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Dafuq you need ATIS for if you're already on the ILS? Seriously, all the shit dudes have said here rings true. The only thing I'll add is that one's success in making the transition if you choose that path in the future isn't a given. It takes some work and a simple but crucial understanding that you're entering a completely different environment. Harder? Hell no, not by a country mile. Apply yourself maybe half as much as you did to get through UPT and you'll be fine. But thinking that being a SH Viper, Hornet, Raptor, -17, whatever guy is going to carry you through on its own is a mistake. Your mil status is also not a guaranteed job offer. The airlines don't start beating your door down when they find out you're available though, at the current hiring rate it may seem like that for some guys. Expect to put in some time prepping for interviews and realize you're breaking very new ground. There's lots of gouge from the bros out their and several well run companies that'll relieve you of a small, but worthwhile investment to make sure you're ready to sell yourself when the time comes. It's a multi-million dollar career that many mil guys have missed out on because they decided to wing it and figured WIC, a 1000 hours of IP time in the Viper or some other feather in their cap was going to make it a breeze. Not hard.....just different......way different. Oh and while I gocha here......The shit some mil guys do and say (the famous 5% we've all met) when they finally start their new careers would make you cringe. The tools who have come before you leave a lasting legacy. When you hear the stereotypes assigned to us all thanks to those clowns, you'll maybe have a slightly understanding of what it's been like being an Eagle driver since that fateful day at Kadena 30+ years ago . So, try to play nice with the civilians. Taking every opportunity to attempt to impress them with combat stories or "there I was" BS, making them feel inferior in general or lecturing them on how things were back in your old life isn't generally the best option. There will be plenty of bros in the other seat to swap stories with but not always. Also, accepting that airline X is paying your a shit-ton of money to fly their jet the way they want you to and not how you think it should be flown is also extremely helpful. Adjust accordingly and be one of the 95%. Good luck with whatever path you choose.

I finally went and did some digging on this... It's a load of shit quite frankly... https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-114publ328/pdf/PLAW-114publ328.pdf On PDF page 161 of this document (the FY 2017 NDAA) you will find this text So what does this mean? Well here you find what they amended: https://uscode.house.gov/download/annualhistoricalarchives/pdf/2012/2012usc37.pdf On PDF page 123 you will find this text: Earlier in Title 37 there is a table that lists the ACIP rates as you find them in the DFAS pay charts, the max is $840. So all they did in the 2017 NDAA is up that max allowed rate $150. Peanuts. $150 more authorized on a piece of US code that has not been touched since 1989. Now the House just passed HR 2810 which you will find no mention of ACIP, however in this bill they did increase max bonus to $50k. Bottom line; what's the deal here? Do military aviators not have a good lobby or advocate in DC? It seems the MOAA is more concerned with retirees than people on active duty. Have we had our heads in the clouds (literally and figuratively) for too long that we have been afraid to bring up the compensation issue as part of the grander pilot retention program? Why has nobody been paying attention to this facet of being a military aviator? What do we need to do to bring attention to this issue? It's my belief that if you hook them up early, combined with a bonus at the end of their commitment aviators may be less fed up and ready to punch at the 10 y 1 d after getting those wings.

'08 guy here. I just found out from my Sq/CC that I made it. Funny thing...I wasn't nearly as excited to get this news as I was when the Reserves told me last month that I got picked up for UPT... Or when my DOS was approved 48 hours after that...

I'll reply here for the community knowledge. K11M3F, KC-135 IP. Passed over x2, involuntary separation. I want to confirm the whole no-continuation thing after the LtCol board snafu. Doubtless it was my active UIF that resulted in non-continuation (if true), though I was still surprised, since the PDSM for continuation only mentioned pending court-martial actions as deal-breakers, and I heard in the news the AF is short of pilots. I'm not 100% on how the invol sep pay works, but I think it's 100% base pay, which'll be about $73k. So that will obviously be immensely helpful. I also need to figure out if requesting an earlier involuntary separation date forfeits the severance pay. Feel free to throw any questions my way

If you need a rule to auto-sort these to deleted items so you don't even see them, let me know.

