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...oh the things I can't say because I'm NATO right now...

Aware.

You'll have to excuse my friend...he's a little slow. Ensure is a hell of a drug. He clearly meant Starfox.

Bendy, if you have a twitter account, you could be President someday soon.

Not in it for the political debate. I will, however, confirm this. I've lived in two different countries in Europe (west and east) over the past 5 years. Europe does NOT have it all figured out. Insane taxes. Humungous bureaucracy. Ridiculous economic shackles. It's not good. I've also been approached by Europeans who, in the same sentence, will comment on the stupidity of American politics and gun laws...then ask how the citizenship process works and how their kids can get accepted to US schools. I have seldom heard of US citizens who love the wonders of European socialism so much that they immigrate this direction. There's a reason America attracts so many. It's not because we're socialist. The social and economic solutions that Europeans are implementing are European, not American. America needs American solutions to American problems. Make America socialist and our economy, government, and society will collapse. I can say that with certainty as I sit in an eastern European country that was a thriving monarchy and relatively democratic nation until socialism and communism completely destroyed it. This country is a wreck now and it's been technically free of socialist government for almost 30 years, but the 'recovery' is extremely slow. We do NOT want this in America.

That's how the Army spell "Joint": "A.R.M.Y." ...although I've heard a grunt misspell "army" in a conversation before, no joke..."I am not in the air force, I'm in the army, 'A.M.R.Y.', where we do shit right!"...I smiled and walked away. I will burn every OCP colored item I have in effigy if Big Blue ever again forces me to work for the Army.

Which means: No it won't.

We'd be lucky to raise to Browns status. Thankfully most of the rest of the world is in high school JV status.

Thanks. I'm guessing the B-course is about 3-4 months. I'm trying to time out scenarios to separate, then get hired by the airlines while also getting hired in the reserves. My only known quantity in the process is that wherever I land in the airlines, I want to put in at least a solid year before I take any significant months away for mil activities (if possible). I refuse to game the system to the detriment of my reputation or flying skills. I'll be in an API-6 billet near duke, so it's possible I could get qual'd in the C-146 before transitioning out of AD, though unlikely, especially with that new ADSC guidance. I might not even get re-qual'd in the herk. Not worth 3 more years of big blue's concept of "stability". Not really sure how to weave it all together in such a way that it's not a drain on the reserve unit, but still build my continuity in the airlines. The most feasible scenario in my head is to wait until after the first year of the airlines and then try and get hired in the reserves. It's either that, or find a C-130J unit to work for (will need an in-house requal). Duke would make it great as I wouldn't have to commute to work there though. I'm open to wisdom on the transition.

It better involve the GAU-8 somehow connected to a herk prop...

Revival. I'm considering applying to the reserve unit at Duke. Would they take a herk WO?

Actual footage of matmacwc making avocado toast...

On the plus side, it appears to be perfectly balanced. Nice work depo team!

I guess we know what BQZip's mom has been up to.

Pretty deep seated hate man, which is saying something coming from me. What gives?

Indeed. "Quantity has a quality all of it's own." The Chinese know this. We need to figure it out BEFORE the shooting starts. Google "Puba's Party" (better yet, read about it in Every Man A Tiger) in WW Gulf War I to see how we put the principle of mass to good use there. We let the Iraqis shoot down a bunch of target drones so we could shoot their SAM radars in the process. I'm curious how we're planning to overcome superior numbers without a large number of Gen 4 aircraft. UAVs might be the answer. One thing is for sure, you can't do any of this without pilots and operators. Good luck with that USAF.

I'll be in that interview line with you.

For reference, go see the dumpster fire on the MAF Assignments and Mentoring facebook page (if you're a member) concerning the release of this guidance. Goldfein has been tagged in the comments. I'll be curious to see if anyone with authority answers the questions there, or if they just pawn it off on the poor assignments team folks.

...cuz I'm a pilot!!!....

Thanks for re-posting. Does anyone need more proof of where this is going?

I've noticed almost every active officer talking to the Air Force Times in an official capacity doesn't express personal opinion nor do they acknowledge real problems as real. They have to perform as USAF PA meat puppets that reinforce the official party lines. Not this guy's fault he had to talk to the press. Non-event.

He's gunning for Bendy's drunken poster status.

I've seen high-tech training produce excellent results. C-130J kids go to the assault zone from the left seat on day one in the real airplane. They can do that because the sims are awesome, and the HUD is an incredible tool. It took 500-700 hours to get to that same spot in the E/H model. High-tech training CAN really produce better results. What it CAN'T do is condition a student with a culture of excellence and training focus like we old guys received during our 2+ years in the UPT pipeline. Tech skills can be achieved quickly. Professional aviators will ALWAYS take experience and time to build. 6 months and 30 hours in a real plane are not enough to build an aware student who knows how to safely operate in and around a jet. This will only put more pressure on undermanned FTUs...where the IPs are getting distracted by "retention initiatives" like backdoor ADSCs and ever-changing Bonuses that may, or may not be a better deal than before (read that fine print). These are all combining to set up a whole generation of students and IPs for failure. However, I have no doubt that these kids will rise to the occasion and prove their worth and amazing talent. We did. So will they. Just because they're set up to fail doesn't mean they'll fail. It just means they'll have to overcome tougher odds, which will produce stronger character. These kids (the ones that survive) will be just fine. Regardless, I can't escape the feeling that Big Blue is seriously undercutting the quality of its pilots in every possible way right now. The sad part is that the older generation is now the AO's inside Big Blue, and that some of us who were line pilots have now endorsed the boss's signature on the stupidity we're seeing emerge. Someone needs to stand on the boss's desk and tell Caesar he's naked.

I'll leave this right here: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/07/25/how-officers-are-promoted-will-get-its-biggest-overhaul-in-decades-heres-what-that-means-for-the-military/ TL, DR: Up or out might go away for career specialists (I would hope that read 'pilots'), and some shiny pennies might get promoted even faster. However... It'll be interesting to see if Big Blue embraces this, as it could really help retention, if they flex it right in combination with significant increases in monetary incentives. If Big Blue doesn't embrace this (most likely course IMO), I think we'll see just how hard a stand Blue's bureaucratic hubris can take again positive change.

I love Bendy pearls of wisdom. I'm keeping this one.