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  1. New bonus, including the Assignment of Preference option. Looks like scaling monetary options based on contract length OR Assignment of preference (with several caveats) OR both options that incurs a longer ADSC.
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    And they think this will work? Rhetorical question. It won't change anything, just give more money to people that were planning to stay anyways. Some real "smart" people came up with this dumb idea.

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  2. From my understanding that only happened for those on the original SGTO where they sent you to Miami to train on a 767 sim. If you go through an Air Force KC-46 school house it doesn't happen.
    I'm looking at moving to the 46 as well and that is the case. The 46 isn't quite a 767 (there are a couple differences) so they won't give you the type now. Only the guys that stood up the program because they had to get a background in the 767 before learning the differences to be able to fly the 46. That's my understanding from talking to those guys. I've been told though it's a pretty sweet jet to fly and it's really nice for some of us who are older and like to walk out to a jet that is half preflighted with air conditioning and a pot of coffee already going

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  3. I’m curious about the current deployment timeline of different platforms in todays Airforce and just how long you’re gone from home in general. I’ve heard that some planes have changed their deployment schedule in the last 5-10 years.
     
    I’ve heard that some special ops communities are gone for 5-6 months and then home for 18 months, C-17s are gone TDY for almost 300 days a year, tankers are at home almost every night but work more uniform hours in the day, other aircraft do deployments for 6 months to a year at a time but are home for the next 2 years, etc. Not sure if this is true or just rumors. Please comment if you know about any of the following platforms. I wanted to make a list in one location to help me and some friends choose what planes we want to put down for in our drop sheet. 
     
    Various fighters
    various bombers 
    C-17
    C-12
    C-21
    C-146
    C-130
    KC-135
    KC-46
    EC-130
    HC-130
    AC-130
    MC-130
    U-28
    Not sure where you got that info but tankers are gone all the time now. Either deployed, TDY, or sitting alert somewhere in the world. People always need gas, it's a fact of life and we are getting rid of the 10 so that only leaves two other platforms to do all the "offloading" to the customers

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  4. I'm 4 years out from being able to go guard/reserve and now having to make the decision earlier due to this supposed "50k" bonus at 3 years out. Sounds like I can get an Active retirement in the guard by just hanging around the unit getting on orders? I've heard some units say they could give me years of orders right now while others say they are hard to come by. I'm a 135 dude for SA

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  5. Visit from Aircrew Retention Taskforce happened this past week.
    Here's the latest:
    1. The pilot bonus will be capped at $50,000 annually however you will have to sign up early to get that amount. This year anyone signing up early (1-3 years away from ADSC) will receive the full 50k per year but starting next year you only get the 50k if you sign up 3 years in advance so say your ADSC expires in 2028 you would have to sign the intent to stay in sometime in 2025. It's $45,000 if you wait until 2 years and so on.
    2. Base assignment preference is also another option you can add but it adds an additional 2 years not concurrent with your pilot commitment.
    3. Aviation pay cap has increased to $1500 and the structure for receiving it is changing quite a bit. It is incentivizing upgrades by paying the most to evaluators and the least to copilots. But if you for example FAIP and are immediately an instructor you will receive more pay right of the bat and don't lose it once you change your airframe. This is nice so you never have to start over and it incentivizes FAIPing.
    4. They are also looking to pay school house instructors more than line instructors to incentivize going to AETC for a tour.
    5. Special Pay is also something being considered for WIC, TPS, AIC, AIS). Nothing final for this but it is something they are considering.

    No word when this will be in writing and implemented but all we can do is hope for the near future

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    To busy enjoy the nice little sidebar going on lol. 
     
    Ya, had the makings of a Tenerife type disaster.  Lots of blame to go around between the controllers and the AAL flight.  JFK is shitshow on good days and I'm so glad my plane doesn't go to NYC anymore.  That's actually one of the many reasons I stay put.  


    Could have definitely been bad, good on the controller to catch it as fast as he did and the pilots on takeoff roll to react quickly.

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  7. Hello! I am currently going through pilot training and wondering if some folks would be willing to give some updated info on deployments/time away from home and lifestyle.

    I am mostly interested in these airframes. All help is appreciated! Trying to learn more to do what is best for my family. Thanks in advance.

    C-17
    C-130 (all variants)
    KC-46
    KC-135
    RC-135
    C-21
    KC-135 has been a great aircraft to fly up until Blk45 became more of a negative than a positive (see autopilot issues in other threads) but for as old as she is she is really a great plane to fly. The 135 is definitely a more hands on airplane to fly that you have to handle and understand we don't have the automation many newer airframes have.

    Deployments: all depends on your unit but right now we're doing squadron Deployments and those are lasting about 4 months but with covid and times changing we're seeing a lot of changes.

    Ops tempo is extremely high right now. As a copilot it won't be too bad for you but once you upgrade expect to be other road a lot TDY and etc. The KC-10 is slowly going off line so we have been picking up a lot of taskings and we've even had to cancel leave for ACs we are so short manned. Let me know what other questions you have but overall I've liked my time in the tanker.

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  8. Long story short our crew just experienced a land as soon as possible IFE crossing the ocean recently and had to turn off all radios but one and received help from an American crew on 123.45 to pass position reports to Santa Maria until we were in VHF range of Lajes. I just wanted to know if someone can get me contact information to reach out to American to thank that crew for the help. Anything is appreciated. Thanks

     

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