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Win. You're a Reservist, who cares about what your OPR says?

Every time I see that commercial I can't help but feel like we were his real intended audience more than it being a recruiting thing.

Watch this clip from 29:15 to 23:00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8qvf4x02M#t=1748 That's who he can complain to. How often would you take your problems there? Their dynamic is obvious. She provides the pretty phrasing for the cameras, heavily orchestrated for political navigation, and as a women, she gives the best veneer for sexual assault reform and equality. He's the one with the experience, knowledge, and gravitas for the tough questions. For additional proof, watch CSAF Welsh respond to F-35 concerns from 19:00 through 22:30. That man has a silver tongue but he backs it up with facts and spins some slick support of the DOD into it, too. You know the reporter caught him somewhere painful, but he just wriggles away while still looking like a god-damn General.

Gotta love him, I know his heart is in the right place. Could you imagine what he has to deal with? We bitch enough here, who can he bitch to?

Never underestimate the buffoonery that is the EFMP process. It's only a box checking process designed to cover AFPC's ass. I have nothing to add, I'm just bitter.

Fuck yeah! On another happy note, this is my 17-yr-old son constantly hitting a basketball-sized gong at 500 yards last Saturday using a bud's (who is spotting him) .223 bolt action Savage.

"TAMI'd" to TiB? O... M... G...

"All regionals suck equally" was the advice I got when looking, and I certainly believe it. My advice, pick the one that will cause you the least ass pain. If you're lucky enough to live where there's a base for one or more regionals, stick with those. If you're going to commute no matter who you fly for, find the most pain-free commute you can*, then stick with those carriers. Don't be bought off with snake-oil ("flow" programs)--your goal is NOT to be around long enough to ever be eligible for those. Also: I wouldn't rely (i.e., wait) on a regional job to get the ATP--get that on your own and apply directly to major/legacy carriers. If you're starting with Envoy (or whomever) in the next couple of weeks, that ship may have already sailed; if you're still active duty and talking several months or more down the road, put that time to use for yourself--unlike money, you can never get that back!--and get your apps in. I was lucky to bypass the regionals altogether (I'd applied in order to get 121 time & stay current; I got hired by a major before my regional class date arrived)... but, I had my ATP in-hand. The time/money you spend on the ATP (time is small; money, less small, but still insignificant when viewed as part of the big picture) will be MORE than recouped if you get hired even a month sooner at your "target" legacy airline.... Good luck! * I recently saw CommutAir (EWR & IAD bases, I think) has some sort of paid-commuting (I assume that means postive space & a hotel room) program. I know NOTHING about the company, so I am NOT making any sort of recommendation for/against; just passing some info you may find helpful.

Don't tell that to CapSoftSandy. Heard he was about to drop the AFTTP 3-3.C-172.