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Which trimester is the planet in?

I did 6 years on two different assignments in “white jets”. Bad deal? Not for me. I got a shitload of flying and instructing, and became a WAY better pilot as a result.

Checks…I meant I used the term loosely. Clearly they’re different.

If the mars rover had the capability and it found a single cell organism or, more impressively, a multicell organism on that distant planet, all the scientists on this planet would say we have discovered what? A) A non-viable mass. B) an inconvenience C) life.

Crazy. Well we'll soon have a guy headed to ROPMA for O-5. He's a one-each great dude, been a part timer most of his career, is a FLT/CC, 4-Ship FL (non-IP), never the head of a shop and he didn't do SOS or ACSC. He however is a very active participate that goes on every squadron TDY/deployment and he can grow a righteous mustache. I guess he'll be our latest trial case to see what happens. I heard of some wild shit happened in the tanker wing in our state, under a different TAG. Dude was Federally recognized as a Lt Col, but not State recognized (I don't know the proper verbiage) because TAG didn't like that he hadn't done SOS or ACSC. SOOOOO, he got paid as a O-5, but had to wear O-4 rank while doing state duties. I could be screwing that up, but I think that's the story. That's what I call two birds, one stone!

Another way of looking at this: bottom line is difference in retirement pay. O-4 with 5000 points = $2976/mo or $35.7k per yr O-5 with 5083 points = $3570/mo or $42.8k per yr For a difference of $7.1k per yr (starting at ~age 60) is it worth your time to do ACSC?

I may be incorrect but I believe these pilots are Civil Service employees, not contractors. How it works is a squadron converts a military IP slot to civilian. It is advertised on USAjobs, interview, and selection.

If nothing else, it was an airmanship builder. I never had as many close calls as I did on the PT in the weather.... Sent from my iPad using Baseops Network mobile app

ANG tankers. I have definitely seen a few get passed over for O-5 on ROPMA boards in the past 5 years or so. All of them were DSG types with no PME and weak OPR's.

Are you in the Reserves or ANG...or is it just that different in the heavy world? Aside from one guy going for O-6, I've seriously never heard of anyone being passed over in the ANG, ever. I've never even heard of people worrying about a DP vs P, or if they'll be passed over or how their OPR looks, even for their O-5 board. You're in the Guard, your job is not necessarily to go out and get every qual known to man, not to have a bunch of additional duties and not to seek out OPR fodder. Your job is to maintain your currencies and be ready to go as needed. That said, I agree with your assessment on going to a ROPMA board...if you have all that fluff, there should be no way you're not promoted at the ROPMA board. You get 4 or 5 years to finish it. I did ACSC over 2 deployments and while on UTAs/AFTPs/other orders while I was a 3-5 year WB FO...sometimes I'd work on it on a rainy overnight in AMS. I did the program you mention (not the old one), where it has like 4 proctored applied sections and 8 unproctored sections. We did have a guy in the squadron (3rd UPS dude) who knocked it out in 6 months...dude was somehow signed up for 2 different proctored course at the same time. I'm definitely not advocating that everyone should do it, but it sure can be done with relative ease while being paid. I most definitely wouldn't be doing it while NOT in some form of pay status.

Why lie? Along the lines of Hillary's (btw, she was never president, so I got that going for me...) landing under fire BS story, our duly elected (say, why is DOJ, et al, fighting so hard to interfere/slow roll the Maricopa County election audit?) President had to tell a lie about Amtrak, his mother, a conductor... https://nypost.com/2021/05/06/amtrak-joe-bidens-story-about-conductor-being-question/ TLDR version: Biden, promoting Amtrak, recounts how as VP, he'd take Amtrak to see his ailing mother and a long-time conductor would pinch his cheek, and say, "Joey, baby!" to congratulate him on a million plus miles on Amtrak.and that the Secret Service had a fit the first time. A. Biden's mother died in 2010 and the story is circa 2013-ish according to Biden. B. The conductor retired in 1993. Dementia means never having to get your story straight. But at least he's not tweeting meanly.

The queep only takes up as much time as you let it. what are they gonna do, fire you from your admin crap? Stop giving you important but non-flying tasks? It’s only as hard as you allow them to make it.

So... you're saying "Toneyville" means nothing to you?

ISP will be peanuts compared to what those extra years of seniority, 401k, bonus, and massive boost in QOL will be worth. I bet the majority of ARC units will give zero fucks about being passed over; they’ll care if you’re a good dude and pilot. Remember, the ARC is full of dudes who got out of AD because of all the jackassery - they’re not going to side with AD on your non-promotion.