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    Littlerock pleading session?

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted · Edited by BolterKing

    10 hours ago, FUSEPLUG said:

    The "no sense of purpose at an airline job" line will be debunked with that first second-year paycheck.

    Yeah, how about I show you a summer of $30k plus paychecks month after month with 15 days off and no BS to deal with… tell me you can’t find a sense of purpose.  
     

    They abused my sense of purpose,  now I’m in it for me.  Go to the show!!!! 
     

    Oh and enjoy roll call in the heritage room with the boys on Sunday of drill doing the real work part time on your own terms.  

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    Littlerock pleading session?

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Saw an IG meme summarizing a recent event at Littlerock.  Sounds like leadership was down on their hands and knees pleading for pilots to stay and not go to the airlines.

     

    Anyone that was there have first hand intel?  It’s a glorious event if true.  

    Raptor Gear Up at Fallon?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    On 5/25/2018 at 4:49 AM, Buddy Spike said:

     

    Says the guy who spent 6 years in a Navy Hornet squadron and had a very good friend get FNAEB'd for it.  

     

     

    As a Hornet guy in the guard now, the USAF aus way more F’d up.  The FNAEB process isn’t perfect, but it’s way more democratic/pragmatic.  Just look at the outcome of the sky writers.  You telling me the USAF would’ve ever let them keep their wings, let alone keep flying?

    Raptor Gear Up at Fallon?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Low transition = suck the gear up as early as possible, stay as low as possible on the deck while gaining all the knots you can, pull up at end of runway, look cool.

     

    Doesnt work if you yank the gear with minimal flying speed and settle back down onto the runway.  

    Raptor Gear Up at Fallon?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, FourFans130 said:

    Nope.  His cyber awareness training expired and the jet locked his account at a very inopportune moment.

    Then how’d he even sign for the jet?!  I suspect the lack of use of his hand was the fear installed from SAPR training.  

    Raptor Gear Up at Fallon?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    14 hours ago, M2 said:
    UPDATE from sources: "Info on the Raptor mishap at Fallon: The slide happened on takeoff. Appears to have been a left engine flameout when the pilot throttled up to take off. By the time he realized the engine was dead, he had already been airborne for a few seconds and raised the gear. The jet bounced for around 1500 feet, and then slide for about 5000 feet. They got it off the ground and on its landing gear last night, so the runway is clear. Chain is wanting it to be quiet still. It's very fresh obviously. But it's looking like the second engine failure on Elmo jets in a 7 day period."

     

    This would be consistent with what everyone who saw it thought was a low transition gone wrong.  Still hard to believe it couldn’t fly away on one, it was a cool day and DA shouldn’t have been a factor.  

    F-16 Crash At Tyndall

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    A lot of retired O-5's and 6's killed in last few years working for these civilian/contractors.

    1. Tactical aircraft have no business in a for profit operation, or any operation not 100% funded for full capability and safety.

    2. If you survived long enough to retirement, do your family a solid and let it go man.

    Maybe we can stem the flow of retired brass turning into memorial services?

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    Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Guys those two posts are the most solid advice I have pretty much ever heard. Thank you.And I second the currency thing. I do keep hearing that.

    Straight from the hiring manager at one of the big three to me personally:

    "If a candidate doesn't have 100 hours in the last 12 months, and a first class medical within six months, we don't even see their app."

    Take heed guys. Read the min requirements for each airline and make sure you meet every one. The upside is once you meet those wickets, your app magically reappears on their end. Good luck, you will get a call but you have to keep updating and networking. It's hard work, but you'll be rewarded handsomely.

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