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Remember, we're talking about the same "leadership" that decided that the same folks they trusted with multi-million/billion $$ national assets, strategic intel, nuke secrets, and dozens of other things that require the utmost integrity as a part of their daily routine, could no longer be trusted to count pushups and situps...

"Chariot directs ... standby, the general says he'll fly this one himself."

The KC-X/F-35/many other procurement program SNAFU train is departing the station on its regularly scheduled route.

I, personally, was sold a bill of goods. I signed up for 16 years as an 18 year old, and was told I would fly for a living. I had no idea that after the academy and after flying training that flying would be only 1% of what I did. It's a raw deal. Don't do active duty, go guard!

1. The lame parts are worse than I expected (blues, CBTs, etc), but the flying is also better than I expected. 2. Hell yes!

Good. Maybe this will stop people from wearing those stupid bluetooth earpieces outside the confines of their vehicle. Seeing people walking around with those makes me want to punch a baby.

it's gonna blow your mind when you graduate college, get a job, and can afford decent booze.

We don't want you...

Yeah, same thing that was said prior to UAVs.... Never say never. Really? It's better to crash with humans at the controls? I don't quite see the difference, and considering that the majority of interaction between passengers and the pilots on commercial airlines are those little amusing announcements from the cockpit, the majority probably would never know the difference if there wasn't anyone sitting at the front of the plane.

Really??? Then I'll just be sure to tell the medical community that is spending a ton of time and money trying to figure out why U-2 pilots are getting DCS so much, that you have figured it all out. In fact.... I guess I really didn't need to fly to San Antonio this week and spend 2+50 in an MRI chamber, while they looked at my brain (yes, I have one... and it is above my waist). I guess all I needed was a bottle of Gatorade and 3 more hours of sleep. Silly me. And yes... by the time any of you apply and interview, the jets will be modified and DCS will become a thing of the past. To summarize: - don't sweat the DCS thing if you are "worried" about applying. - the U-2 will be around a while. - if hired, you can plan on being the bar officer for a while... it doesn't matter if you're a major or lieutenant colonel... it's your job to clean the floor and make popcorn every day. And if you don't like that then please plan on staying wherever you currently are. BTW... to those of you I met at Laughlin on Friday, it was good to meet you. The crud games were great too. Kudos to the AFSOC guys that shut the bar down with me.

If you're gonna shine your ass... you better not fuck it up.

DP non-selects are an anomaly...they happen, but they are not common among records without blemishes. That is why I was saying there has to be more to these records. Do promotion records speak for themselves? Not necessarily. Thats why I said they should. Strong records don't need the DP push...if it is well written, the dudes will get promoted. Weak DP records do stand out though. It is obvious to the board if a DP was given to mask a weak record, but the rater wouldn't (shouldn't) use a DP on a dude they really didn't think should get promoted. It should be used as an indication to the board that while this guy's record seems weak, I as the senior rater think he has the potential to be promoted even without an AAD. I dont know if that was the case here. Otherwise, it appears the board used AAD as a discriminator and disregarded the DP (more likely) but you'll never get anyone to admit it. I'm guessing they took all the DP records without AADs and put them up against P records with AADs that were about equal and then used the AAD as a discriminator without regard to the DP. Fair? Maybe...but that's why I ask why use P and DP? Obviously AAD holds more weight between similar records. We already know the Air Force has a hard time telling people they suck, so they put it in 'code' in someone's promotion record. Remember, we are the 'feel good' force...everyone is a winner when it comes to face to face feedback.