From my perspective as a career fighter/trainer guy in the AF, and now having flown at both the regionals and the majors...could not disagree more. Herding airliners around the sky, from both an airmanship/decisionmaking/judgment/thinking perspective and a stick-and-rudder perspective, is "vastly" easier than 90% of the tasks I had to perform even as a wingman in the Strike Eagle. The military flying required greater "headwork" and flying skills on an acute basis, task-for-task and hour-for-hour. There are a good number of airline pilots that I work with now who would not last a day doing what I did for a career in the AF -- and I now, sadly, have to include myself in that description. My skills have atrophied even in a couple years of droning in the flight levels and babysitting the FMS. Even the most challenging situations I've run up against -- maintenance issues, challenging weather, dealing with unruly pax -- don't require the skill and proficiency I had even a handful of years ago when I was turning-and-burning for a living.

And as an added bonus, the strippers make excellent ex-wives for you to bitch about to your FOs as they take half your $300k/yr paycheck.

Texas has some of the highest property taxes in the US. I would never want to live in Texas long-term. Mississippi gets a bad rap but it's actually pretty decent place. Flowood Mississippi north east of Jackson is really nice. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

I.... can't.... believe.... I'm....saying....this.... . . . . Hacker's right. Damn, I never thought I'd have to say that - it hurt more than expected.

This goes back to the Air Force showing us what it really values, while continuing to tell us that they are trying to fix the problem.

Not promoted, and as far as I can tell, not being offered continuation. Sent from my Vitamix 450x Professional using Tapatalk

But as your hand flying your ILS who is getting ATIS?!

Ft Rucker class 17-09 CV-22 to Cannon CV-22 to Hurlburt field HH-60G Davis Monthan HH-60G Moody HH-60G New York (Guard) HH-60G Patrick (reserve) UH-1N Andrews AFB UH-1N Minot

I had an OG/CC tell me he deletes everything once a week, even the unread emails, if it was important, they would call.

I gain satisfaction both from clearing my inbox and from deleting emails from particular sources...doesn't seem like something to automate personally. Thanks though, Bendy Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

F%ckin A!

Pick the battles that are big enough to matter, but small enough to win....

This. Unless you're looking to be a martyr, the best answer is the one where they think you're doing what they want, while you do what you want instead Sent from my Vitamix 450x Professional using Tapatalk

You still get a pension with it, just at a reduced rate compared to the legacy system. There's also the promise of (additional) mid-career bonuses. A lot of the spreadsheets I've seen have come out surprisingly close depending on the input variables. WRT the question above, for dudes who plan to bail in a year or two and are sure they're going cold turkey, it's a no-brainer as something > nothing.

I'm talking about your paid 3 month European vacation…..and Bendy and Evil can suck it for liking your post. Living down the street from me is a gift, I expect worship. Now how do I like my own post.

Doesn't really matter. Fly a great jet and don't pass up an opportunity to shut up. Encourage your classmates to do the same.

Bro, based off this picture, I don't know anyone that would be considering that movie.

You think we can handle that in this community?! We're lucky just to get the gear down on the right runway.

Ah good. We have a young wingman who is going to go to the 18 AGRS at Eielson after only a year in Korea, so that makes sense. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Build them dorms to live in. Problem solved.

Volunteer to be a road guard on squadron runs it gets you out of the pack which lets you stretch out a bit and set your stride. In the middle of the pack you cant see pot holes coming up in front of you in the dark when most of the runs happened and if you have uncoordinated people around you they start stepping on your feet especially once everyone is fatigued. If you do road guard avoid the temptation to cut across corners as there are holes in the fields. Otherwise all the above advice is pretty consistent with my experience in October 2016 in the 24th TRS, emphasis is on avoiding injury.

https://gfycat.com/SillyEnormousIntermediateegret .45cal...nuff said. edit: I changed this from an embedded .gif to just the link....in case any snowflakes out there are hurt by a robbery suspect catching ~230 grains of .45. ATIS