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    Palace Chase info

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted

    13 hours ago, Tizzle said:

    PC denied!

    Asked for 8months early off UPT ADSC. What got me was my Sq/CC, WG/CC, and functional all non-recommended. I'm 100% confident I would have got approved otherwise.

    This process is incredibly frustrating but I have learned a lot about it along the way. Feel free to message me with any questions.


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    Well this isn't reassuring...

    Palace Chase info

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted · Edited by Snooter

    Had someone check CMS, the last signature was approve (functional and another recommended disapproval); how do I formally find out if this is actually happening? I'm guessing email, something tells me I'm not going to walk into work tomorrow with the sun behind my back and a chorus...

    edit:  it was AFPC/pc that was the last indent but they recommended approval...

    Vance OG/CC bans alcohol

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    10 hours ago, 08Dawg said:

    If he wants to say "No drinking in OG controlled buildings"...fine...but I wonder a) what defines an "off base...semi-official function" and b) how well that order would stand up in court?  This isn't Japan or Korea...

    First off; this was exactly what I was thinking.  "Semi-official function?"  Is that like, "hey everyone, we're getting together over at my place for opening day..."?  

     

    Also I wonder how the Vance commander's club card pitch is working out now a days...

    Goldfein advocating FAA 1500 hour rule change???

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    18 hours ago, Swizzle said:

    All talk and little action occuring, albiet risky, inappropriate action to ease the shortage I've heard of (ex. wash forward UPT studs, undue prof-advance pressure, and push studs through crap training expeditiously)

    Do, now, personnel managers/leaders feel the pinch? Are they motivated?

    What is the agency cost of a poorly trained and wrong-ORM-balanced aircrew pool? Are bonuses or other changes in USAF status quo worth the very real costs of poor manning management (mishaps, attrition and it's paired new-guy training burden)? Where do the black and red lines of this situation cross? Has anyone tracked these strategic ideas (not just aircrew personnel total chasing)? How bad does it need to be before the entire Gov't beauracracy recognizes, confirms, and recovers? A National Security Crisis confirmed? Will the National "purse" open up? It will cost and our purse will open up in some form or fashion, that's undeniable; whether it be via new training costs or mishap costs or bonuses or increases to USAF quality of life costs. Why stagnate and exacerbate the known problem?

    Senior leaders  (ACC, AMC) are writing about it publicly, but perhaps the pot hasn't boiled over yet; or maybe it has and they don't want to admit to "Mom" how bad it is (ex. Finalized Rated retention reports published FY15, FY16?) So...

    http://access.afpc.af.mil/vbinDMZ/broker.exe?_program=DEMOGPUB.static_reports.sas&_service=pZ1pub1

     ....when are they going to address the core grievances to fix the issue? OODA, gentlemen. I'd love to here where they think they are in this OODA loop, and how fast they're reevaluating/adapting? How well are they convincing the bureaucracy for change? And is it working at all levels needed? Is dialog with industry having the affect they desire? Written articles on the subject fixing it? If not, re-enter the loop...or find the heart of the matter by listening to your people and addressing their core grievances. 

    I heard a SrA at AFPC had the pilot shortage problem solved but the MFR keeps getting kicked back because it isn't formatted correctly according to the tongue & quill...

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    Goldfein advocating FAA 1500 hour rule change???

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Snooter

    Can't the AF do a year to year bonus?  That way you know immediately if you get a 365 and turn it down and if they try to drop a 365 on you mid term; you can 7-day opt...  you always have the option to separate at the end of your year.  And I don't buy that the military can't match civilian sector pay.  I get congress won't allow it but if we can afford 30 billion a year for 50 years for the f-35, I think we can pay for some experienced pilots to fly it...  hell the helmet costs 350,000 I'm sure we can find some money somewhere to help soften the bed for the takers...

    What's wrong with the Air Force?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    4 hours ago, di1630 said:

    Personally, ever since I realized the USAF needs me more than I need it. I've been rolling up my sleeves, zipper down, morale tab tab on, embroidered shirt exposed, sunglasses on my cranium, baseball cap with flag anyway while deployed. Nobody has said sh-t.

    I'd be careful, all it takes is a market correction for the Air Force to be okay with manning and you needing a job... I'm hoping we don't see that until I get my line number and some seniority but you never know...

    Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    2 hours ago, TnkrToad said:

    Getting back to my own 11M lane: There's been some talk in this forum about a pending 11M crisis. It's unarguably already here. The point of the bonus is to keep experienced folks on property, IOT to fill leadership and staff positions. Underproduction of 11Ms in the mid-90s year groups, combined with current-day hiring, means slim pickin's right now for current/future mobility O-6s/ future senior leaders. Personnel management buffoonery/endless deployments/backfilling other AFSCs/etc. has likewise thinned out late-90s & early 2000s year groups & made it really unlikely those still on AD will stay past 20. Those reaching bonus eligibility are somewhere around the '05 year group; if this year's take rate (and the broader trend over the past few years) is any indication), they sure don't seem inclined to stay on AD. I have trouble seeing how the 11M is/will be healthy in any year group that's hit bonus and/or retirement eligibility.

    If the theoretically "fat" heavy community is as hurting for experience as I think it is, I can only imagine how much worse it is for undermanned communities like 11Ss.  

    TT

     

    You forgot to mention that 2500 hours of international multi eng heavy jet is pretty much just two ops tours.  Cross check that with hiring mins and the threat of a staff tour to backfill Joe Fighter Jock's staff billet and you've got a recipe for a pilot shortage.  Everyone you talk to seems to be looking for the nearest exit...

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    Palace Chase info

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted · Edited by Snooter

    So I sat through the Palace chase brief the other night, there is no timeline min-max.  They say for Officers when you're given the option of your separation date they want at least 180 days because the paperwork has so many wickets to go through (approx. 4 months) that by the time it is approved with TAPS, out-processing, and terminal leave you may not have time to make your separation date.  Bottom line, give yourself more time than you think you'll need.  Other than that, to squash any rumint, no one can flat out deny you other than the separation authority so the whole "anything more than 6-9 months is automatically denied" is trash.  Duly noted that in principle doesn't always equal in practice. 

    Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    So interesting thought, I would suggest to big blue that they offer a bonus for continuation to 15 years with early retirement on the end of that, why haven't they considered that?  I mean aren't they always worried about the near term threat?  That buys them three years to get the next group of leaders to figure it out.  What does the group think?

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    Political Party Effects

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

     I don't think the executive branch has the control everyone thinks they do.  Congress is in charge of funding and equipping the military.  Yes the President is the CiC, but short of authorizing military actions for certain National Security issues under Article II of the constitution and having veto power (which can be overridden by a 2.3's majority) all he can really do is lobby for funding by drafting his budget.  If you think that one of these candidates will in some way be a watershed event reference the past 8 years.  I still stand by my assertion that the beauty of our democracy is that it is slow, of course the Achilles heel of our democracy is that it is slow... 

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