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Right on brother! Also, we should have airborne DCA up over every TFR in the country ready to blast NORDO Cessna 150s out of the sky the moment they cross the line. Actually on second thought, DCA with blanket clearance to Fox 3 based on predictive path of any aircraft that approach the restriction. I assume for consistency's sake when it comes to your risk aversion that you rate preflight walkaround as extreme risk on your ORM worksheet?

I always took my family on long TDYs to try to offset the years I spent away from them deployed... when the new (now old) rule took effect it made it almost impossible to find decent places to stay where I was for 75% lodging, much less getting schwacked for 75% M&IE. Every situation is different. Good on you for making some coin.

Welsh, McDew, Rand, Norty were all pilots too and in key GO positions... Our fellow pilots created this mess.

This is ridiculous, if the Airman or Sgt or whoever it was that I talked to LAST SUMMER about ADSC for re-qual was able to inform me that the 36-2107 was being re-written then everyone knew about it. When I was in the process of signing my RIP and completing training, I was checking the E-Publishing site every day to make sure it hadn’t changed. Upper management needs to OWN this, and it’s just the latest example of their ineptitude in how it was rolled out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

no answers? No. No leadership.

I appreciate them for what they are: clowns destroying their bodies for my entertainment. Nothing more. Don’t take your social/political/societal cues from professional gladiators nor allow their opinions the same weight as real people ....

FY19 NDAA gets rid of flat rate per diem effective 13 Aug.

Except the JTR lets you self-certify non-availability.

Yeah, but were they really pilots? I sat in the back of the plane one day while McDew subjected the earth to his soul crushing landings. I closed my eyes, braced for impact, and let out a Jesus! as I expected the gear to collapse each time. Tr'ble, just tr'ble. PS: No idea on the others, so flame elsewhere. On topic tho, who better to implement the programs on pilot assignments and retention than those most hurting, a fighter pilot. Question is, is he still a fighter pilot? I think it would be a more interesting experiment to take an 18yr Lt Col pilot, one about to get out, and make him/her the chief of AFPC. Out

This is a bad deal for folks who do long TDYs, especially overseas. I’ve done several OCONUS TDYs where I could procure furnished apartments for half of my 75% allotment - and pocket the rest. I never did understand why there was such uproar over this rule. If you actually understood it, and put in a little effort to find something beyond the Hilton/Marriott, you could really make some coin.

I don't care who's razor it is, just give it to me so I can slit my wrists and be done with this.

WW did that to a BUFF once upon a time: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/10314/the-time-a-f-4g-wild-weasels-anti-radiation-missile-blew-apart-a-b-52s-tail

For me the deployment is the crux of the issue... I’ve missed so much of my kids lives... When I was gone 6 months without kids doing a meaningful mission it was OK. When I was gone 3 months doing a meaningful mission and missed my kids first steps it was sad, but that is service. When I was gone 2 months on a mission that was not required in a place where I could have brought my family and missed my kid talk... it was not worth it. The length is a factor, but not THE (only) factor. If the world explodes I’ll take my 4 year unaccompanied tour and go fight for America again. But if I even smell another wasted, mismanaged deployment, much less 6 monther or 365 cooking in the kitchen... I gone. Not worth it.

What about Corpse man?