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I think the best SEFEs are those that look at themselves primarily still as instructors but can complete Form 8s, too.

Jokes about this being a former C-17 crew or arguing over whether an FE would have saved the day in 3-2-1...

Back from when KC-135s had navs. What's the typical front end crew complement of a -135? One dude that washed out of pilot training and two that should've.

Good Lord! "Giant 4241, confirm you know what airport you are at now?" $20 says they had to turn on their cell phones and use Google Maps to find out where they really were. UFB.

Well I'd rather an engine fall off than the cockpit (statements I never thought I'd have to make).

2 Though I will say that the patch that I most respect is currently an EP in my sq and he is 100% able to balance the two hats. He makes it very clear that his primary job as an IP, EP, and WIC grad is to make people better aviators.

Had he made approx 1 more error, it would have *sucked*....

They sounded way too alert to pull that one off. Moral of the story, If you F it up, slur your words and sound groggy. Just sounding stupid probably isn't enough.

They should make a movie based on this....

Stress/burnout comes in different flavors. Deploying to a shitty part of the world and getting shot at is terrifying and generally awful; I get that. But four years of micromanagement, schedule instability, and constant fear of making a minor administrative screw-up and being labelled as a potential shitbag can take a toll on you mentally as well.

Posted here for two reasons. It's about beer, this thread should never slip off the first page. I have tried to convince friends to prank me this way but so far the selfish bastards have not come through. https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=943_1379508455

Same. I listened to the audio and was in tears I was laughing so hard.

Average women in a military setting quickly become hot, and therefore are not acceptable. The average army woman is less than average by civilian average standards which means ugly women will have to be hired in order to meet the average category of Army standards. If all women are civilian ugly, and therefore Army average, the new average will contain ugly women who are now Army standard hot. Conclusion, women can't serve in combat.

Ran into a guy I knew from a previous assignment at an airline job fair. I told him I got out and I'm in AFRC enjoying life. He stayed in, made O-5 and got sent back to the base we had both been at 7-8 years ago. He's got about 12-18 months left till retirement, wasn't on the command list, so he's just waiting for his 20. Others we knew are also back at that base, but on the Fast Track. He told me he did a 6 month deployment to the Deid...one of those "why am I here" jobs with no point...but he was an available body, so he got tagged. He got home, and six months later (just a week or so before the job fair) he's informed that they are deploying him to that SAME JOB again, for another 6 months. He pleads with the O-6 to find someone else...he just did that deployment, and he's about to separate and is afraid deploying so close to his retirement will hurt his ability to find post-AF work. O-6 says sorry, but the other O-5s are fast burners and he can't spare them...to do so might inconvenience their rapid upward mobility. Never mind that some of them haven't deployed at all in 6-7 years. I feel bad for him, but that's one reason why I got out. After doing a 365 in Iraq, I asked to go to the AETC squadron to have some time with family. Less than 18 months later, I was deploying on a 182-day tasking, even though there were several others who could deploy, and had not deployed in several years...but again, they were Golden Boys that the leadership didn't want to inconvenience with a deployment, so let's send the career flyer to the desert again even though he just got back from a 365. When I protested that, I was told that since I volunteered for the 365, I "did it to myself". That was straight from the O-6. My counterpart hadn't deployed in 4 years but they refused to send him because he was an alternate for the Phoenix Mobility program. So while I was deployed, I applied for Palace Chase and GTFO of the RegAF. Been happy ever since. Oh, and despite being the chief of flight safety with an excellent record (did great on the UCI, built several programs from the ground up, etc), the O-6 downgraded my separation medal from a MSM to a AFCM. My boss fought it until she PCS'd (I had already separated) but as soon as she was gone, they downgraded it and finalized it. I'm the only O-4 who PCS'd/separated from my wing without a MSM. I know pretty much for a fact it was downgraded out of spite because I punched from the AF. I wasn't "blue" enough, apparently. Treating people this way is another reason why the AF will be pressed to retain people once the job market gets going again.

Same joke is in the C-130 community as well. What bus does the NAV take to the plane? The non-essential bus. WxMan

Guy walks into a bar and the sign says “Military, Active, Guard, Reserve, current, retired, Vets … all drinks a nickel, all the time”. Guy asks the bartender how he can afford to do this. The bartender/owner explains that he is a retired Chief and that he won the lottery. He always wanted to open a bar for military folks and that he used his wealth from his lottery winnings to run the bar. He explained that all drinks are always a nickel and every evening at five it’s two for one. The guy noticed that everyone seemed to be drinking and having a good time except for these three guys sitting at the end of the bar. The guy asks the owner why those guys are just sitting there. The owner said, “Ahhh, they’re just some retired Colonels waiting for happy hour to start.”

How was that system good for anybody except the George W Bushes of the world?