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You'd figure that if what Hoss posted was untrue, a simple clarification from someone in the know would clear the air. Instead they deleted and obfuscated. How about some open and honest feedback from the CSAF for once? That would put all of the rumors to bed... or confirm them.

The airline CEOs would LOVE to pay us less! It's the unions and the pilot groups that would lose their fucking minds if that were to happen in this day and age. So yeah, no. Keep the leaks/hearsay coming. I don't expect ole' Fingers will be publicly releasing his AAR from the meeting in DC.

You've obviously forgoten about the memo that says we can roll up our sleeves now.

And now he deleted his post... If I end up in a cyber-bullying/manslaughter case, this is really going to fuck with my drill weekend. I need to get water survival done...

And here we go again. Mods... please? What has this guy added in the last few weeks? Even Butters took a clue and trolled elsewhere.

No. No he does not. No time out necessary. This is a fucking ridiculous state of affairs when the service can't seem to figure out why everyone is bailing. I'll add I have no dog in this fight, but I was an '05 guy who had his board delayed an entire year. Made the VSP application that much easier.

When I saw Toro had replied to the "Long Distance Relationship" thread I was giddy with anticipation. His inability to mince words and utter lack of sensitivity towards the uninitiated had my mind reeling at the potential of his post. Needless to say I'm sorely disappointed. That was actually some pretty good advice.

I don't think he was talking to you. You haven't been the one running his man-pleaser in all of the relevant threads as of late.

Anybody know when this AF/Airline meeting in DC is happening? I know it's sometime in May. I can't wait to see what this Tiger Team comes up with to make military service more palatable in this economy.

...unless you work fort the NSA. Then you can "go to the vault, dude."

Oh my God this is boring! Can we get back to the AF sport-bitching already?!

Oh! You mean one of those gigs where you get full AD pay to work on your airline apps/interview prep all day?

Yeah, Gina...

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Read the last line again. Are you seriously going to bitch about curly vs straight apostrophes then click send with a mistake like that in your out-line?

The Potomac could probably use a little hydrazine and JP8 to shock-treat whatever is growing in there.

Can we just get this over with already?

It's because every time someone does some kind of cool deployment morale video, it ends up on YouTube, Air Force PA flips their shit and heads roll because of "unapproved" footage. After a while, it's not worth even trying anymore.

I did this about 2 years ago. It was a pretty miserable experience with a VA loan. As mentioned above, the appraisal was the worst part. The house was in decent shape, but little things like a toilet that didn't flush, sink faucets that were so gummed up with minerals they sprayed funny, a bad water heater, and uncovered ceiling fan junction boxes (I could go on and on) were no-go's to the appraiser. I had every intention of fixing these issues myself once I owned the property, but that wasn't good enough. I guess the idea is to protect the buyer to the max extent possible... even if the buyer doesn't care about a particular fault. It was a constant back and forth with the selling agent and having their repair guy come out and do the work for a premium. Fortunately after a while, the agent just gave up and gave me the code to the lock box and I took care of a bunch of stuff in order to pass appraisal. I had to be careful, but it was worth it in the end. The stupidest one was the inop garage door opener that set us back a solid week. I unplugged it/plugged it back and it has worked fine ever since. All said and done, we closed about 3 weeks after our planned date. Dave at NBKC was awesome throughout. He even called me the morning of the closing to work out a couple of issues all while trying to feed his kids breakfast. NBKC customer for life.

With the internet, the sledge hammer became a completely useless tool circa 1996.

Roger. Well then I'm glad you guys got your memo granting permission to wear your flight suit how you like. Make sure you print that out and carry it in your pocket just in case someone decides to call you out. I agree with you guys, no point in being angry, but this memo is just another sign that the focus at the top continues to be on things that don't matter. If this memo is the trigger that keeps a guy in until 20 instead of going to work for Delta, then you're right - it's a step in the right direction.

Thankfully the 3-stars are all over the important shit going on in today's Air Force. Meanwhile at the squadron level... the experienced guys/gals are racing out the door so fast it makes your head spin. WAKE THE FUCK UP, GENERAL NOWLAND!

Just wait until PA squeezes her into a flightsuit for her Thunderbird ride-along debut. You're gonna miss Debby Lee when that happens...