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    The new airline thread

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    48 minutes ago, Danger41 said:

    I know this has been discussed before, but I've talked with some bros and gotten some wildly different answers. What would you put as "availability date" on your app? The no shit date you will be available, or try to game it a bit? I was talking to some guys at a IFF squadron and they were all putting like 6 months before they could actually get out. That seemed a bit ballsy to me.

    Ask those same bros how they're feeling after Pilot Hiring calls them for a start date 4 months before they're available and they have to explain why they lied on their app.  Just don't do it.  The interview can be an enjoyable experience.  It won't be if you need to say, "Well, about that availability date..." And don't think you'll fool them with jargon Fairchild-style. At least someone interviewing you will be ex-military.

    Seniority is everything, but with everyone hiring like they are and will be, you stand to lose a whole helluva lot and stand to gain very little.

    The new airline thread

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    37 minutes ago, Gazmo said:

    Short call reserve on the E190 ...Made about $70k with over 50 days of military leave for TDY's. I probably would have made about $82k without the military leave

    Holy crap, I had to go look up your 190 pay scale.  Didn't realize it was so much lower than everything else!

    The new airline thread

    in Squadron Bar

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    54 minutes ago, SocialD said:

    In base, reserve life doesn't suck.

    For all the gonnabe's out there looking over the fence at the greener grass, those first two words are mucho important.  The grass is still greener even if you wanna move back home to your farm in central KS, but most of the epic tales are from guys living in base.

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    Stateside Snow Skiing

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted · Edited by nunya

    Any gouge on mtns near SLC?  Kids 5/9, so a couple good blues is enough.  Will probably rent a car so Ogden/Provo ok if they're the best options, least crowded, most affordable, etc.

    Investment showdown -- beyond the Roth, SDP, & TSP

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted · Edited by nunya

    16 minutes ago, HossHarris said:

    Is that 18k still taxable as income?

    Not if it’s a long term capital gain. Different tax rates for W-2 income and LTCG.  The technique is called tax gain harvesting.  Wise move.

    i tried to do it the year I left AD.  Then I ended up with an unexpected temp tech job (I.e. with few of the AD tax shelters) and got hammered the following April. 
     

    Pajaro’s income forecast is probably more accurate than mine was.

    C130 training beans?

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted

    Herc isn't an acronym.  

    Your question is too vague to answer accurately. Definitely need a takeoff, approach, and landing monthly. Then you'll need some night stuff quarterly. Then you'll need a bunch of airdrop, formation, arrival, etc stuff semi-annually. And a bunch more stuff annually. Exactly how many iterations of each event depends on your seat and experience level. Suffice to say, for an AMC aircraft, it's a helluva lot to maintain currency.

    Deployments - again, too vague to answer. You go sleep somewhere else for 1-12 months. Maybe in a hotel. Maybe in a tent. Fly every day, maybe every other day, maybe once a week, maybe once a month. You might go hang out on the beach or you might go hang out in a shelter waiting for the rockets to stop falling.

    I don't mean to be flippant, but I got my early career gouge from pre-9/11 crews and my wars ended up being very, very different from their wars. Your wars will be very different from my wars, too, so anything I could tell you wouldn't be worth much tomorrow.

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    The new airline thread

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    1 hour ago, brickhistory said:

    very quickly let everyone know he/she was the smartest person not only in the room, but ever. 

    So don’t be that guy. Those thoughts shine through in the interview no matter how much you try to hide your asshole-ness.  

    AFRES Cat E Promotions

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted · Edited by nunya

    On 11/10/2019 at 4:13 PM, isuguy1234 said:

    What's the best way to find IMA jobs?  I found the ones on AFPC Secure, of which, a lot of them don't have any contact info other than "volunteer for this vacancy." 

    MyPers and that network you've been building for the last 12 years.  Sorry, no secret database.  Talk to any of your buddies at the big staffs.  Almost always an IMA opening floating around at Scott, Robins, Langley, etc.

    Here's the directions, though, for Det 5 (AFRC).  It's not the "Volunteer" button.  Other Dets will have their own processes. 

    Military Discounts

    in Useful Product Reviews & Military Discounts

    Posted · Edited by nunya

    On the Verizon thing... so this is what I found.  I'm hoping somebody actually has 3 lines to tell me what your bill is.

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    If you're an active duty military service member, a veteran, or a first responder, you're eligible for an account-level discount when you have 1 or more phones on Start Unlimited, Play More Unlimited, Do More Unlimited, Get More Unlimited and/or Just Kids:

    1 phone – $10 discount per account
    2 – 3 phones – $25 discount per account
    4+ phones – $20 discount per account

     

    I need 3 lines, so I'm looking at $45/mo/line for Start Unlimited, minus $25/mo/line, so $20/mo/line + taxes/fees?  Right now my taxes/fees are ~$17.  So 3 lines for $77/mo?  That'd be awesome, but I feel like I'm missing something.

    Nevermind, I was reading that as account = line.  Not so much.  So 3 lines would be about $127, I think? 

    Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)

    in General Discussion

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    1 hour ago, Majestik Møøse said:

    What are you airline guys paying for health insurance? Based on what I can figure, it’s around $1k/month with a max out of pocket of $6-12k depending on the plan.

    Not 1k/mo for me.  $140 a month premiums.  It’s the deductible and MOOP that get you.  Up to $13k worst case compared to a few hundred with Tricare, IIRC.  A couple bad years would be a serious drain on the savings plan.

    Gun Talk

    in Squadron Bar

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    5 hours ago, M2 said:

    I thought residents of on-base hosing (no, that's not a typo) are allowed to keep firearms in their residence as long as they're registered with Security Forces?

    Usually true for family housing; usually not true for dorms.

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