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…In other news, Delta pilots just voted in their new TA and set a new standard for the rest of the industry.

I did indoc on personal leave, got a line number and waited a few months for SIMs before starting terminal. Not at Delta though, they're hard up about it. A big draw to early CJO is that some people will be less competitive immediately before separation due to loss of currency 12 months earlier. The AF has been known to fuck people getting out by taking them off the line.

Wait…a state is requiring someone register with government before being able to exercise their Constitutional right? This is outrageous! (but it’s different when this applies to firearms) …and yes, this proposed legislation in FL is ridiculous

Took a few years, but the patriarchy finally found a way to beat those feminists.

It's about time. Men have spent thousands of years being told how hard it is to be a woman. Now we've only been doing it for a few years and we're already winning awards. Truly inspirational!

It’s just Bashi’s alternate troll account.

1 year from separation (validated) and 2 years from retirement. How they tell the difference…no clue.

A lot of people in the investment in financial world are coming to the conclusion that very few people were actually good at investing over the past 15 years. People who made a lot of money were actually benefiting from a world where the fed pumped unfathomable amounts of money into the system, so all boats benefited from the rising tide. My point is that we are no longer in that world, at least not for the short to medium future, so playing around in stocks is going to be a lot more like it was pre-2008, that is to say, exceptionally risky. If you are going to take the time to become a researcher, which is possible but very time demanding, then have at it. But if not, I can't recommend enough that you find someone whose job it is to analyze the market and the companies that make it up. That doesn't have to be a full-blown investment service that does everything for you, in fact, there are a ton of newsletters and services that give very detailed information on companies and their research. But if you are going to take someone's advice on investing in a stock(s), you need to make sure you have access to their advice consistently, because buy and hold as an investment strategy might be at the end of its life, at least until the next money printing cycle. Personally, I use hedge fund telemetry. The guy used to run a hedge fund, now he just runs this service, but he sends out three notes a day with detailed information, and it's very easy to follow along with your own portfolio. Though he does a lot of short selling as well, you can decide how much of that to participate in. I also use uranium insider because a big part of my investment strategy is based on my prediction that nuclear is going to come back in a big way. Ultimately, I think the best way is to find an investment advisor who shares your thesis about what the broader economy is going to do. Because at the end of the day, some people are going to be right and a lot of others are going to be wrong, and those people are going to lose money. You can't outsource the ultimate decision of what type of portfolio posture you want to maintain. I believe that bad times are ahead, and so the service I subscribed to is one that shares that sentiment. Happy hunting

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/delta-pilots-ratify-new-contract-union-2023-03-01/ Looks like the new Delta contract is done. Congrats!

Also, I better not see any of you non Irish Catholics celebrating St Patty's Day. I'm tired of all of the cultural appropriation.

dayum, regAF is extra petty. If that's the level of toxicity I stand corrected then, that's a good caveat.

There will be more when a distraction is needed. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I’m guessing 18 AD years with no break in service is a good indicator of being within 2 years of retirement eligibility? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That’s true, and totally agree re: the second point. But a CJO is better than absolute uncertainty. “You’re not the weird guy nobody will hire” is probably enough for a lot of folks who haven’t seen their kids in 6 months. Having a (conditional) answer to the wife’s “when are we going to be done with this BS and start the airline life” might be worth dozens of thousands of future dollars… depending on the wife.

And? What I mean is, by that metric, Walmart has a CJO for me 2 years from separation date too, and I don't even have to apply for that one. It's not the draw you think it is. Now, let me sit day one of indoc on personal leave, grab that line number and come back in 2 years, now you got my attention.

And oh by the way… they’ve also got a CJO for you 2 years prior to your separation date… so, yeah.

Nevertheless, he persisted.

Strictly speaking, 8AF owns Minot. 91MW is a tenant unit.

Look into brokerage link. We have an incredible 401k, and it allows you to contribute beyond the ~21k individual limit. In five years I've been able to max it out 4 times, and then with brokerage link you can invest it into *anything.*

Meh....this month, a certain air line is going to pay out nearly double that to any pilot that has been on the property for more than a 3 or 4 years....without ever having to have leave with your family cancelled, being forced to move every 3 years, or be scolded by somebody named Chief for leaning back on your chair in the chow hall because it's a "fire hazard...."

Tim Colceri. Sent me an autographed poster with "Get Some!" written on it several years back. A really nice guy (Vietnam USMC vet), but the Gunny (who I also met, and have his autograph on a grenade) was made for the role...

The unit I retired from has a 1 hr commute distance for crew, and it has nothing to do with DNIF coverage. It allows alert to be pulled at home. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

$50K is a lot of money, young peeps. I recommend you sign early.

I’ll happily be stupid all day if Biden keeps us out of ww3. I assume you’re talking about Ukraine. because the only stupid mother fuckers were the ones who went for the government COVID narrative. sure are a lot of “conspiracy” theories coming true these days

Got a heads up on this a few months ago and locked in 3 separate Vanguard brokered CDs at 4.5-5% w/ maturities between 6-9 months your choice. Not bad if you have alot of extra coin laying around

Somebody had to post it..

Yes! These are the two examples I always use. Bundy shows a bloodless use of the 2A. Waco shows a bloody use. Yeah, those people died, but because of their guns they forced the government to draw blood for what they wanted, and that price turned out to be too high, leading to changes in how the govt performs raids. The 2A is about increasing the cost of tyranny, not just allowing for a popular revolt.

I wish. Currently teaching AFJROTC and we are getting cut. The HQ is trying to close 300 units (out of 870) to bring up the rest to a decent level of funding. Incidentally, an AF recruiter comes to visit us maybe once a year. Army National Guard recruiter I see almost weekly and he helps us out with supplies, gear, etc. But hey, we got billions $ for Afghanistan (still giving them $) and Ukraine but just peanuts for our own kids.