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Pretty much you can do one block, but what happens if that week is stormy, or a green dot down week, or maintenance has a bad week, or somebody has to get a checkride, or... You get the idea. If you're going to do it in one-per-month blocks, you better make that block several + days. I tried 4 day blocks once a month and it didn't work. If you're living in base for both, you can probably do mil on your off days and not increase your stress level too much. If you're living at your ARC base and commuting to your airline base, you'll probably mil drop an airline trip or two per month until the lost $$ gets to be painful (about year 2-3 for the majors) and then you'll have to decide. If you're living in your airline base and commuting to your ARC base, you'll quit flying for the ARC.

I don't see the irony. Been home every holiday since I started in the airline world. Full disclosure: I did have to commute on Christmas Day night my first year (when I had been on property for 2 months) so I had to celebrate Christmas that morning instead of later in the day. Kinda like when I celebrated Christmas/Thanksgiving/Anniversary/New Year's/Valentine's in April after a 9 month deployment. Oh wait, no. Generally speaking, if guys are involuntarily missing holidays in this airline environment, it's collateral damage from a voluntary choice.

You can't make this shit up.

By itself, yes, but I think most are going to work on it while in some sort of pay status. Worthless weekend drill? Knock out some PME. On reserve at Delta? Do a RUTA and work on PME. (I keed, I keed!)

If by airline you mean regional airline, then yes.

I wouldn't rush it, especially if you already have an exit lined up. It'll be a good reason to do mil leave and log reserve periods when you're an ART. But I would do it once you're settled into your new job. No reason to close a door.

Bookmark this site for your entire career: https://www.my.af.mil/etcacourses/default1.asp https://www.my.af.mil/etcacourses/showcourse.asp?as_course_id=S-V8A-S

First section of the JTR details the appeals process. Good luck.

Meet the new rule, same as the old rule. I feel sorry for the guy that gets fired over this misunderstanding. What's that you say? Nobody will be fired for a completely illegal TPS report? Shirley you jest.

No, they're not going to waste a 38 spot on you just because you're an "overachiever," especially when Blue needs all the 11Fs they can build. Go apply at a fighter unit if you want to fly 38s. Bonus: You won't have to work with underachievers.

Damn, I hear that alarm all the time. I didn't know what it was, but now I do. I'll make sure I educate my CA next time, too! I'm sure I'll get FO of the Quarter for that.

Is a solution that ignores the real problem(s) a viable solution? I'm not sure CSAF gets a pass when he acts like a high-turnover ghetto landlord that makes tenants sign a longer lease or burns down the neighboring complex, but doesn't fix the broken heater, dishwasher, and moldy carpet.

Look on the bright side. Flight pay hasn't changed in 69 years, so you're losing less money than if they had adjusted it for inflation over the years.

Yes. Cat B is Selected Reserve. Cat E is PIRR. Exhibit A: Exhibit B: https://www.tricare.mil/trs Who Can Participate? Members of the Selected Reserve (and their families) who meet the following qualifications: Not on active duty orders Not covered under the Transitional Assistance Management Program Not eligible for or enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program

In fairness to Dave, his target audience doesn't know what leverage is, and certainly doesn't know how to properly use it without getting burned.

If I'm on the board I'm gonna ask you how a guy gets 100 hours without earning a PPL along the way. Without a good story it looks to me like a lack of aptitude.

OK, to answer your question, C-17 bases are too diverse to answer your question. AWD would make a lot of sense for Elmo, maybe McChord. Not so much for Charleston. Welcome to the world of no right answer.

Thoughts? You're way ahead of yourself on several fronts. Don't buy her a car until you're married.

I can't help you whatsoever with your question, but that job posting makes me laugh. So basically they only want dudes that retired from the 6th? Not even just separated - young dudes need not apply.

That would have added ~$5,376 to my last Active Duty income tax bill. Wow.

No problem. Don't drag your feet too long, though. In addition to "You can't be a bum in the PIRR," the other thing the AD/CC stressed was that he wanted guys that will give him a few years of service. It's a painful process to access somebody, taking 12+ months, so they say they don't want the 18 year guy looking to bail in 2 years.

I'm doing it right now. I'll tell you what I did, but no guarantee it's the best or most efficient way, or hell, even the right way. Go meet your Force Management NCOIC and buy them lunch. Tell them what you're up to so they can create a folder on you and watch your progress in their 1980s database. If they're good, they can keep everyone else in line and translate common sense into MPF speak. Find the PIRR job you want. Through networking and Googling, I found a guy doing the job already, cold called him and introduced myself, asked about the job, was he happy with it, etc. He gave me his AD CC's and Reserve CC's names. I called both of them, introduced myself, told them I was interested in joining them, etc. Their main concern was making sure I wasn't a dbag, I was willing to do some work for them, and I understood this was mostly unpaid. They said lots of guys call them intending to bum, and that's not even close to possible, at least according to them. They asked for an emailed resume and some screenprints from vMPF. Nothing cosmic. They "hired" me based off a couple phone call "interview." Talk to your local Reserve recruiter. The AD CC of your PIRR unit might have a recruiter he has worked with in the past. If you're going to move (say, to your domicile), they won't talk to you until you're local. The recruiters have no way of knowing where you actually live. Just sayin. Tell them you're Guard, you're not yet scrolled, and you want to transfer to XYZ unit. You'll probably have to hold their hand a little through the process - I've been unimpressed. I think I am the first officer my recruiter has transferred. First things first, GET SCROLLED. It takes months. Make sure your recruiter starts the process yesterday so it's ready when you are. Make sure you can send encrypted emails to your recruiter. The new Guard mail.mil and the Reserve us.af.mil servers don't pay nice together. You might have to get his digital ID via some voodoo magic. I think this is how I did it. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-a-digital-ID-0eaa0ab9-b8a2-4a7e-828b-9bded6370b7b Start your 1288. Your recruiter will tell you what to put in each block. Route that through your Guard WG/CC, TAG, etc. Write a conditional separation MFR to your Wing CC to accompany your 1288. My SQ/CC had one on his computer, so he just changed the name, signed it, and sent it over to the Guard MPF. Wait. The 1288 will come back from your JFHQ/TAG and your Wing MPF should send this to the recruiter. He'll send everything to the RIO. Wait some more. Eventually the RIO responsible for your area will contact you either directly or through your recruiter. They'll want some ARMS stuff. They make sure your app is complete before it goes to ARPC. Recommend you talk to your RIO person (mine is an O-5) directly at least once to establish some kind of rapport. They can be pretty helpful and they can fix a lot of the Recruiter issues. Wait longer. Eventually you'll get a swear-in date, which will establish your separation date. You'll swear in to your new Reserve unit and your Guard Wing will create a separation order effective 1 day prior. Outprocess and inprocess like you have 69 times before and off you go. Good luck. It's been a school of hard knocks. Nobody really knows what they're doing. You're obviously the first guy in 30 years to do this. I hope your desired transfer date is on a distant horizon.

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I'm moving to a non-flying gig for good, so I'm selling my (purchased with my own money) Bose A20 headset. Single-plug, military 5-ohm mic cord. Includes case and aux audio cord. Non-bluetooth. $700 shipped. If you're also interested in a civilian high-impedance mic/cord, let me know and we can probably workout a deal to include that, too. edit: pic hosting didn't work. pics below.

DoD simply can't keep up. A couple airlines just approved raises bigger than the debated ACP bonuses. Without having to sign a contract. The only hope for AF pilot retention is another recession.