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    Drone Pilots: We Don’t Get No Respect

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    Well you might get your chance. Right when I was leaving this summer 20+ IP's in the 58th VSP'd or TERA'd out. The grass isn't always greener. The RPA out of UPT guys found out that their "hours" didn't count for anything when they got paroled to an MDS. So they'll be meeting their Maj boards as copilots, maybe AC's.

    I understand, I know C-17s are about to get hammered with a ridiculous ops tempo. My next assignment will likely be my last, and I'd like to get back and build time to prepare for my next career outside of active duty.

    Drone Pilots: We Don’t Get No Respect

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    Spoken like someone who never taught at LTS. I spent four years in that shit hole and would punch, with 13-years in if sent back. The grass isn't always greener.

    You single? Having been at Creech for a year, I would gladly spend my next four at Altus. Accumulating IP hours in a heavy jet, instead of wasting my life "operating" the MQ-9. I can make anywhere livable with the fam.

    Drone Pilots: We Don’t Get No Respect

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    I'm not sure if Holloman is the real issue either although it definitely doesn't help. Other communities have bad locations but it doesn't mean all the pilots separate as soon as they get an assignment there. Altus should be a manning killer for 17s and 135s if that was the case.

    what about all the dudes at Holloman who separate once they complete their ADSC there? The next likely step is to go to Creech but they would rather just quit.

    Those flying at Altus are still flying and that's the key. I was pulled out of my MWS and sent to Creech and I can honestly say if I'm sent to Holloman next, I will immediately try to Palace Chase and if unsuccessful I will punch at the end of my ADSC. I'm hoping the recent mass exodus of pilots in actual flying billets through VSP will create a vacuum that will require dudes like me to fill. I'd be disappointed if my active duty career ended before getting the opportunity to teach the next generation at UPT or going back to being an aircraft commander in AMC, but I have absolutely no desire to spend 8 years of my life in a shipping container.

    FY 15 Force Management Program (RIF, VSP, TERA)

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    100% chance.

    Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

    So I figured if you had a separation date of 31 Dec and start terminal in early December, you would receive your VSP payment with EOM pay in December. Am I completely wrong in that? In the long shot that I'm approved, I was hoping to get an extension in order to push the payment into the next tax year, but if that's going to happen anyway I think I would rethink that.

    FY 14 Force Management Program (RIF, VSP, TERA)

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    So if my year group/AFSC/RTDM is closed out is there any sense in applying for FY15 VSP?

    Good question. Who wants to go through 6 more months of getting jerked around if they aren't going to cut any more? However, the SECAF's recent words allude to more cuts than what we are seeing right now.

    We had discussion a while back about the limited funds available for Force Shaping this fiscal year. The budget is much larger next year. I'm not sure we can rely on AFPC to update the matrices in time for the next VSP window so I have no idea what to do. The uncertainty over the past few months almost made my wife kill me.

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    FY 14 Force Management Program (RIF, VSP, TERA)

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    Still nothing here. I called the TFSC yesterday and all the lady could tell me is 'Your VSP application is still pending.' I think she was looking at the denial and didn't have the heart to tell me. I can't believe we notify people of life altering news by e-mail now. It ranks right up there with the "Congratulations, you've been selected for a 365 ITDY to Kabul!" emails.

    I think the lack of approvals today is a bad sign. What little hope I have left is disappearing rapidly. Congratulations to all of those approved, I fear what life will be like after the exodus.

    FY 14 Force Management Program (RIF, VSP, TERA)

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    Moose, that doesn't mean they were the ones that made the decision

    ?? Don't know that I'm tracking. What I was saying is it shouldn't matter what your sqdn and wing CC say about your application. If senior leaders identify particular year groups and AFSCs to cut then it needs to be done regardless of what local commanders think. How many CCs are going to actually say they have too many guys? That just tells AFPC that they can do more with less.

    My CC definitely doesn't want me to go, but I'm holding on to hope that he has no say in the matter. They wanted people to leave and I volunteered. End of story.

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    FY 14 Force Management Program (RIF, VSP, TERA)

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    I thought 11/12 May was the big day? No wait, 7 March was the big day, or 16 May was the big day.

    I'm still waiting on my RIF pre-selection brief that was due to be sent to me on 14 May.

    Maybe Ops should start working TOTs this way. "You'll get your weapons effects whenever I damn well please!"

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