In the context of trying to figure out when someone will promote based on their line number before the increments are posted it is. If you’re 1207, you’re not going to have a line number on vmpf so it doesn’t matter.
Exactly. I think part of it is that they can see retroactively who has masters and who doesn’t and they are pissed how many o4 selects don’t have it and they slugged through getting a check the box degree to be eligible to go to ACSC in-res just to get ANOTHER check the box degree and they are mad that the rest of us chose more time with family/primary duties than some Liberty University bs Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yes. I’ve heard of commanders specifically citing that the airlines will just treat you like a number. Also had a commander who ran into a pilot that had recently separated and started flying for an air line a couple months before and was ragging him on how the airline life sucks despite the face he was just an o-5 with 0 airline experience Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Nah. It was just tossed in there. No way it’s a placeholder for Whiting. The AF hasn’t sent a student there in over 7 years Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It’s really the only management tool “Bust your ass and maybe you can get *insert desired assignment here*” “Do this to make sure you don’t close any doors” I quit that game years ago Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk