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I guess that could be true, if you think of airplanes as a person to make you a sandwich or get you a beer. As for the OP: If you want to either a) deploy to some shithole for 4 months at a pop and fly to the same auxiliary shitholes every other day, or b) get used like TACC's little bitch with 17 hour ground times between 24 hour days for 10 days at a time, go fly the Barney. If you want to move more cargo, faster, and then get to enjoy your crew rest, without spending more than 2 days a month in Afcrapistan getting chiefed, fly Fred. And oh, BTW, you make more money broken in Rota, Ramstein, or Hickam than 3.50/day at any "undisclosed" location.

I don't know about these particular dudes, but not generally the case in the C-5 community. We fly a lot, and we always listen to a good engineer. Loads...meh. Wouldn't have worked in the C-5 crash.

There were. I was just giving you guys shit for a brevity fail. And they are important. I just don't like to do it all that much (which is why my degrees are engineering.)

Takeaway: People with "top-tier" MBAs like to write. Noted.

It seems to me like you're missing the point, so I'll spell it out a little clearer. Scheming a way to do ACSC as a Capt is about as perfect an example of shoe-clerk, CGOC, party planning, pepper grinding, jack assery as I've ever seen. This culture of "racing to check all the necessary boxes" is a cancer to our Officer corps. It needs to be stamped out. Yet you spend time thinking up a way to game the system and actually take it to another level. You should not have to be thinking about a Masters degree right now, but unfortunately the AF we live in requires it, so go ahead and knock it out. You do not need to be thinking about ACSC right now, so don't. The last thing any of us needs is some a-hole like you to further lower the bar with another idiotic idea to one-up your peers, so that all of your peers feel the need to do the same, so that the new unofficial standard is ACSC halfway complete prior to the Major's board. And don't even think about replying with a lame ass excuse about getting it all done early so you can have more time for your kids that you don't even have yet and that you weren't even thinking about how awesome you'll be when you have ACSC done before all your buddies. Nobody's buying it. Your plan sucks.

Sounds like a really solid plan. You should do that...

Haha, I guess the use of the word "liberal" was a subconscious injection. My intended context was that of quantity, not to imply that "liberals" are capable of applying common sense.

I think nobody in this forum gives a shit because changing the PCSM algorithm is about as relevant as changing the SAT.

Agree with your post. I think the problem most of us have with this policy is the inevitable problems that will arise upon injecting jaded females into these types of environments. What happens when a female gets half of her pushups or sit-ups counted? Yep, she was treated unfairly because she's a female and gets a pass. What happens when she fails because her peer evals suck? Yep, she was discriminated against by the majority for being a female trying to break into a male dominate career and gets a pass. We agree, it is extremely unlikely that women will pass these tests in significant enough numbers to make a difference either way -- so why introduce the problems? Why, yet again, do we have to bend the masses to pander to the extreme few? Why invite all of the problems that history tells us are certain to arise? I'm not opposed to progress, but I'm also a fan of the liberal application of common sense.

THANK YOU! Worked like a charm and I can finally enjoy the forum again. PM me your address and I'll drop that crisp $5 in the mail! BTW, I was able to make it through all the remaining 9 pages of this thread in no time after cutting out pages of liberal drivel.

5 bucks in the mail to the first board member that can teach me how to block all of nsplayer's posts from my computer screen. Jeesus H. Christ...

You guys still get to wear black boots? Sweet, where do I sign up?

In the minority, I know, but I tend to agree with gravedigger here. What is so hard about passing the PT test? Its not like they are giving no-notice fit tests. And as a CC, how can you uphold the standard if you can't meet it? This should be a non-issue in an AF with so many actually fucked up policies.

Probably minimal impact on its own, but can help show a trend if you have other DGs and incorporate them all into your PRF. Ie "3X DG! ROTC, UPT, SOS...excelled at every level......" You get the point.

Same...Until they fuck with the retirement. Or extend the commitment again.

FIFY (that's a crew airplane joke for you young fighter guys.)

Maybe I'm missing your point, or maybe my math is bad, but why would anybody stay in that Battalion for 7+ years? Pretty sure I would've punched during the "home for 16" part. Mine says 8/21/12. I used 27 days of use/lose and I've been gone at least 45 days already since my short tour return. I don't even fly tankers.

FIFY

Was that an SNL skit or for real? Dopey, Smiley, and Blinkey run for congress! I couldn't stop laughing long enough to hear what they were talking about.

So, his stated goal in the original video was to take a little bit of money from chik fil a via his free water. Instead, the publicity caused by his stunt causes this: And he gets fired. Epic Fail.

Unless they also have ammo, but less food. So that they then come and take yours first!

You don't have to trim the C-17? Serious question.

That's what I thought for the first 20 seconds. Then I shut it off.

And what is it that is leading to the deterioration of the pilot corps? They best and brightest are still being recruited. UPT still puts out a highly trained yet inexperienced product (imo.) The fault lies in the misplaced focus on career-oriented objectives. After UPT, qualities that do not involve flying are valued over those that do involve flying. This leads to a decline in the quality of aircraft commanders, instructors, evaluators, and flight leads. Which leads to indefensible mistakes. I don't think people are making excuses for the pilots' errors (assuming that was the cause.) People are asking the question of why do we have an environment where such errors are possible. Speculation aside, from what most of us have witnessed first hand, this is a valid question regardless of the ultimate cause of this particular incident.