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    It's within the realm of possibility that he's a standup guy and just made a stupid judgement call about what pictures to use and as a result is misrepresenting himself. Being a standup guy and making a dumb decision to get votes aren't mutually exclusive things Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Uh...ok. Definitely address my euphemism and not the issue. You really have learned from Big Blue. Leadership 101, right? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Just because you're not "a jaded O-4 who rags blah blah blah" doesn't meant you have to cup the balls while sucking down the koolaid. There's a big difference between having a positive attitude and the attitude you presented here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Fair enough...but unless you said "hey guys I already found a place, so I am just going to check out the local area," I'm not sure what basis anyone has to deny your PTDY. If you don't have somewhere that you FOR SURE will be living, then you're going PTDY to look for a place to live, aka house hunting. Absolutely don't lie to anyone, but don't short yourself either. Also, your friend is a huge douche for, what seems like, intentionally trying to get in the way of your PTDY. What possible reason could there be for him/her to bring that up... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    FlyingForce - yes they can deny it. I can't imagine a supervisor actually doing that, but it is within their discretion. One question - who, and why, would say something to your supervisor about it other than you? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Matt Roland Forrest Sibley Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    If you ask 3 AFPC folks what day of the week it is, you'll get 3 different answers. I don't hold any weight to a single word from AFPC. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    It's equivalent (# of OPR's/time) to late rate guys. And the answer really is it depends. I know plenty in that situation that you'd never know it, from a career progress standpoint. Others have let it, or even encouraged it to slow progression. I'm sure some guys with direct experience can chime in Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Is that from personal experience? Or just rhetoric?
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    What about the pleasure of the president? What about leadership 101? I thought you were the white knight who was going to save the RPA community?
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    I'd wager my next paycheck that ILoveScotch either IS Chang, or fetches coffee for him. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Just to offer a view from the other side of the spectrum...I'm getting to do exactly what I signed up for. The queep absolutely sucks, but the amount I fly makes it at least somewhat tolerable
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    You're not wrong about this statement, Chang. However a school spot is absolutely not one of them.
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    Yes to both...best advice for learning about the ANG/AFR is look through the threads on here in that section and also find a ANG/AFR recruiter and go talk to them
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    Switch hit all the right points. Absolutely do not go to the academy (any academy) just because they'll give you a "leg up." Post-graduation, there is no benefit to having gone to the zoo, the only possible exception being networking, and even that is a long shot. You could be the most bad ass pilot ever, but depending on the year you graduate from UPT there could be 100 F22's or 0. Do your best, and make the best of whatever assignment you get. The guys that are unhappy are the ones constantly thinking the grass is always greener somewhere else, and it rarely is. At this point, you don't know what you don't know. If/when you go to UPT, there will usually be several briefings throughout the year about different aircraft from crews that fly in to talk to studs. Go to every one, even heavies, and get a good sight picture about what they REALLY do so you can make the most informed decision about what you want to do. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Well, to be fair, there's already a thread about it in the bar (as dayman pointed out in post 1)... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    This is all I can say about it. She obviously is way out of her league being a recruiter, which seems to be a pretty difficult job
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    I personally know 2 dudes who had ball cancer and, while they did have to do some legwork, are both pilots right now. I am not familiar with the intimate details of what waivers they had to get or what the whole process was, and I'm sure every situation is a little different. One had it discovered/treated about a year before he was even commissioned and had no major delay and another had it discovered during UPT and he got delayed about a year because of treatment, but once he was clean they started him right back up again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I'd agree with YoungnDumb wholeheartedly on his reply to this. Go into UPT knowing you're going to have to learn their way of doing it. The biggest advantage of any prior flying is just having some semblance of SA when you're flying around, and being able to actually talk on a radio and keep flying at the same time. Don't get caught up in the procedures or the mechanics of it all. But airmanship is something you can develop that doesn't change from GA to AF flying.
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    I promise I'm not just trying to be a naysayer to everything YoungnDumb says. But unless things have changed drastically in the past 15 years, your parents going there has absolutely ZERO to do with acceptance. It certainly doesn't give you "a pretty good shot at getting in." Unless you bring it up in an interview, or know someone in a position of power who knows they went there, no one in the admittance chain will ever know about it. This is better advice. Do great in school (in all areas), do well in your interviews, and above all else - figure out if you actually want to go there. Talk to people, face to face, who have been there recently and who will give you a no BS rundown. There's good and bad, and you've got to figure out what your priorities are and what you want out of it. It sounds like things have changed recently for flying spots, which is always good. Maybe that's the only thing you care about, and are willing to put up with all the other BS just for that. There's plenty of options, just get a good sight picture on each of them.
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    There is so much wrong with this statement...especially in recent years. 10-15+ years ago, yes, you could go to the Academy and be pretty much guaranteed a pilot spot. Since then the number of pilot spots per cadet class has gone down, significantly. There have been recent classes where there were barely enough spots for 50% of the class. There have been classes where 90% of the class gets one...but that is definitely not the norm anymore. Do not, in any way, make a decision to go the zoo based on a "guaranteed" pilot spot, because the only guarantee you'll have is to be sorely disappointed. There are some legitimate reasons to go to the academy, or at least there used to be. There are a lot of very legitimate reasons not to. But going because it's a guarantee to fly is one that will having you kick yourself for a long time.
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    Ground testing is voluntary, however, the flight doc can ground you if you decide not to take them. I'm assuming it was your flight commander or someone in the ops squadron who told you it was required...I would go talk to the med folks directly and let them know what the situation is Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  23. hispeed7721
    What a douche canoe. Find another recruiter, as this one is obviously only looking out for herself and doesn't care at all about anyone else.
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    Honestly man, if your recruiter seems like she is pushing you to do some thing that fits her agenda, and not yours, find another recruiter. You are the only one who will ever care about your career. Don't let someone else push you into something Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I might have misread and mispoken...with the active duty rated board (i.e. guys who are already commissioned), there is the scenario of declining a rated position and not being able to apply again. I am not sure if that also applies to people applying for OTS and a subsequent rated spot (as I think you are, now that I've re-read your post). Check with your recruiter about that, I'm not sure how it works from that side. And like viper said, retake the TBAS, and do whatever you can to get flight hours and things to increase numbers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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