TacAirCoug

Millennium Falcon. She needs a lot of work, but she's fun to drive.

You could have stopped right there and I'd have been fine with it.

For my part, not at all. Sounds like you made a good judgment call, and none of us were there to say otherwise. For what it's worth, I don't think anyone was really questioning your actions. My comments were critical of her, and aimed at the discussion asking the general question, "Why not abort on a touch and go?"

To go one step further... One thing we all have hammered into our skulls from day one of pilot training is to analyze the situation BEFORE you take action. I have no direct knowledge of the incident that generated this discussion, so I won't scream bloody murder for a Q-3. However, it sounds like she just reacted without thinking. First, not noticing the light earlier - strike 1. Second, not knowing that the light is always illuminated - strike 2. Third, opting to high-speed abort on a touch-and-go for a bus off light? Strike 3. Are you sure the SA low light wasn't illuminated as well? Regardless of whether you can high-speed abort in a Herk, often it just doesn't make sense, and sometimes it's just plain dangerous. She clearly didn't know what the problem was, so what if that light had been a prop low oil light and she reacted the same way? 9 times out of 10, the prop is fine, but what about that one time where it dumps all its fluid and doesn't change pitch when you rip the throttles back to idle, or worse all the way to ground idle, at high speed? You think that 9000' of runway remaining is going to do you any good now? There are a lot of problems in the Herk that you don't need to abort for, and some that might end up with you pissing in a cup if you do.

Yeah, they decided to buy a bunch more T-1's and train everyone in one aircraft again. A search would have yielded a non-smart-ass answer.

I listened politely and said, "I'll look into it, sir." Then I hung up the phone and never gave it another thought. Like Form 8 said, he's now an O-6 coming soon to an airlift wing near you.

When I was working in AMD, I got a phone call that made my f*cking jaw drop. A former C-130 squadron commander of mine who was taking command of a new squadron at the busiest airlift hub in Iraq called me direct to inform me that I needed to fit the AOR's entire airlift plan around Balad's quiet hours for his change of command. Then the other shoe dropped. He also wanted me to schedule a down day for his entire squadron so they could all attend the event! The worst part of it, as I understand it, was that his request for quiet hours at Balad got shot down by his boss so he was trying to do an end run around his own leadership to make it happen anyway. Unf*cking believable. So, why don't I let you in on a little secret here, dude. We're at war. The war doesn't stop so every Tom, Dick, and Harry can stroke their egos. Heritage and tradition? Why don't we worry about honoring the heritage and tradition of grabbing our enemies by their necks and kicking their teeth in instead of bending to every FGO wet dream. Save that shit for peacetime.

Anything you want + Alcohol = Grog Be creative, it's not that hard.

All Canadian military aircraft designations start with a 'C' (CC-130, CF-18, etc.), smart ass! Edit: Link

OK, I'll get this ball rolling again. Bonus Content. You're welcome. (NSFW)

Exercise a little patience and save your money. If you can't wait a year to get one, then maybe you should ask yourself why you want to go to pilot training in the first place.

I was really hoping this Blues Monday thing had quietly gone the way of the Dodo...sorry to hear that it's still going strong. On a marginally related note: [rant] why the hell does it take AAFES more than 6 months to get in a new shipment of flight caps in my size? For a while I just attributed it to the increased demand brought about by "Blues Monday," but now I realize it's entirely due to the complete incompetence of AAFES, the worst-managed business in the history of capitalism. Seriously, I've been to SIX DIFFERENT uniform stores in the last 6+ months, and exactly NONE of them had any in my size, unless you count the EIGHT flag officer flight caps that one uniform store had ON A BASE THAT HAD NO GENERALS! [/rant] Sorry for the derail, just had to get that bit of frustration off my chest. Now back to the completely un-frustrating topic of Blues Monday...

Nah, it's just that we fly so slow that the airflow over the fuselage actually goes from tail to nose, so they had to make the tail the pointy end. Edit: Someone was going to say it...I just figured it wouldn't hurt as bad if it came from a Herk guy.

Meh. Honest mistake.

Focus, people. Let's get back on track.

I would like to direct this post toward Bill Gates and Al Gore. Thank you, Gentlemen. It is because of your twin miracles, Microsoft Windows and The Internet, that I am fortunate enough to be able to watch STFU choke on his own foot, see the ensuing swings of a meat tenderizer into his junk, and simultaneously in an adjacent tiled window indulge in an infinite stream of pornographic videos. All while a heated game of Pocket Tanks is minimized in the background. I can do all of this with a cheap beer buzz and Cheeto stained fingers while wearing only boxer-briefs and knee-high athletic socks because of you. So, thank you Mr. Gates and Mr. Gore, you are the epitome of what it means to be American Heroes.

Why the hell would the Air Force pay a few hundred pilots to leave and then turn around and beg them to come back two years later? The Air Force does a lot of things that don't pass the sniff test. Whether you agree with his approach or not, htcoles would be doing himself a disservice if he didn't seek the best deal he can get. Personally, I would do the same, but I would also realize that I should expect to get much less. I would also take whatever I was given, salute smartly, and do that job to the best of my ability. You guys are piling on htcoles when, if he gets what he's asking for, Big Blue is really to blame.

Can somebody turn off the motor driving that pendulum? Selection boards to consider advanced degrees

Uhhh, Scooter...maybe you missed this on the previous page: And this:

From the horse's mouth here at AIS: Huggy is correct, Sheppard Air has the most current info. The new rule has not been signed off by the Administrator yet and there is no ETIC. It sounds like the rule was held up before Obama's executive order was signed, so there may be other issues at play. My original confusion came about because some of the guys here have put all their ducks in a row so that when the rule is signed, they can pull the trigger and get their certs immediately. I misinterpreted that to mean they had already received them. I've got two more days here, if there are any more questions, you know where to find me.

I'm at AIS in OKC right now and one of the instructors here said that some folks in AFFSA have already taken advantage of the new rule...I'll investigate further on Monday to see what the real story is. On that note, if anybody has any other questions they want answered while I'm here at the source, PM me and I'll get the scoop. I'll be here until the 30th.

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