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Still (official) crickets on the ANG bonus, anyone else receive any official traffic?
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10 hours ago, Crash Pad Guy said:
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Did ChatGPT write your advertisement? This isn’t how pilots talk.
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27 minutes ago, Guardian said:
Is the new guard reserve bonus out?Not yet, just planning assuming the new bonus will have the same verbiage
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On 4/17/2022 at 10:16 PM, ViperStud said:
It’s better to go guard, get into an AGR position (fairly easy as a Maj), sign a bonus for the same amount and remain a free agent - if you curtail your orders you only owe money back if you didn’t serve it out. All the benefit, none of the ADSC.
AD bonus is for those who were staying anyway…and complete suckers.
Trying to decipher the FY22 ANG AvB policy. If you take AGR orders, sign a 3-year AvB, and have to curtail the orders for one reason or another (but stay DSG and serve all 3 years in one capacity or another)… do you pay it all back?
4.7 Recoupment of Payment
4.7.1.3 Member does not serve the agreed-upon period… all previous AvB payments are considered a debt and full amount recouped.
But then it states later:
5.2.1 Tier 1 Pilot (bonus)
5.2.1.3 Failure to serve the full agreement duration of service under this agreement will result in full recoupment of bonus monies IAW para 4.7.
5.2.1.4 Reduced Rate. A member on Tier 1 AvB who is no longer AGR will be subject to a reduced annual payment of $15,000 … and will remain at that reduced rate for the remaining length of their agreement.
Trying to decipher, does 4.7.1.3 only apply if you completely separate from the ANG before 3 years (not stay DSG )? Or does it mean if you don’t serve out the AGR orders you owe it all back.
The reduced rate paragraph makes it seem like your bonus will just switch to $15K per year as a DSG until the 3-year contract is over.
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5 hours ago, afaf said:
@tac airlifter hey man, I'm in a similar boat with a couple CJOs and separating this fall. I've been planning for this and amassed a big leave total since we were allowed with the COVID overages. I'm planning over a hundred days of terminal, but right now it's biting me in the ass because I can't get orders in a timely manner. If I'm lucky I'll have them less than 30 days before starting terminal. I was wondering if something like indoc on personal leave was possible, but figured I'd have to do that form allowing me to have a second job. How'd you get that all to work out? DM me if you'd rather message off the public forum. Thanks in advance.
Not sure who you have CJOs for and I can only speak for Delta Air Lines, they will not let you attend indoc on personal leave. Must be terminal.
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5 hours ago, brabus said:
ANG usually is around that time, but never seems to be exactly coincident with AD. Do you have a line number!?
Thanks for the info! Yea I have a line number, AGR might be right due to family circumstances for a bit… TBD
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Seems that April is the approximate date for the bonus announcement. Is ANG the same? Pondering AGR orders if a nice bonus is associated, just no idea the timeline when the bonus will be announced after this new NDAA
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On 12/9/2022 at 6:22 PM, nsplayr said:
Has there been any progress on seeing an entire month’s or flight pay for just attending drill for DSGs? I thought that was part of the last NDAA but maybe it was only talked about. I’ve been on full-time orders for a bit so I haven’t kept track super closely.
My going assumption is that it’s the law but DFAS somehow can’t execute it so… us apparently 🤷♂️
Curious about this too, haven’t heard any progress or updates
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On 12/28/2021 at 12:30 AM, Chida said:
NDAA just signed had this nugget: Reservist pilots to receive flight pay at the same monthly rate as an active duty guy, regardless of duty days, but first the services need to present their concerns to Congress, so who knows when it will actually be implemented.
https://www.ngaus.org/about-ngaus/newsroom/incentive-pay-parity-included-final-ndaa
Anyone know if this is actually happening?
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Interesting quote from BBC:
"I have little doubt that it's going to hurt Biden," says Christopher Phelps, an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Nottingham. "It's going to be viewed as a loss, and possibly as a disgrace - it really was his call, fairly or not."
Highlights the political nature of presidency, regardless of what deals (one, two, or three terms before you) were enacted.
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The videos from Kabul this morning made me sick to my stomach. Godspeed to everyone doing the work over there right now.
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2 hours ago, dogfish78 said:
https://www.upmc.com/media/news/072621-king-mejia-vaccine-hesitancy
“The largest decrease in hesitancy between January and May by education group was in those with a high school education or less. Hesitancy held constant in the most educated group (those with a Ph.D.); by May Ph.D.’s were the most hesitant group.”
[Bold text added]
Another statistical story that is all like the rest…. “Let’s paint the picture we want to paint.”
Infers PhDs went up in hesitancy… which is wrong, everyone else went down. PhDs stayed mostly static… which is what you’d expect from those that aren’t swayed by media and did their research from the beginning.
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1 hour ago, Kiloalpha said:
Unknown if true. I don’t think this is exactly going to endear the President to the armed forces. But if they say I need it, I’ll get it. Just think it’s a little bullshit.
Interesting. Figured they’d wait until it was off emergency authorization.
