June 2, 201411 yr Butters, I'd be interested to know how that works out. I took the bonus last year and ended up paying additional taxes when I filed this year. My family's income is not 250K. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!
June 2, 201411 yr Sure, you get the money back as a refund if you didn't owe any taxes (i.e., Capt with 3 kids, 4 months tax free, and spouse doesn't work). The bonus is treated as regular income.
June 3, 201411 yr Butters, I'd be interested to know how that works out. I took the bonus last year and ended up paying additional taxes when I filed this year. My family's income is not 250K. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App! That is the price you pay for being a niners fan. I got it all back every year because I live in Seattle with a real football team.
June 3, 201411 yr I got it all back every year because I live in Seattle with a real football team. Est. 2012
June 8, 201411 yr That is the price you pay for being a niners fan. I got it all back every year because I live in Seattle with a real football team. Oh fuk that.
June 23, 201411 yr Check out the ARP website. Not only is the bonus the same as last year, but they also released TWO YEARS WORTH of the bonus. In other words, pilots with commitments that end in both FY14 & FY15 are eligible to sign up now for the same bonus. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!
June 23, 201411 yr Check out the ARP website. Not only is the bonus the same as last year, but they also released TWO YEARS WORTH of the bonus. In other words, pilots with commitments that end in both FY14 & FY15 are eligible to sign up now for the same bonus. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App! Sounds like Big Blue is getting desperate. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!
June 23, 201411 yr Read below that in the section titled "Early Eligibles" Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!
June 23, 201411 yr Wow...Christmas came a little early this year for me. I just PCS'd OCONUS to a great assignment and was pretty much locked in for the next three years anyway. I didn't see that coming. Now I'm just trying to figure out how this is a trick. If I was probably going to sign next year anyway, is there any viable reason not to sign this year?
June 23, 201411 yr Currently on leave with no access to mypers. Can someone post whatever details they can? Is the criteria the same as last year as well? 11F PAFSC= $25k till 20 years?
June 23, 201411 yr Wow...Christmas came a little early this year for me. I just PCS'd OCONUS to a great assignment and was pretty much locked in for the next three years anyway. I didn't see that coming. Now I'm just trying to figure out how this is a trick. If I was probably going to sign next year anyway, is there any viable reason not to sign this year? Just so I'm clear...you are getting ready to PCS OCONUS and presumably have 1 year left on your UPT ADSC. Your OCONUS assignment is a 3 year DEROS, so by time you take the hook you'll have 2 years left overseas... The reason you would have for NOT signing this bonus to have control over the assignment that comes AFTER your OCONUS assignment. Say AFPC wants to send you to Maxwell to teach SOS or some other form of hell-torture, if you've taken the hook you cannot say no and off you go into the non-flying wilderness. Personally I am afraid that I will be non-vol'd out of the cockpit somehow someday. Or sent on another non-vol 365 (or 179 of that matter) anywhere. I want the freedom to say no to whatever the Air Force tells me to do next. That freedom costs $25k/year for 5 years apparently (before taxes). Edit to add: there's no way I would sign a year early. So much in life can change that I wouldn't give the Air Force that much control over my life. But hey, that's just me. Edited June 23, 201411 yr by Homestar
June 23, 201411 yr Now I'm just trying to figure out how this is a trick. I'm trying to guess their rationale. Starting with the most friendly option and ending with the most cynical: Great job, team! Glad you're sticking around. Here's your money early. Keep up the great work. Maybe if we give people more opportunities to accept (i.e. a longer window), more of them will. If we can get people to commit earlier, that will help out with force management over the next few years. If sequestration continues, it will be harder to come up with the money in FY '15, so let's move some of that bill to FY '14. That way we can still pay the remainder that accept in FY '15. If sequestration continues, it will be impossible to come up with money in FY '15, so let's lock-in as many pilots as we can while we can. We're going to need to raise the bonus to meet retention goals, but why pay everyone more? The "I was going to stick around anyways" crowd will bite off early on the current, lower rate. That way, when we raise the bonus next year, we know we're actually targeting the "if the bonus is good enough" crowd, thereby meeting our numbers while saving money. My bet is a combination of #2, #3, and #4. Only #6 would really be a trick.
June 24, 201411 yr I am confused. I entered active duty in May 2004, Started pilot training in June. My grad date was July of 2005. I will not have 11 years of aviation service as a pilot by the end of FY 14 nor will I have the end of my commitment. This language would seem to indicate that they want to offer the bonus again to those that didn't take????? I'm confused as all get out. Then again I've been up since 3am Clovis time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
June 24, 201411 yr I am confused. I entered active duty in May 2004, Started pilot training in June. My grad date was July of 2005. I will not have 11 years of aviation service as a pilot by the end of FY 14 nor will I have the end of my commitment. This language would seem to indicate that they want to offer the bonus again to those that didn't take????? I'm confused as all get out. Then again I've been up since 3am Clovis time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Your aviation service date is tied to when your flight pay started, I think. That should be coincident w/your UPT start date.
June 24, 201411 yr Porkchop, that is a feature. Congrats, you just voted in A1's retention survey. We are probably not that smart, but the big data tools exist for such metrics. Edited for auto correct Edited June 24, 201411 yr by ComingLeft
June 24, 201411 yr This needs to be kept up to dat as much as possible. I have no access to portal for the next month+, and I'd like to know if this is legit or not. Thanks for letting us know! Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!
June 24, 201411 yr I just went to the ARP section of AMS to see what the application looks like and the following error message comes up: "ERROR - The ARP application allows eligible aviators to fill out a request for Aviator Retention Pay. It is only accessible to members who meet all ARP eligibility requirements. Our system indicates that you may not meet all the proper eligibility requirements to access an ARP application." I meet all the criteria under the "early eligibility" description so I'm assuming they haven't updated the system to take applications just yet. With the 10 year commitment, it doesn't take much prior time to miss the eligibility window. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!
June 25, 201411 yr Just got the AMS robot email Would it shock anyone to know that all of the links in said email are broken?
June 25, 201411 yr Can someone post the verbiage on here? I'm on a medical TDY taking care of the wife and my CAC reader went A-3. Thanks.
June 25, 201411 yr The link is working now in AMS. I'm confused, though: When I click the "TYPE" drop-down to select which plan I'd like (I'm an 11F who wants to take the 25k x 9 years), all it displays for choices are "B" and "C." WTF, AFPC? My only guess is that the letters correspond to the paragraphs in Part IV, paragraph 3 ("agreement values") as my options. I can't find anything that declares that outright, however, so how am I to know?
June 25, 201411 yr Ram, Same thing happened to me last year and I do know there is a decoder ring somewhere, just don't remember where. Sorry I couldn't be more help but I know for a fact I found it pretty easily.
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