General Chang Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) It’s time for the Air Force to cut loose any ideas of retention, drop the bonus to $0, and focus on growing our way forward. You only need one-two gray beards at the top to run a flying squadron. The rest can be O-3 and below. Higher risk? Sure, a little. Push people through UPT in 6-months, FTUs in 2 months, double the output, and GROW our AF out of the pilot shortage. Retention is a useless fight at this point. Drop the bonus to $0. We will be just fine. Edited July 8, 2023 by General Chang 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swizzle Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 3 hours ago, General Chang said: It’s time for the Air Force to cut loose any ideas of retention, drop the bonus to $0, and focus on growing our way forward. You only need one-two gray beards at the top to run a flying squadron. The rest can be O-3 and below. Higher risk? Sure, a little. Push people through UPT in 6-months, FTUs in 2 months, double the output, and GROW our AF out of the pilot shortage. Retention is a useless fight at this point. Drop the bonus to $0. We will be just fine. How ignorant and souless your viewpoint is...while you're at it just eliminate all programs which virtue-signal people's value and importance. Not saying don't produce as much as you can, but it's a balance AND relationship with the workforce. Under your imperative, just burn all programs down which support retention, so that's adios to what - CDCs, MWR, MFLC, heck why not Doctors. And, oh yeah, how do you like your droid'icas? And how is the darkside of force treating ya? ...people aren't disposable commodities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Man Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 don't feed the troll, bro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swizzle Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Somethings are just inhumane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkDiggler Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 20 minutes ago, Swizzle said: Somethings are just inhumane You know it’s just Bashi’s troll account right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swizzle Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 23 minutes ago, DirkDiggler said: You know it’s just Bashi’s troll account right? I just couldn't let it slide. I stopped short of answering all the other baiting-posts Chang made today... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainMorgan Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 You know it’s just Bashi’s troll account right?I thought Bashi was Bashi’s troll account?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhhello Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 2 hours ago, CaptainMorgan said: I thought Bashi was Bashi’s troll account? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LookieRookie Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 20 hours ago, General Chang said: It’s time for the Air Force to cut loose any ideas of retention, drop the bonus to $0, and focus on growing our way forward. You only need one-two gray beards at the top to run a flying squadron. The rest can be O-3 and below. Higher risk? Sure, a little. Push people through UPT in 6-months, FTUs in 2 months, double the output, and GROW our AF out of the pilot shortage. Retention is a useless fight at this point. Drop the bonus to $0. We will be just fine. I mean the latter half of this is going to happen somewhat anyways. T-6 direct coming to a MAF/SOF RTU soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourFans Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 You should know: General Chang is actually James "Don't Call Me Jimmy" Slife 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swizzle Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) PAUSEX, PAUSEX, PAUSEX... Tactical Pause... Timeout... Edited July 10, 2023 by Swizzle https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/air-force-delays-bonuses-new-assignments-political-feud-space-commands-rcna93491 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhhello Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 42 minutes ago, Swizzle said: PAUSEX, PAUSEX, PAUSEX... Tactical Pause... Timeout... That's fucking hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08Dawg Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 That’s AF-speak for “you’re about to get hosed”… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJay Pilot Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) Bwahahahaa! They ran out of money, mudda-fugging-ing idiots. This checks with Cannon getting a bunch of reservists to come out and then realizing they didn’t have the funding. Edited July 11, 2023 by McJay Pilot Still can’t say f.u.c.k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhhello Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, McJay Pilot said: Bwahahahaa! They ran out of money, mudda-fugging-ing idiots. This checks with Cannon getting a bunch of reservists to come out and then realizing they didn’t have the funding. I mean when Congress cuts you off, not much you can do. Its not just the bonus program, its everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestik Møøse Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Lockheed always gets their $69B annual revenue; don’t worry they will also plan and execute the war for us so we don’t need you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroncoEN Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 “Restructure”…. Could they reduce the amount? Does this apply to ARC and AD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJay Pilot Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 53 minutes ago, uhhello said: I mean when Congress cuts you off, not much you can do. Its not just the bonus program, its everything. Fair point. Also fair that “idiots” covers a wide variety of people! 🍺 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainMorgan Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 “Restructure”…. Could they reduce the amount? Does this apply to ARC and AD?Guessing so, and it’ll only be available to those who sign before they run out of money. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainMorgan Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Now if only they would offer VSP and TERA…Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swizzle Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Notice the cryptic, scare tactic of while $ lasts one can re-contract that being when, IF, it returns, but all under the overarching context of the notification that the personnel budget just ran out of $ under their management. It drips with conflict. ...but AF/AFPC won't share how much or how many contracts potential slots remain. I don't know if AvB is in a separate pot/color of $ which is isolated. Is the medical professionals bonus $ separate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooter Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 All this and some people still believed the "base of preference" nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jice Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 To any young guys reading who know this but want to hear it externally: If you were on the fence before about taking the bonus, it is not rational to take the bonus solely based on [alleged] scarcity. The value of the money and your time has not changed. (If you were going to take it but haven’t yet, scarcity is a rational consideration. So are continuing messes like this.) Sadly, somewhere, some flesh-peddling fvck is seeing this cluster as an opportunity to pump up his rookie numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeefBears Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 I'm sure the AFSOC flesh peddlers won't use this as an opportunity to delay PCSing people out of cannon... right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad_timing Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) I have an ADSC out to 20 years. I was planning on signing the bonus today. I logged in this morning to see that the window closed at 1630 CDT last night. "Surprise, fvcker!" My UPT ADSC is up soon and I could've been free from these games. I regret choosing to stay in the AF. Edited July 11, 2023 by bad_timing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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