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Um, the amount of stupidity in the air force has nothing to do with it being the "Nature of the business."

I think Big Blue could easily fix part of the pilot retention problem by getting rid of all 365s and BS 179s. The problem isn't the pay, it's the deployments. When I'm not downrange, what other job is going to pay me close to $100k to fly once or twice a week, occasionally click through some CBTs about lesbian trafficking, and work on a few OPRs? However, taking me away from my family for a year to have Afghanis try to kill me daily in a Cessna Caravan, or for 6 months to make coffee for some General at the CAOC, is not worth any amount of cash you can throw at me. I have no issue going to war with my Sq to help kill bad guys, but when you throw in the other bullshit deployments that we're all subject to, it makes me want to punch the second I'm eligible. Fix the miscellaneous deployments and you'll fix the retention problem.

Holy fuckin hell, another eagle driver classic quote about colons.

Yay! Changs back!

And this, folks, is how we get the leaders we do in the Air Force: - Focus on system inputs (ramp up manned pilot/18x/enlisted pilot production--see above) - Ignore losses of experienced individuals, and thus fail adequately retain folks at key career inflection points (e.g., end of SUPT commitment, retirement eligibility at 20 yrs) . . . except for those who fit the right demographics. Ensure they're promoted at higher rates, in order to encourage them to stay in - Promote those who bother to stay in past their min commitments/beyond 20 yr retirement eligibility (retention of adequate numbers of quality individuals be damned) - Further isolate high-potential officers by sending them off to endless strings of schools and staff jobs - Even further isolate senior leaders by giving them staffs comprised of those who--like the senior leaders--were among the few who bothered to stay on AD (and hence have little in common with the masses of folks serving under them, who are mostly waiting to finally reach the ends of their respective ADSC commitments) The Five-Sided Puzzle Palace must be an awesome echo chamber for GC and his buddies. TT

March ACP numbers were posted. Slight up tick to 37% overall from 35% in February. Last year, about 69% of the bonus takers were early signers. If that trend holds true, then this year's take rate will end up around 42%. I'm curious what the air staff target is, and what the "sky is falling" number is.

Is it an accurate impression that MLR drives the SR's adherence to the rules/customs of PRF writing? My understanding is that SR credibility is a large factor in how many additional DPs they win for their people at MLR. Does it take on the feeling of an awards fight club or is it a straight review/scoring of records? Most of us will never see an MLR, and it doesn't get the same attention as the actual board, but it seems to play a big part in outcomes. The MLR will do a quality review of all records (including those slated to receive a 'P' outright) prior to scoring. Only records that were pushed to compete for a DP by their senior eater will be scored. If the board president sees any issues with PRF quality, there is time to address them prior to the PRFs being due to AFPC. The three boards I've observed were all focused on selecting the best officers for the total force and strength of record was very important. "Glove" saves with a superstar strat 1 time leading up to the board isn't enough. The board sees right through that stuff and it gets called out.

It ain't all about the money. The bonus concept is flawed in that the people who take the bonus are probably the ones who have no airline pilot aspirations and would stay whether there was a pilot bonus or not. You're right. We do make a lot of money. It's everything else that's chasing people away. Let's face it. You fly less and less after taking the bonus anyway. They offer a bonus to pilots to stay to fill command/staff billets, not keep experienced aircrew. Your crew dog hayday is between 0-2 and Jr. O-4. Your view is common for a single dude with no kids. I'm at the point in my life where I want to get paid to sit at home 16-20+ days per month and when I do work, I just want to fly an airplane that's younger than me and after I land from a 3 or 4 day trip, I want to grab my little roller bag and be able to leave the job behind me for the next 4 or 5 days. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Übermensch

Osan.

My friends, it's time to face the facts: this is an impossibly broken system that is only being propped up on the backs of the downtrodden, who are crushed beneath the weight of this disgustingly corrupt government tool of imperialism. And praying for some kind of ubermensch to come and change the whole system is nothing but a fools hope. We can see this with welsh already. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk

Sky is not falling...between rapid influx of 18x and new enlisted RPA program, things will settle in the next few years. No panic in the P-gon.