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For everyone trying to figure out why a major was in that course: He was a flight test engineer - He probably had a engineer/science-AFCS and went through the course having been assigned to Eglin and a specific program requiring the training.

On the CTO, there's a discount for using DTS at base X. I was reading this btw about the next system. https://www.federalti...ext%7CFRONTPAGE

"there are documents awaiting your approval" YES!! **CK ME, RIGHT? Approving is also a pain - every time I approve, I cringe. As an approver, I can only look at the total dollar amount and a few other details on the overview tab. If I want to get details, it's a serious rabbit hole adventure to check on how the traveler arrived at the dollar amount. An insanely stupid fix? travelers now print out their per diem page (or the approved group template) and fax it in as a supporting document to make the reviewing go faster. No sh*t. Also, as a reviewer, if there are multiple supporting documents, I have to save them to a temp folder and reopen them in adobe - such as when comparing hotel receipts against an itinerary. More pop-ups! speaking of flying, I never use the DTS built-in ticketing. That's right, I charge an extra $20 to the CTO every time because I don't have the expertise in DTS to do it myself. Everyone does this. Edit: The next e-travel system focuses on booking travel. It needs to be a voucher system. The programmers are putting their eggs in the travel part (for aircrew, useless 95% of the time) TLDR / BL: New system focuses too much on commercial air travel

Full size pick-up question: My truck exceeds 20 measurement tonnes. Do I get stuck with the difference in cost to get up to my shipment size, or do I pay the entire shipment fee? Port and TMO are both out to lunch on this. Literally, I can't get anyone after 11 am in most places.

Not a problem at all. I'm already there

If you go 400 miles further west there are mountains. The local attractions warrant nothing more than a pair of sturdy shoes so you can hop around the rocks before you head back to your hotel. Quartz mountain has a golf course and other junk with campsites and boating related activities mostly. There's no camping in the wildlife refuge.

Yeah not really. Operate on the marginal rate.

I heard a flat $250; he has to cover flying/hotel/food himself.

As it pertains to the distribution of PIQ's... nada But for you, this is a public fact sheet that claims 16 assigned. BTW Dover claims 13 when I googled it. Not too far off. There's about a 50% chance of being assigned to CHS/TCM.

Squadron size varies, according to aircraft assigned. Just a few data points from public fact sheets: 55 at Charleston 48 at McChord 16 at McGuire 8 at Hickam So, 6 times more like to go to McChord than Hickam, until you look at manning and tour length.

Some other players in getting FLIP to AMC: https://www.aeronavdata.com/Special%20Accredited%20Nation%20Support.pdf

The questions from TACC are just a checklist. In one sense, the call causes the mission to stop in its tracks. By their own rules, if one crew calls safety of flight, TACC doesn't call up the next crew and ask "hey, why don't you go fly this thing?" until those questions are answered so that the next crew isn't put into the same corner. Also, it is TACC, not AMD. It's been a few years for me, but the C-17's aren't chopped.

Lots to read there... so at what time does that first look come down, and how much time on station would someone need to have at that point to be eligible for that selection? My present understanding is that once you pin on major, it's off to the races, and to PCS just prior to that point might prevent that first or even second shot at school in residence - is that right?

it was a save that came bundled with an insult

There are millions of options off base. Commute away from Seattle and you're pretty much set. Depends on what you want.

More skepticism of the Air Force's findings: https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fighter-jet-down-20111220,0,3566553.story

The dimmest setting on the iPad is a little too bright in some instances but it can get dimmed down pretty well within the application software. ANVIS compatble? probably not.

If the whole pilot community is getting rumors of pilots doing wacky manuevers in the AOR (here on baseops) then a widely spread rumor-control message shouldn't offend you. If our peers are attempting this when they go on hiatus from our squadrons, then the cultural problem is targeted at where these pilots also came from before their AOR stint.

"winglets are gay" vs. "winglets are the balls of airlift"

sounds like a MOG issue

One of those slides roughly translates into: "Is this GOOD for the company?"

I need the tropopause level in the weather info. I also detest programming the flight plan into a computer at the flight deck. Why not MIF that by computer beforehand at Scott AFB and just throw it into the IFM package? Or at least put it onto a disk for aircrew to program? To come up with a profile from weather TACC provides on a flight plan TACC provides? What does the pilot do again? I get it, MIF will help in flight to change a profile with the environment, but we've already been doing that - clogging up the radios and searching for better winds... but I can't even get a controller to read another jet's spot winds without causing some disgusting 10-transmission long conversation. It will get interrupted and pretty soon everyone is just saying "BLOCKED" like it's family game night.

I'm reminded of a upt student who eliminated and picked up a compatible afsc to stick with her then faip-ing husband. Same influence exercised and possibly more juicy of a story.

When EFB conversion is complete, the paper flip disappears, and we'll just update our computers before stepping. Battery life? Exceptional. Less than 4 seconds from OFF to FLIP in your hands. Faster than you can find out EEA has a broken back and Bagram's ILS Rwy 03 is down in the kick-window with an un-opened water bottle.