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To expand on this as I can't edit my previous post. I misspoke on the HP and complex as part of the commercial. Complex is required (I believe 10 hours), but HP is not to get a commercial ticket. However, all that is required to fly an HP aircraft is the instructor endorsement. The IP literally endorses you to fly the T-6 solo prior to soloing so it meets the intent of the FARs for HP endorsement. Hence, he can log the solo time as PIC.

He didn't ask how to report PIC time for the airlines, just if he can log PIC. He said he has a CPL which I assume is his commercial, so he can log PIC a multiple of ways. To reiterate, he can log PIC as the sole manipulator of the controls if he's flying while the instructor is in the aircraft, and he can also log PIC when he is soloing since he already has a ticket. And having a commercial ticket means you can log time in a high performance, complex aircraft. The only caveat would be if there is a type rating associated with the aircraft, which in the case of the T-6, doesn't exist. To echo Brabus, airlines don't dictate how PIC time is logged, the FAA does.

If you hold a private or higher FAA ticket already, then you can log PIC/SIC like any other aircraft. Solo and dual received are only for student pilots.

That’s the key takeaway. How much more work is it to get that extra few %? It seems like all the new UPT programs are to capture that extra bit, and is the juice worth the squeeze?

Bad counterpoint. SOF units wouldn't be caught dead with a non SOF commander. Also, the dude leading the guys on horseback was an operator. He wasn't some logistics dude that said "peace out, tell me when it's done".

Pure speculation, but for tanker bubbas it may involve ‘deployments’ to other areas. EUCOM and PACOM haven’t slowed down so from the AR side of AMC, it’ll still be busy. Just not hours over suckistan busy.

From my understanding that’s correct. The storage, if kept in a commercial facility by the moving company, is much more expensive. My storage is done as part of a DITY NTS while I’m OCONUS. The commercial rate for my 5k lbs of crap is almost $300 in the San Diego area, and I pay $90 to do it myself.

It’s gonna depend entirely on how much stuff and where. I rent a 10x10 for roughly $90 a month and I have roughly 5,000 lbs of stuff in there. I rent my unit in San Diego and when I was looking I found a range from roughly $90 to roughly $160 for a 10x10, based purely on where the storage unit was located.

We rail against the AF for not giving us $100k a year bonuses but as you know they are restricted by what Congress authorizes. I remember a certain senator from Arizona had a big say in that. 🤷‍♂️ What I do think is totally f’d up, beyond belief, is that the AF doesn’t max out the bonus for every pilot to the $35k allowed. It’d be pennies on the dollar in their annual budget.

I’m not sure if it’s obvious but a mil doctor doesn’t get their super high pro pays until done with residency. They get an intern/in residency pay that is akin to flight pay. They also aren’t eligible for the massive retention bonuses until all service commitments are complete AND also residency complete. Right now service commitments run 10 years for a dr that goes through USUHS and year for year on the HPSP. The HPSP has some weird quirks in it too about payback. For comparison, my roommate from the Academy went the medical route, chose orthopedic surgery as his speciality, and wouldn’t be fully qualified till about 11 years after graduation. He was also already planning to get out. That said, once fully board certified in their specialty mil drs get some serious money, it just might not come until much later in their careers. The dr bonuses are actually geared more towards drawing fully qualified doctors into the service.

The irony of the B45 issue is that where it’s supposed to really shine over the B40 (approach and landing phase), it can’t be used. Although, that said, a lot of old guys swear the B40 sucks doing a couples approach but I’ve never had problems with it.

It is, but it’s not guaranteed to get a DP from the MLR.

At my base, we got zero DPs for this O-5 board. So, the flip side is how to you rank the #1 guy from a base who had zero chance of getting a DP vs someone from another base who got one? In this example, the #1 guy with a P did in fact get selected for O-5 this board.

Learning has occurred, I misunderstood it to mean the NDAA mandated the 5 years.

That’s an excellent point. The NDAA authorized the 5 looks, but if it conflicts with DOPMA, which takes precedent?

The way I understand it, yes, if you accepted continuation to 24 your two ADSCs remain. If you didn’t they don’t. If you are actually in this situation please verify with MPF/etc. This was the case last year so I don’t know if the rules changed.

That’s how he explained it to me. He didn’t want to get stuck with a PCS ADSC.

My good friend just retired as an O-4 and several non-selects. He was offered continuation up to 24 but could get out any time he wanted prior to. I only mention it because I was surprised, I didn’t realize it was basically up to the individual on when to get out if they accepted continuation. I thought it was agreeing to stay till 24.

Sorry to hear it man. And yeah, I’ve heard the same.

Sorry man, that’s rough. Gotta ask, any trouble in your past? DUI, etc?

The takeaway is that all of the stuff Karl Hungus was listing gets your points towards a good year and ultimately retirement. Two IDTs a day, an RMP, AT, ATP, ATFP, etc, are all ways to get those points. If your goal is to minimize time at the mil job while also getting points, you can do IDTs and RMPs remotely. I’ve been out of the reserve world for about two years but it was up to the unit for the other options to work remote. I wouldn’t be surprised if covid has allowed even AT to be remote.

Call me crazy but war with a peer adversary will have a lot more immovable targets than a bunch of nomads living in huts on a mountainside. JASSM isn’t the #1 option but I think it’s a good option to have.

I used the Petmate Sky Kennel. Worked really well, just double check things like metal bolts and the screen mesh size. I think the rules may have changed recently but it’s been about 18 months since we flew my dog overseas. Plus, coming to the UK, expect to pay $$$. The import rules are different here. PM if you want and I can put you in touch with a local company that does almost 100% business with local mil folks.

It’s not hard, but I’ve sat in those MPCs and I’ve yet to see a fighter dude ask more than ‘what’s your max offload’. I can speak tactical stuff all day, did it for 14 years prior to flying the tanker, but it’s hard to integrate when you’re basically told to sit in the corner and color. That said, fault is also on the tanker side too. If you ask an average tanker guy what’s a max detect/max engage ring for an SA-whatever, they probably don’t have a clue.

That’s my point. The results of said business case(s) and how to manage their bonus structure was entirely up to the AF, not Congress. Nothing in the NDAA prohibited maxing out the bonus for everyone.