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So much emotion with this from everyone. My family got the vaccine because my wife works with immunocompromised children that can’t get it…. not because we are concerned about ourselves. Every M.D. we know got it the minute they could (even pregnant or nursing)… so we trusted their decisions and followed, because as it turns out, I’m a pilot and not a medical professional.
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6 hours ago, pawnman said:
It's a good thing JASSM shooters don't have to worry about LARs, timing, shot containers, spacing between shots, retargeting in flight...just push the pickle button and the weapon does the rest.
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Good thing tens of thousands of pounds of airdrop loads don’t require any planning either. Just press the green light and the load does the rest.
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14 hours ago, Danger41 said:
For the AMC Bros, do you guys do tactical/threat missions as CT prior to these big missions? Not just the occasional tac approach but no kidding scenarios integrating OCA/SEAD etc (notional or otherwise).
Not at the level you’d consider proficient. Quite a stretch saying MAF only does instrument approaches, but the past twenty years we have focused on different skillsets… none of which is at the level of a near-peer integrated effort.
While some exercises exist, when coupled with the current ops tempo, only a small percentage of the Squadrons get exposure.
CT will never replace integrated training and the opportunities are too small to make a dent.
Your lifestyle is tactical integration… it will never be in the MAF until the ops tempo slows down, training opportunities exist, and we have reliable tactical hardware (with support).
Even if folks want to work with the CAF, an OST currently requires a Wg/CC-approved CONOP, full itin, and DLOs (plus all the wickets to get there) and we wonder why why folks aren’t inclined to put in the effort?
How do we make the enterprise better? Integrate in small volumes that doesn’t require 6-9 weeks to plan, because the DV visit isn’t going to plan itself.
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12 hours ago, Homestar said:
The KC-10 cockpit has always been a dinosaur. Is the C-17 doing LNAV/VNAV and LPV? What about the block 45 -135?
Block 8 C-130s are RNP, LNAV/VNAV, LPV. Not RNP AR. Quite certain KC-46s are the RNP AR.
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On 4/22/2021 at 9:01 AM, ThreeHoler said:
Odd. That’s not what our AF reg says.Retracted my statement, AIM reads like you can, FAA circulars clarify.
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4 hours ago, Muscle2002 said:
I'm not defending the AF, but Congress had the biggest hand to play in the bonus. After all, Congress has had its eyes on the bonus for a while, and according to some discussion with A1 folks, the AF had to fight to even keep the paltry numbers programmed this year.
While the numbers were a joke, the few folks I know that were actually thinking about it, won’t sign because of the 5 year time commitment verse 3 years.
I can’t imagine Congress cares about commitment, they care about money.
Thus I still solely blame the AF, but anyone can feel free to enlighten me.
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9 hours ago, Phase4 said:
So, what’s the latest RUMINT?
FY21 AvB releases Thursday
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3 hours ago, Skitzo said:
I’m set to depart on a 365 command tour. I wish some clear guidance is issued soon regarding deployments.
On a side note this pandemic has created great efficiencies in training. I was thrilled that we practiced and qualified on the M4 at the same time and thus were in and out in record time and saved a shit ton of ammo in the process.
Also I feel like family sep allowance should be upgraded 250 a month is fine when we aren’t dealing with a pandemic.2. My unit was able to leverage the Wing to get deployable, granted at the sacrifice of normal currencies... but it’s great to see red tape disappear and priorities be executed.
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On 2/10/2020 at 3:05 PM, AirGuardianC141747 said:
CDC and DOH finally getting in with boots on the ground. Good takeaway regarding regimes and how they conduct business. Keeping everyone out, controlling information, lockdowns in effect in various ways good and bad.
Either way this virus will run its course and burn out eventually, or a vaccine will be effective and implemented or we just add another annual flu type vaccine to the list of options to mitigate the effects. IF food driven, governments should provide some assistance in “wet market” cleanliness. It’s not the first time, definitely not the last.
This is a positive note to keep me in a good mindset versus the underlying theme of history.
Mother nature is a serial killer...
WHO said 18 months until a vaccine. I was thinking weeks...
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21 hours ago, tx_flyer said:
Finished the school house June 2018 and need 2 yrs by Fall 2020
This isn’t a stab at you TX, but I do find it crazy that they have a boarded pilot position for dudes or dudettes with 1 year operational experience (I’m counting post-MR) with one schoolhouse Q-1 on file and maaaybe another Q.
Pretty soon the 89th will start taking LTs at this rate.
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38 minutes ago, Bigred said:
Sorry fellas, as part of my switch over from the Navy to 11M, I’m eligible for the bonus, so I took it. I’m sure I skewed the numbers 😂
In all seriousness, and I admittedly haven’t talked to a lot of tanker dudes yet, but I’ve yet to meet one who took the bonus.
Everyone I know who took the bonus were prior-E’s or Prior-navs... so were committed to 20 anyway.... aka retaining no one
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Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)
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“Restructure”…. Could they reduce the amount? Does this apply to ARC and AD?