dream big

Not all heavies are equal, sometimes big AMC forgets about us herk guys and I would venture to say that being a herk dude down in the tactical mission set while when we aren’t getting boned by TACC has it’s useful challenges, certainly not easy by any means.

Well that escalated quickly

This is actually one of his sons. He went through pilot training a few classes ahead of me. How else would he have a voice on foreign policy magazine? Haha

Look who is dad is, make no mistake that the guy has ambititions - that are unfortunately not in line with actually fixing the pilot shortage.

Yes, and I highly recommend choosing the Guard/Reserves over active duty.

Don’t even get me started! The major EP/WIC types that should be in the squadron mentoring the copiglets are staying at work till 7pm in whatever useless Wing job they have, flying once a month and then going home and working on ACSC...truly sad.

Maybe severe prop over speed? Rare but can turn into a death spiral if not handled promptly. So sad, a toast to the crew :(

Yeah, no way this leads to more accidents down the road. Jam pack everyone through to make the slides at HAF look green.

Let’s start with not paying them billions of dollars? Lets see how this North Korea thing plays out..because right now, despite all his haters and naysayers it looks like he is on to something. Not saying that he is the end all be all- just that there is some positive pragmatism to his approach when it comes to potential adversaries.

He should’ve torn up that abomination of a deal the moment he entered office. Too bad we can’t get the billions we have them back.

Of course we care, many of us zipper suited sun gods have enlisted aircrew and/or work in OSSs where we supervise enlisted folks. Anything that allows them more time focusing on their primary job or more time with the family instead of idiotic PME is a win for everyone!

Not an embassy gig, it’s a straight up white jet assignment, kind of like C-21s. They mostly just shuttle the 3 star around Japan.

Blues Monday, the RIFs, reapings, practice bleeding, etc.....basically all the things we are gripping about today and reasons the good dudes are leaving were all exacerbated under his watch.

Interesting, why did wing commanders have to provide a “yes or no” if they were going to second guess all the recommendations!? God this level of incompetence...

So what would a rough timeline be from OSD to notification of promotees?

Your sources are CNN and NY times, hardly non partisan sources especially when it comes to Trump. It’s like quoting Sean Hannity when criticizing Obama.

Wow, lay off the MSNBC bro it’s getting to your head.

Then you have to factor in the rogue Wing Commanders who will still do everything the old way (like still making dudes do PRFs for Major) because that’s the way that made them successful.

He said he sent a memo out about getting rid of additional duties...all the ones that just got moved to the CCS (ie the execs)..

I’ve told him to his face why at one of his “CGO round tables” on why pilots are leaving. It’s time he starts firing some wing commanders who are still propelling the queep monster while their pilot exec minions’ 90 day time is in the low tens.

Not sure what the hype is, there is already a program for enlisted to become pilots: it’s called OTS...

Idk ask any of the mid to senior captains yanked off the Sq flying deployments because their ground job making PowerPoints and editing OPRs is more important. It’s a young man’s game for the most part.

I’m guessing it has to do with the 100% thing as well - in the sense that they didn’t get enough selects to meet the new demand. Our wing alone sent up 3 DNPs out of about 20 people so if you do the math that’s close to a historical select rate.

This is my biggest fear. There was no coincidence between the sudden spike in pilot related accidents and the sequestration of 2013. I remember having to shove 8 copilots on a 2 hour pro sortie to get their monthly takeoff, approach and landing. We cannot keep doing more with less and cutting basic pilot proficiency. The bean counting cucks will never learn.

FSS strikes again! Why the hell does an airman in FSS need to be an approval level for leave? Isn’t this the kind of stuff Goldfingers talked about where we give back power to Squadron Commanders? Also not sure which is worse, DTS or Leaveweb. Filling out a voucher or leave form manually worked just fine back in the day.