loath my former ROTC Cadre for basically being willing to knowingly sell me into an unfair, biased, and unconscionable contract.

    Let's hope that COA (and stop loss) are never seriously considered by the geniuses at the ARTF & AFPC.

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    Site certifcate expired

    in AFTO-781

    Posted

    Getting this warning:

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    This server could not prove that it is www.flyingsquadron.com; its security certificate expired 2 days ago. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection. Your computer's clock is currently set to Wednesday, November 16, 2022. Does that look right? If not, you should correct your system's clock and then refresh this page.

     

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    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Sim said:

    with a chance to "die suddenly" 

    Anecdotally: Just met up with my buddy who had a heart attack right after getting the shot. He got 30% disability...which he is fighting.

    Happy ending: Escaped his ADSC by a couple years and is almost done with probation with a major.

    The Next President is...

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    6 hours ago, kaputt said:

    Fuck this administration. The dude’s pride and joy company has been launching NRO satellites for years and now that he’s taken over Twitter and doesn’t like Biden an investigation is “standard procedure”. You mean you couldn’t figure out if he was a national security risk before he signed a contract to launch classified satellites? 
     

    The hilarious thing is Musk isn’t even really a right leaning guy. Not all that long ago the left was drooling over him because he created the most successful electric car company and his personal views align with a lot of their stated climate goals. But now that he’s differed from the party line somewhere else, he’s public enemy number one. So much for the “Unity” message, but we’ve known that’s trash for awhile, and if you don’t toe the line to this administration, you are clearly an extremist.

     

    Same thing happened to Joe Rogan. The second he questioned some of the left's crazy policies he was quickly labeled alt right.

    The new airline thread

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    1 minute ago, SurelySerious said:


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    Scott, Ed, and Rob

    Fairly accurate, but the AAL NC should be portrayed as somehow locking themselves in the van and are busy licking the window (and flying premium) instead of actually being included in these adult negotiations.

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    WTF? (**NSFW**)

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    On 11/3/2022 at 8:27 AM, GrndPndr said:

    'They’re too small,” ESPN’s cornhole color commentator Mark Pryor remarked. “That’s going to create some drama.'

    Another real disappointment for America... /s

    https://nypost.com/2022/11/02/professional-cornhole-world-rocked-by-baggate-cheating-scandal/

    Based on that quote, I really thought there were going to be racism accusations that rocked the organized professional world of cornholing.

    Not sure if I'm disappointed or relieved...

    KC-46A Info

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    5 hours ago, ThreeHoler said:

    I’ve never seen that happen to a KC-10. The boom fell off once, I guess, but I heard that was maintenance’s fault anyway.


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    Same.

    Well, at least, I've never seen a fighter even crush the ice shield on the -135. I can't fathom how an F-15 could cause that.

    My best guess would be the boom operator applied full up elevation and violently flew it up into the ass of the jet. Can't wait to read the AIB/SIB from this.

    KC-46A Info

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    14 hours ago, Royal said:

    Did AMC get a waiver from the FAA to fly in class A airspace for a jet that's type certificated for two pilots?

    "The mission was executed inside military test airspace..."

    So I'm guessing the flights had to be out of Edwards.

    What's wrong with the Air Force?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    E-9 Stories?

    Manas in January: I deployed with no winter outer gear. I'd load up on thermals with just my flight suit. Best thing I eventually got was a summer weight green nomex jacket that they had to mail out to me.

    Shockingly, never get E-9'd for that...but I would normally layer up my PTs since it was warmer. I had the recently outdated grey PT sweatshirt that said "Air Force" instead of the new one with the AF logo. I wasn't in the chow hall for more than 60 seconds before I got told I couldn't wear that. Yeap, young LT me wasn't having any of that. Surprised I never got talked to later for basically telling the dude to go ef himself since it was -15*F outside and I wasn't taking off the only warm freaking thing I had on the deployment.

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    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

    in General Discussion

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    6 hours ago, chase said:

     

    So...how many Planes did they loose in the last 24 hours?

    Good footage tho.

     

    That is some seriously impressive reaction time from impact to ejection. I wonder if he saw the missile launch and at least had that 1-2 seconds of warning...otherwise I'm just going to assume it's procedure in the SU-25 to have one hand on the ejection handle at all times.

    How do you feel about your airframe and mission?

    in General Discussion

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    9 hours ago, Fred_breaker said:

    Reviving this comment.. feel free to ignore or PM if there's OPSEC concerns. What's the TDY rate like over there? Missions usually come back on time or get delayed out in the system? Deployments?

    No OPSEC: everywhere we go generally makes the news so kinda hard to be sneaky, regardless.

    TDY rates vary drastically based on aircraft availability (down for maintenance or upgrades), your crew position, type of aircraft, the lunar calendar, your astrological sign, and world/domestic politics.

    Right now, the C-32 is busy doing lots of work with the midterms. The C-40 has some overlap with midterms and also has been busy ever since Russia vs Ukraine and China vs the world has been heating up. I can't speak as much toward the C-37 since I don't have a lot of overlap with their squadron, but I imagine they are busy, too. November will be very busy for everyone.

    Missions generally stay on frag. But I've also, literally, flown around to the other end of the world and extended for several days when the DV needed to be somewhere else ASAPly. Good news, maintenance reliability is way up with these jets compared to gray tail (especially compared to FRED). They are still airplanes and do occasionally have issues, but the C-40/737 is a beast of a jet. 757 doesn't have too many issues that I can think of recently, either. But it does seem like the C-37A is starting to have more and more issues pop up, but that's just a hunch, might also be the brand new C-37B's showing them up.

    If you are the FNG you will be most at risk for a deployment. That doesn't mean there will be one waiting for you, though. We pretty much own a dedicated position over at the AMD so depending on your (lack of) luck/timing you could end up going to Shaw for 4-6 months.

    As you work your way up the crew position pyramid you will find yourself (generally) more and more busy. Just like the rest of the Air Force, there are never enough IPs to go around. Honestly, being a copilot here is the best gig ever: no stress with mission planning, put the gear up, see the world, and very little office work stress (lots of FGO's as SELO's, schedulers, and training officers doing jobs they already did as LTs).

    At the end of the day, you're an Uber driver...but at least it's an Uber Black.

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    The Next President is...

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    14 hours ago, disgruntledemployee said:

    P.S. Biden on a campaign trail will probably end with him in a serious health crisis.  His mental capabilities will be fully revealed.  If in a debate, 1st question I'd ask him is 29 x 7 = ?  Dems know this so he ain't running, no matter what they say.  Too big a gamble.  But it would be sad entertainment to see Biden fight against the DNC machine to try a run.

    My future prediction: Assuming Biden wins the primaries and runs for a second term (yes, big assumption...but I think also a realistic COA right now) I highly doubt Biden will show up for any debates. There will be some magical reason for him to not attend, or rather, debates will get labeled whatever new buzz word that will provide the needed opportunity for the DNC to skip all debates.

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