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IPR is responsible for loading 365-day ITDYs into "the system," which they currently can't do right now because the MilPDS v 2.0 isn't compatible. You'll have to have AFPC load the short tour manually.

If you're not in my formation then you don't belong in my RA envelope. Want to join up? Just let me know ... then turn your TCAS to TA only. (edit: spellin')

Ryan Air was also considering "standing room only" tickets.

Good point.

Your post made we wonder exactly how much I made on my 365 last year so I did some rough numbers: HFIDP: $3,060 ($255/mo) HDP: $1,200 ($100/mo) FSH: $3,000 ($250/mo) SDP: $1,166 (10 grand at 10% interest for 5 quarters) CZTE: $2,000. This is a difficult one to measure. In 2011 I didn't pay any in Federal taxes because I have 4 kids and hit the CZTE zone for three months (which has been standard since about 2005). My total income tax bill (Fed + State) in 2011 was just over $2,000 so 12 months of tax free in 2012 was equivalent to about an extra 2 grand in my pocket. Per Diem: $1,277 ($3.50/day for 365 days) So, 365 days added up comes to roughly $11,700 for a senior O-3, to give some perspective to the discussion.

Certainly you still need to be a good stick & rudder pilot in today's world (in case you need to ditch into the Hudson or get into Salerno at max gross) but the CNS/ATM/RNAV/GPS world of the heavy future is heavily reliant on automation for safe separation of aircraft, and pilots will need to be comfortable with the ins-and-outs of their automation with airspace becoming more and more dense (especially over the ocean and in Europe). Do FAIPs go to SERE before becoming FAIPs? That would explain the breaking of rule #1 (NEVER talk to the media).

now you've done it

It's one thing to think SOS is lame, it's another to walk in on the first day and proclaim "F&%# all ya'll."

I blame George W. Bush, personally.

Personally, I'd take the ERC every year if it weren't such a hassle to get scheduled.

I was told that there is no date for a fix yet. Edit to add: I did ask if there was a way to manually update my STRD and counter to show the deployment and it looks like they were able to do that. I think what is broken right now is IPR's ability to load contingency deployments so that they automatically flow into MilPDS. I also think there is no way (due to software design) for AFPC to manually load the deployment either, but they were able to manually update my STRD and counter using my travel voucher from DTS.

We've all been complaining for years now about endless missions supporting OIF and OEF, so who in their right mind wants more missions? Arabs killing Arabs in Arab countries is not my problem in any way.

Trying to get my STRD and short tour counter updated has proven more difficult than I thought it would be. Apparently when MilPDS updated in March it broke the ability for IPR to load the deployment info into "the system" and until the software designers fix the problem they (MPF, IPR) can't update my STRD or counter from the base level (whatever that means). The saga continues. Now, that's progress.

Good....Let the hate flow through you... (edit: added quote for clarity)

A lot of angst out there for a slow-rolled bonus that is too low and that many won't sign anyway.

I finished my short tour in January and it still hasn't appeared. Today I went into MPF with my voucher and he updated my ribbon, but said IPR had to update my short tour return date and counter.

More than parachutes being at issue, the DoD is flying these planes DECADES beyond their original lifespan. 12 years of constant combat air refueling has taken the life out of these planes. This was a 1963 model. 1963. And 1963 is a relatively new bird. Godspeed to the crew and a toast.

That is a problem that I would like to have. It's hard to place a value on free agency, but it's worth more than $100,000 to me.

damn

It's okay. The kid was the recipient of the quality American school system. I'm sure he knows that he has the right to remain silent.

I wonder if he'll get a proper Muslim burial at sea?

Yeah, I thought Chechen terrorists had things figured out better than this. Makes me wonder what, exactly, the motive was and if there were any larger connection to AQ at all. With any luck, today the world will be less two of them.

So the guy drops a bomb off in a crowd wearing a big white hat backwards, essentially screaming to the security cameras "Hey! Look at me!"

QOL at the Deid is a billion times better than QOL anywhere in Afghanistan.

I certainly wouldn't advocate working a masters at the same time as going through a school house, but speaking for the tanker clowns among us, if you can't hack flying the tanker and doing some classes on the side then you are probably mentally retarded.