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Some DPEs (Designated Pilot Examiners - essentially franchised EPs) can do the mil comp for you. I know one guy at Eglin who does it for $200. They charge, but sometimes they are more convenient than getting to a FSDO. Go here: https://av-info.faa.gov/DesigneeSearch.asp Put "Military Competency / Foreign Pilot Examiner" in the designee tab

Yes... but you'll have to do it in person vice mail it in.

I know a few guys who were able to get their ATP and a 747-400 type back when the Air Borne Laser (ABL) was a test program at Edwards. Shockingly, none of them are in the Air Force anymore.

Mikey strikes again: https://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/17/air-force-general-who-spoke-god-in-speech-should-be-court-martialed-group-says/ I'm not sure what's dumber a) the Military Religious Freedom Foundation or b) Fox News quoting the Air Force Times.

I have to read more: I thought AFPAK hands didn't have an ADSC, but the underlying training/PCSs did. It may be as simple as 7-day opting when the language school RIP comes around. Some are legitimately interested in serving in this way. It could lead to work in the Intel community, the State Dept, or NGOs post retirement. Of course, it gets F-ed up when the AF picks guys who don't want to do it or who won't be good at it just to pay some perceived higher level manpower bill.

Currently, none of the majors have an ATP Certification Training Program (CTP) to be able to sit for the ATP. It'll be interesting to watch as guys pony up for that $5K course.

The defense would argue that the influence already happened and the publicity behind it all continues to influence any potential panel member. I looked ...I didn't find anything (granted...I'm an armchair lawyer here). There's no case law that I could find that answers "Is the influence removed if the commander is?"

Perhaps. We'll never know. Military law is interesting in that there just isn't much case law behind it. Based on how legal assignments work, there aren't that many experts in the field either.

I agree... sticking with the Article 15 is probably best as its consequences are limited. Fair warning up front: this gets quickly to arm-chair lawyering, and I'm not a lawyer. This isn't UCI as there isn't a court martial, so there is nothing for the commander to influence. That said, here's the definition of UCI: By making his statements, Maj Gen Keltz could be seen as influencing every single member of the 19AF into believing that the accused is guilty. The defense would argue that this is "influence to reaching the findings of the case." If the defendent choses to take this to trial (not very likely), a UCI petition would be the first one filed from the defense.

Not that I would in this case, but isn't there a path for the defendant to remove his consent to the Article 15 process?

An ADC could press for a court martial then file to get the whole thing tossed due to undue command influence.

I had a GO once tell me that the process to retire as a GO is insane. Maybe this guy figured it out...

I think this means not to fight the print media as they "guided" public opinion in the 19th century. Not sure I connect the dots here... TPS was a really fun year, but its essentially a series of week or two-week long survey courses strung together to form a year. The idea is that, in total, all grads will have a working knowledge of the entirety of the military flight test profession. Each one week block is someone's PhD and 30-year engineering career. TPS is breadth where WIC seeks depth. Operational Test and Developmental Test have different goals and different paths to resolve issues found in testing. I found that often my bros in OT had more power than I in the test phase as issues found in DT basically get resolved via committee decision with the program office. Part of TPS is learning how the acquisitions sausage gets made. I have found my outside-the-AF career options to be greater since TPS. There simply is no civilian equivalent to being an experienced aviator knowledgable in a wide range fo flight test topics. At various points in the recent past, I have seriously considered flying jobs for Boeing and Garmin.

Why do you want to go to TPS? I ask because there are test jobs out there that are pretty damn relevant but don't require going to a year of hodge-podge academics and a life in AFMC.

The problem is that there simply isn't the bodies at the base level to do a good job. Rather than one monster service contract, there will be lots of little ones. It will be happening very soon with email. Base data centers will also be contractor operated soon.

I see us as getting out of the cyber infrastructure operations business and outsourcing it. The Navy already has.

I'm on a staff job and I just had PRK done. Best decision ever.

Funny that the GP/CC was rebuffing you. I see this as ADSC 101. The AF can't extend your commitment without your agreement.

Every time I think I'm brilliant, I am humbled by others....

In the investment world, there's the idea of the risk vs return frontier. https://www.youngresearch.com/authors/ejsmith/risk-and-reward-an-efficient-frontier/ In life, there's the bullshit vs benefits frontier. The AF keeps talking about benefits, but leaves the idea of the cost of those benefits (the bullshit) off the table. It's not that the airlines pay more... It's that a low six figure salary for working 12 days a month is a compelling proposition to many. This rough arguement is the same in many areas: a shit hot cyber warrior may ask "Why am I working 14-16 hour days to answer data calls? I could just found my own start-up." To Gen Welsh's Staff: I know you are reading this. How the AF distributes the bullshit in a BCA environment will be linked to retention in future years.

Asset Inventory Management... It has no automated inventory capability. Remedy... The help desk system tracks every piece of AFNET equipment but does not connect to AIM.

I think you did win! Escape velocity, a pile of cash, and a fair bit of useful know. Stop that GS shit and go start your own company.

I fucking hate AIM. I hate it even more that we are mandated to use it for systems that my program office fields, in essence forcing double-counting for some systems.

I'm a Test Pilot School graduate F-15E WSO with a current 1042 and IWSO form 8. I have experience in the newest F-15E radar about to hit the street as well as the SDB II. I am currently a program manager for IT systems (with no experience in that area what-so ever). I ask myself every day why I am here and why @17D_guy is not. Thankfully, this dream ends soon with IDE.

It's amazing that there will be five proposals in today's defense aerospace industry....