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    Cost of owning a plane

    in General Discussion

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    1 hour ago, Bobsan said:

    no more than 1 passenger 69% of the time. I was initially thinking 4-seater to be able to easily fly for things like Pilots'n'Paws and PALS. But my primary mission is getting any sort of flying time ASAP. I've been reading about RVs and and looking at listings for sale. But even a Cub/Champ or C150/PA-28-140 would do for now.

    I haven't flown in 8 months since UPT graduation, currently in a penalty holding pattern with the Guard Bureau waiting for Herk school dates (long story). With the GA market expected to go down, I may end up buying high now anyway just to get hours and accept the loss in value.

    Just rent for a bit til you start flying again?

    Use or lose

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    Not really, if you had a plan to take a long vacation or family reunion it may take a while to reschedule. It’s pretty awesome for anyone separating prior to December 2023–potentially 120 days and some change of terminal if you save it correctly. 

    ACSC OLMP?

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    3 hours ago, FLEA said:

    My understanding is all Army officers in an operations career field will attend ILE (their IDE). Is this not correct? 

     

    3 hours ago, jazzdude said:

    I think all army officers go to their respective Captain's Career Course (SOS level PME) based on their branch. My understanding was their IDE and SDE equivalents were competitive.

    The Army also seems to be a lot more competitive to LTC, where if they don't make it, they'll be out on the street. Navy also seemed to be that way as well, if you didn't screen for department head, getting to 20 and retirement gets much more difficult.

    Jazz dude has it right. 

    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

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    Yep they are finite, but our system is staffed and equipped for the likely amount of use that occurs each year. If we increase from that just in case, we’ll have a lot of expensive waste that will increase costs. Healthcare is already expensive.

    It’s not just “muh economy”. It’s easy for us with a steady paycheck to say that. Go checkout how many people are at the Food-banks this week; I read that something like 15K families in San Antonio alone. 15,000 families in one city need food assistance.  People die from mal-nourishment too, or become weak and  vulnerable to a disease they otherwise could have fought. 
     

    Isolate the vulnerable and get the less vulnerable doing something productive. Also, let’s take a look at incentives to get people out of the vulnerable camp. Can’t do much about age and some pre-existing conditions.. but a population of people with poor health due to lack of preventative care and poor choices is pretty dumb. It’s also America though, so freedom. 

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    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

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    And that’s just the thing.. resources are finite. We can’t shut down the economy for  every virus or disease that emerges in the world. We need to find ways to continue to live and operate as safely as possible... and that probably involves isolating the most vulnerable and getting the least vulnerable back to work ASAP. 

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    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

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    So April 30 is the new date.. I feel like we are setting ourselves up for failure and/or disappointment.

    I learned once upon a time that event/phased based operations are more effective than time based operations.. I’m relatively certain there are more than a few DLOs to that effect.. 

    so.. What is the event based trigger (expected to occur on April 30th) Trump/Fauci/whoever is looking for so we can ease restrictions?

    And.. what do those eased restrictions/guidelines look like? I assume they have a plan, right? 😉

     

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    Retirement / Separation Considerations

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    On 3/19/2020 at 12:24 AM, ThreeHoler said:

    You can retract a separation up to 30 days prior to the separation date under current COVID-19 related guidance.


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    Anyone have a specific link on mypers? I did a cursory look and couldn’t find anything that specifically referenced covid 19 and delaying separation. 
     

    I did find a Separations PDG from Aug 2019 that talks about cancelling a DOS, but didn’t have specifics about changing an established DOS. 

    Aerial Firefighting

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Shaft, thanks for posting, I’ve been interested in CalFire since we had that other thread a while back.

    Are you guys still 6 on, 1 off? I think I read there was some thought of changing that up?

    It seems like fire season is getting longer each year.. is that changing operations any?

    Can you post some more info on the pay? I know it’s not a $350k wide body airline job.. just looking for a planning factor?

    And lastly.. what’s it like on family life? It seems pretty good, home most nights right? But I’m sure there’s more to it.

    Thanks!

    Retirement / Separation Considerations

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    9 hours ago, ThreeHoler said:

    The PTDY is not authorized for voluntary separation. Only “for a pre-separation or retirement relocation activity such as job or residence search and is eligible under AFI 36-3009, Airman and Family Readiness Centers, as a: (1) Voluntary separation incentive separatee. (2) Special separation benefits separatee. (3) Involuntary separatee (including “for cause” separatees eligible under AFI 36-3009). (4) Retiree”


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    Copy, that was my understanding of the AFI. I’ve heard of people getting PTDY approved, but it’s probably be doing done incorrectly and I wouldn’t want to gamble that down the road some FSS dude notices and now I’m charged for leave I was planning to take terminal with. 

    Palace Chase info

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

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    Is there more to do beyond getting the 422?

    Also, I haven’t gotten official word from AFPC yet, but I can see in CMS that mine has been approved. 
     

    11M, asked for 6 months off, submitted 30 Dec, had intent to hire letter submitted with package. Longest single part of the process so far was getting the Wg/CC signature on the 1288

    The new airline thread

    in Squadron Bar

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    9 hours ago, TreeA10 said:

    I know of a guy who made himself persona non grata at his Reserve unit and got hired by a major airline.  Most assumed he failed to "List any accident/incident you have been involved in" on his application and someone dropped a dime on him.  Sure enough, he had failed to list an incident..or two.. and was shown the door.  So,  be a douche nozzle and piss people off might be one way to not get hired.

    Now I’m second guessing my apps.. what is considered an accident or incident? I’ve shut down so many engines I have no count. I had a pretty unique emergency once but we recovered the aircraft with no damage. I listed my over speed, no damage, with my Q3; but not under incidents. What’s the threshold?

    What's wrong with the Air Force?

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    9 hours ago, torqued said:

    Seems like we now have an "It is what it is" attitude from leadership. You can't maintain a "crisis" mode of thinking indefinitely, and everyone involved in the pilot shortage issue capable of making any sort of a change is probably looking at their next assignment.

    Which is also basically the same attitude our national leadership has regarding Afghanistan and our endless wars in the Middle East

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