Homestar

Just max out both.

A quick Google search discovered 76,400 hits for "AFPC sucks" including a blog called fatties-suck.livejournal.com...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/high-marks-cooks-lifted-overall-rating-cheating-nuclear-missile-operators-minot/ More from PBS. Lt Col Tater Tots gets the last laugh.

Now Google will always remember you looked that up.

That's a heck of a way to consummate an assault.

Hmm. My OCP bars were black. Nobody said anything. If I remember right, my reporting instructions mentioned thread color of rank.

We've more than paid our share of restoring that failed state. They are light years ahead of where they would have otherwise been. Whether we leave tomorrow or in 50 years, it does not matter--Afghanistan will be what the Afghans make it.

Welsh is on the right path here. Unfortunately, the Air Force has this thing about moving people along every 3-4 years. If the AF would allow it's people to stay in place longer perhaps bureaucratic change would actually happen.

Hopefully this is the beginning of a real cultural change in BDE/IDE correspondence and masters degrees. He's right on about job performance, I just hope the bureaucracy can be moved.

Uh, StratoExtender.

Excellent. Thanks.

I guess the war's over.

Does anyone have the link to the AFCENT air medal and dec tracking website? The link I had for the past 6 years stopped working a couple months ago.

That's good stuff. I had missed the part about the simulator requirement. Kind of seems redundant if a person already has 1,500 total hours and 50 hours of multi engine time. It will be interesting to see if regional airlines will be able to afford a training program. §61.156 Training requirements: Airplane category—multiengine class rating or airplane type rating concurrently with airline transport pilot certificate. After July 31, 2014, a person who applies for the knowledge test for an airline transport pilot certificate with an airplane category multiengine class rating must present a graduation certificate from an authorized training provider under part 121, 135, 141, or 142 of this chapter certifying the applicant has completed the following training in a course approved by the Administrator. (a) Academic training. The applicant for the knowledge test must receive at least 30 hours of classroom instruction that includes the following: (1) At least 8 hours of instruction on aerodynamics including high altitude operations; (2) At least 2 hours of instruction on meteorology, including adverse weather phenomena and weather detection systems; and (3) At least 14 hours of instruction on air carrier operations, including the following areas: (i) Physiology; (ii) Communications; (iii) Checklist philosophy; (iv) Operational control; (v) Minimum equipment list/configuration deviation list; (vi) Ground operations; (vii) Turbine engines; (viii) Transport category aircraft performance; (ix) Automation, navigation, and flight path warning systems. (4) At least 6 hours of instruction on leadership, professional development, crew resource management, and safety culture. (b) FSTD training. The applicant for the knowledge test must receive at least 10 hours of training in a flight simulation training device qualified under part 60 of this chapter that represents a multiengine turbine airplane. The training must include the following: (1) At least 6 hours of training in a Level C or higher full flight simulator qualified under part 60 of this chapter that represents a multiengine turbine airplane with a maximum takeoff weight of 40,000 pounds or greater. The training must include the following areas: (i) Low energy states/stalls; (ii) Upset recovery techniques; and (iii) Adverse weather conditions, including icing, thunderstorms, and crosswinds with gusts. (2) The remaining FSTD training may be completed in a Level 4 or higher flight simulation training device. The training must include the following areas: (i) Navigation including flight management systems; and (ii) Automation including autoflight. © Deviation authority. The Administrator may issue deviation authority from the weight requirement in paragraph (b)(1) of this section upon a determination that the objectives of the training can be met in an alternative device. [Doc. No. FAA-2010-0100, 78 FR 42375, July 15, 2013]

I'm not saying he's wrong, I just find being lectured-to about ethics by a career politician to be ironic. I also find it ironic that the author believes that the military is losing the trust of the American people. In my experience, it is me who no longer trusts the American people (voters who pay nothing in terms of sacrifice to have the military they want) to chose politicians who will exercise some restraint and judgement when they send a nation to war. Years upon years of deployments has me a little cynical I suppose. To call the problem systemic labels everyone as liars and cheaters. That is simply not the case.

+1, that is very cool. I finished my amateur technician license a couple years ago then got 365'd and forgot everything I learned. This is the first time I've heard of MARS, and I thank you for your service and hope to give you a call next time I get a chance!

Kids and their face books.

False choice re: ACA. Health care professionals have very strong opinions on helping the most needy, especially children.. Here's a scenario for you to answer: fat, chain smoking trailer trash can't afford their diabetes meds. Are you going to pay for them so they can live? This is what America's problem will be re: ACA.

So....grandfathered. Just like the President promised.

I think a better pre-existing analogy would be one's driving record. If you show up at GEICO with a horrible driving history and accidents I think it's fair that you pay higher premiums. The problem with health insurance is that it's used for routine care and not for catastrophic medical care.

Alexandria, Mount Vernon or Springfield are good NoVA options for Andrews. I live in Lorton (near Ft Belvoir) and my drive is 35-40 mins door to desk.

Just as an aside, Vetter may be "cheap and easy" but on BODN all "cheap and easy" references should more properly be directed at BQZip's mom.

Gotta love a tanker bro fight

I think you overestimate how much anyone cares.

Just as likely he's the tanker pilot giving you your offload, or the airdropper hauling your trash.