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FlyingFisher

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  1. Just looked back in my order history and saw that I was paying $189 per case of 1,000rds of brass 9mm last January, only shed a few tears for the Good Ol' Days...

  2. 28 minutes ago, TotableMink said:

    Anybody have a holster recommendation for a Springfield hellcat with a streamlight TLR-6 and rmr? Looking for an appendix carry with an extra mag (similar to trex arms sidecar or LAS concealment ronin). Havent had any luck yet so its starting to look like I will have to go the custom route. 

    If you're really set on the "Sidecar Type" holster I would go with Tier One Concealment. I carried in a Sidecar and Tier One holster for a few years but there's far more comfortable and concealable options out there. I've been using PHlster and Tenicor holsters for a my carry guns with lights for the last couple years and they're pretty bitchin'.

  3. 21 hours ago, gear3green said:

    Everyone here is freaking out about shit you can’t control! Yes shit will be delay, you won’t graduate on time and you will miss that deadline you had to make it to xyz airline. One thing I know for sure now that I am in is that the needs of the Air Force wont change. We still need pilots. We still need manning! I see it every day where I am at. Both fighters and heavies. So relax and work on those packages. Interviews will happen maybe not right away but they will happen. I just finished interviewing a guy via Skype! So relax! Shit will be rolling! Trust me we need you! 

    What he said, we're not special and everyone across the globe is dealing with the same shit sandwich in any industry or group you could think of. Take a breath, buy some nice bourbon, and maybe learn Spanish or something.

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  4. I'm not sure when your big trip is supposed to happen, but if it's any time within the next three months I would cancel those plans to visit right now. Pretty much every unit across the ANG and Reserves are canceling all hiring boards and meet-and-greets for the foreseeable future due to the 'Rona, so I can almost promise they will not be entertaining any outside visits. 

  5. 24 minutes ago, John Doe said:

    Hey were you able to find out if UPT stopped or is delaying new classes?
     

    Im slated to go to OTS and UPT sometime next year but I was wondering how this virus will affect the dates

    Official word is that all training such as BMT, OTS, UPT, etc, are all considered mission essential and moving forward as normal minus public graduation ceremonies.

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  6. 3 minutes ago, HuggyU2 said:

    Congrats.  That's the airplane I'd most like to own right now.  

    What made you the most sold on the 14 vs other Vans or light GA aircraft in general? I'm trying to gather as much info as possible before making any moves on it

  7. Currently looking at buying an RV-14 (non-A) and interested in some light off-airport action. Those of you that own or have experience with RVs, what's the general consensus on the extent a tail-dragger RV can handle (grass strip, gravel strip, river gravel bar, etc.)? 

  8. 53 minutes ago, VigilanteNav said:

    Hate to add to a rumor mill but I think my sources tell me the UPT backlog in FY20 is very real.  In the AFROTC active duty world, we are hearing that all May 2020 commissionees will be waiting one year to go on AD orders to UPT.  In plain english, even on active duty, you will likely wait one year so May 2021 will be the earliest you will start UPT.  I'd imagine that hurts ANG start times too. 

    I went through Wright-Pat with Guard dudes who have been assigned FY2020 dates for UPT as recently as last month. For some reason those of us waiting for UPT love starting rumors as a whole, but they're mostly unfounded, if you have access to the system you'll see that there are openings for most UPT classes for the remainder of the year. 

    Having said that, maybe it will turn out that the rumors are true and we do have to wait, in which case I say we enjoy our time off. Play golf, go fly fishing, take up underwater basket weaving, knit a sweater for your mom and your dog. At the end of the day we all still won the lottery, a little longer wait than expected is still worth it.

  9. 2 hours ago, baileynme said:

    Airline Pilot Central has pretty accurate numbers. 2023 you'll be catching the the wave just as it's about to crest. The next few years after will see 900+.

    Sent from my SM-G960U using Baseops Network mobile app
     

    For those of us that will be able to apply right around the time of that "crest" is that going to be a tough time to get in or about the same?

  10. 2 hours ago, CharlieHotel47 said:

    Unfortunately. Stay motivated. I went to WP on my own dime to get an FC1 thinking I would be able to shorten up the timeline. But didn't help much. 

    Get Hired. Get gained by the unit. Get UPT dates. Usually about 18 to 24 months in average. 

    I have everything but the UPT date part knocked out so I guess we'll just see how things fall, all worth it in the end!

  11. 1 hour ago, The Trinity Kid said:

    Thank you for the feedback.  I’m glad to see that the work I’ve been putting in might actually be worth the sweat I put into it. 

     

    I don’t want to make this a sob story or anything, but I’ve been working toward a pilot slot since about 6th or 7th grade, only to keep having the goal line pushed farther and farther back.  So to have all this work justified gave me another spurt of inspiration and motivation. 

     

    -TK

    Every one of us here who has gotten selected for a pilot slot has a story of adversity along the process or a time where we had to fight for it or lose it. You will too. Embrace it and use it to make yourself a better candidate now and a better co-pilot/wingman in the future.

  12. 8 hours ago, Checkmate said:

    Thank you for the rapid reply! That's definitely something that will come up and at that point it could go either way. Hopefully they'll see the goods of my particular situation and experience instead of the others. 

    I know of a young man in a very similar situation to the one you mentioned above. In the end, he got picked up by a different F-16 squadron. So far 2 of 2 people that were DQ'd for carrier landings have been picked up by ANG F or A squadrons. It's somewhat ironic that our experience works for us just as much as it works against us depending on who you're talking to!

    I'm going to keep pressing. At this point I'm working on sussing out Meet & Greets and applications / application due dates.

    Again, thank you for you reply. View points from others shine light on areas or ideas I may have overlooked. I appreciate it.

    Absolutely, your scores and background are very strong and as long as you can prove that you're a good dude I'm sure you'll find a fighter or attack squadron somewhere, and as always rushing stacks the deck in your favor even more.

    Good luck and hopefully I'll give you a plug for some gas one day.

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