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(.....right until they go home and take turns dominating each other with crude mid evil instruments)... I didn't know evil instruments had different settings.

This was posted at a recent OBAP job fair (MIA) recap on APC...I know these are what recruiters for the Airlines are telling folks, but interesting nonetheless. Lot of opening the floodgate talk. "I just returned from obap. It was my first job fair, and coming from a military background I had no clue what to expect. I arrived Wednesday about 2pm. Both Delta and United had 2-3 hour lines. The rest of the vendors, including US Airways, Jet Blue, and Fed Ex, had no line. I waited at Delta and had about a ten minute mini interview. They took notes on the resume, asked questions, etc. Their basic run down was hiring next year, likely indefinitely, but a lot would be flows. At US Airways, they just took your email address down to log you in, expressed their frustrations at the selection process, then sort of have us interview advice... Ie personality driven, demonstrate basic knowledge of flying (referencing military or your company specific policies ok for situational questions) and then said indefinite hiring with little to no pause for the merger. I got a pretty generic yeah you're qualified from Jet Blue and to just keep applying. Fed Ex was nice but said no hiring quite right now. I came back the second day and obap was a ghost town. No lines. I chatted with American. They would not take resumes but were extremely upbeat about absolutely massive hiring without stopping and an app window opening very soon with tbd vendor and interview style. Little to no pause for the merger. United was also extremely positive and I got lucky enough to spend ten minutes or so with the chief of pilot hiring in Houston. Super nice guy who just asked basic questions, like why would you quit a full time guard job to work here. United handed out a fact sheet basically restating the numbers you see on here. 250 or so through this year depending on recalls then the flood gates open. My impression is that delta and united were there to hire and the others were there to support a good event. Spirit was the only legit carrier not present. I did not stop by southwest, Alaska, or ups but they had booths along with Walmart, the navy, flight safety, and border patrol."

Thanks for the great post Chang. This 11m already made the decision pre-bonus announcement but good to know. Big Blue has always been good to me and I wish them the best.

This. "With the flash"...ugh.

^^^ Amen. We've been at "war" for 10 years, burning both ends, flying around a country with terrain, field elevation, and weather extremes that challenge any aviator.

Flyboy, we're sorry you're stuck in the back of a crappy life/airframe. You add nothing to the conversation. Troll elsewhere.

Every time someone posts in this thread...AFPC kills another puppy. Where is the bonus $$$?

A lot of sound and fury here...signifying nothing.

That's two weeks I can't get back...this smacks of office space.

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Reporting in that the crew is from SKA. http://www.krem.com/news/US-military-plane-crashes-in-Kyrgyzstan-205937491.html NKAWTG.

3. Foul on vertigo. NKAWTG...here's to the crew.

Well said.

It's listed under the MyPers site, then go to Promotions, then go to LAF Major's 2012 list...

It's a fuel efficiency maneuver designed to decrease drag on #2 and #3... link

I believe he stated it was when he was "on position" - that would imply to me he has had experience working a control tower position not as a LM.

"I remind everyone that the Mach tuck is really the 50 mission crush from bomber/transport days" "I think the whole elbow pointing thing is pretty childish"

Here's the stats from AFPC on FY11 LAF Majors board.

What I'm hearing (and having a hard time believing): So the low flybys for the troops is ok...but you lose style points if you crash your aircraft.

I called safety of flight in 2008 (undisclosed location SWAsia) due to the scheduler officially calling me in crew rest (dead sleep) to direct me to account for my crewmembers due to an airfield incident. The next day my leadership ordered me and my crew to mop and vacuum the squadron building and all crewmember trailers. Took all day - lesson learned.

Nice article on one of the pilots, Citadel grad. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/feb/22/crash-claims-citadel-grad/

http://www.airforcet...-rating-112511/ Inspection fail at TCM

Kikuchiyo - I'll second the thanks for the excellent posts. This is exactly why I check these boards from time to time, to hear the up-to-date info from someone in the know. Out of curiousity, was there any discussion about where the Mobility side of the house is sitting? I can't really understand what the CSAF indicated in his memo if the MAF is healthy or if we're also seeing shortfalls down the road.

Lips, I applaud your efforts. I will give the MIF software a try on my next mission. We've all got to do whatever we can do to save fuel (within reason). The real question is how did you get Johnny Canada to narrate the CBT!?