Everything posted by nunya
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Air Force is hiring for civilian T-6 IPs
Right, I didn't mean "Contact only" by stalls and falls. I just mean it's all very basic stuff, especially after the CAIP goes through a multi-year training pipeline. If a tanker bubba can teach low level nav and a C-5 bubba can teach form (one of my best form instructors was a C-5 guy. Super chill), there's no reason to write these CFIs off. They're not teaching 4 ship tactics against SA-69s. If we're ok with FAIPs, I don't see any reason to worry about CAIPs.
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Air Force is hiring for civilian T-6 IPs
I’m not sure it will. 50 hours of instruction is more than a FAIP has when they’re “hired.” As much as we want to think mil aviation is special, it’s simply not at the T-6 level. It’s a Hershey bar wing with easy stall characteristics, forgiving landings, and no mission. As long as these CAIPs stay in their lane and teach stalls, falls, and landings and leave the Blue-ing to the MAF and CAF bros, they’ll be an asset. The airlines use instructors that have never flown an airliner. Certainly isn’t the same as a line pilot teaching you, but as long as they stay in their lane and teach the books, a wise student learns from them, too.
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Air Force is hiring for civilian T-6 IPs
Get trained by DAF as a T-6 CAIP (civilian augmentee instructor pilot - you can steal that one), teach for a while, earn some cred, get hired by the Guard, drop mil leave on DAF, profit.
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Air Force is hiring for civilian T-6 IPs
They’re targeting ink-still-wet CFIs. They’re competing with CFI and low end charter gigs. I think they’ll get takers as word spreads around ERAU, UND, MGA, AU, etc.
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Air Force is hiring for civilian T-6 IPs
Hang on to your hats. Civilian CFIIs in T-38s, er, T-7s, are next. Y'all just thought a heavy guy teaching 38s would signal the end of the world. 😆
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The new airline thread
3d year pay but you might go back on probation if you didn't finish that.
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The new airline thread
https://flightaware.com/live/cancelled/today Big D leading the way in number and percentage! 😆
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The new airline thread
Hell no. I say no. In FAR parlance, those were "progress checks."
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Russian Ukraine shenanigans
If you can't see how supporting slavery to supporting BLM is flipping I can't help you.
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Russian Ukraine shenanigans
Freak out much? The Democrats were the party of slavery because they were the party of the southern farm economy. Now the same party depends on the black vote.
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Russian Ukraine shenanigans
That's just one example of the parties flipping. Slavery and civil rights, South vs North, federalism, limited government... these ain't your granddaddy's political parties.
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Russian Ukraine shenanigans
Looks like RPGs under toy store drones. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-cheap-grenades-expensive-tanks/31835434.html
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The new airline thread
Why are you moving the wife and kids when they call? Maybe you want to move eventually, but changing airline jobs doesn't mandate a move right away and maybe not ever.
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Littlerock pleading session?
Post the meme or it didn't happen. 😄
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VLPAD
To encourage guys to go away, some airlines didn’t count mil leave during COVID against USERRA. Was yours one of those?
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FAA Mil Comp
Not the answer you want, but call the specific FSDO you'll be asking for your type. I've found their understanding of the rules varies wildly and therefore so does their enforcement and application. i.e. Dallas FSDO didn't want to give me the CFII because the dude was ex-Army and didn't understand the scope of an AF IP Form 8.
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Being taxed by Germany
lol. So they're going to increase their Defense spending but still pass the bill to Uncle Sam.
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The WOKE Thread (Merged from WTF?)
This is my chance to be an NFL corner!
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Bet he saved a ton on shipping
Was it a '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70 automobile?
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The new airline thread
Not long term. Demographics are still necessitating mass retirements, and airports are still packed. I think the larger inflation problems might lead to softer demand, but it’s a long way from that to appreciable drops in hiring.
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USAA
Where are y'all seeing the end of the 2.5%? I plan to go with Fidelity's 2% if/when my 2.5% goes away. Edit: Nevermind, found it in my wife's documents. Card's in her name. Well I guess I'll join the ranks of moving my main bank from USAA.
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