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We just fly with whatever the hell we want (boss approved of course). Sure you can be official, but as long as you don't use something outrageous, the chances of someone saying something are nil. When baseops gets the flight plan, they're just going to put whatever they see in the system.

I always take my laptop TDY. If you don't have one at ASBC, etc. you won't have a computer to use minus the library or a friends. IMO that's annoying, but it's up to you if that's worth it or not.

Because we're all CGOs and at least in our community, we're all at the same "bro" level. That doesn't mean you don't listen to or question your flt/cc just b/c he's "only" a Capt or your weapons officer just b/c he's "only" a Capt, but it does mean that calling them by their callsign wherever and acting on the bro level in the bar is completely fine. I agree. It's BS and just contributes to the problem. So yes, I know it's not just an enlisted thing.

In my very limited interaction with Marines, I too was impressed with their C&C, as well as just their overall demeanor. I also share the same viewpoint of most of the MX enlisted I interact with, as well as the enlisted in our squadron. However, the same cannot be said for other squadrons on base. I have interacted with some very good people, don't get me wrong, but unfortunately those people seem to be in the minority. I'm surprised and honestly kind of embarrassed for the AF regarding a decent amount of people I've observed, both in their professionalism and willingness to work hard for the mission. It's like the AF has gone incredibly soft and doesn't care. Today I watched an Amn bow up to a Capt without even a thought...full up yelled. Now don't worry, he was put in his place immediately, but I couldn't believe this guy even thought for a second that was remotely OK. Rank doesn't seem to mean shit to a lot of AF members these days. You don't have to respect the person, but you do have to respect the rank. If a Capt can respect a Maj with no problem, why is it so many enlisted seem to have a problem respecting an officer, let alone a Capt and higher (not that it should even matter what officer rank they are)? I have never seen that in other services and when talking to buddies in the Army/Marines, they said first off that shit would not happen, and if it does, that guy is getting his ass beat on the spot. These related things are why the other services make fun of the AF, and in some aspects, rightfully so. Good point. I think a lot of guys try to an extent, but it's difficult to do so when you have zero support from leadership. I personally haven't experienced the leadership crushing such things to a terrible extent, but from talking to friends elsewhere and even reading the Died thread on here, it seems that on a large scale, these things are allowed to happen b/c leadership indirectly supports it. How will it get better if officers are berated for, *gasp*, telling a MSgt something he doesn't want to hear, or berated for simply saying/doing something b/c you're an officer and you don't take orders from an enlisted guy (of course within reason, I fully respect the enlisted corps and realize sometimes there are just rules they have to enforce).

Yeah, I guess it was over the top. I've just had some very bad experiences very recently that have really pissed me off, and I'm still steaming from them. I know there are a lot of good people in other career fields, just seems recently I've been dealing with the bottom of the barrel...meaning people who don't know their jobs and go out of their way to do anything so they don't have to do work (i.e. help unfuck the situation their office created). Though in all fairness I will say last week I was able to work with someone on one of the problems that actually was willing to help and put effort into it. We'll see when/if this problem gets resolved, but this person seems promising. Unfortunately, it took going up 5 levels of supervision (no shit) to even get any kind of real help on the biggest issue. Sorry, but that's a failure in my eyes. Why the 5th level of supervision even needs to get involved is ludicrous, but they have to because their subordinates below them are unable and/or unwilling to do the job. So yes, my words were too harsh, but I know many on here probably know exactly the type of generic situation I'm talking about. It's unfortunate that such situations are all too common in the AF today.

Walked into the housing office place to get some rooms for the new guys showing up...the Sgt no shit is chatting on facebook, and he has no problem taking 20 sec to finish up the conversation before helping us. I was shocked...even though I expect complete retardation and worthlessness from every shoe I interact with, I still just couldn't believe this was actually happening.

Uhhh, so JTACs flying a remote control A-10 to support themselves? Wow, that as "extreme, super, unimaginable epic fail" written all over it. Who are these retards who come up with these absolutely ridiculous ideas?

Pretty sure no FBO is going to let you do that. If they do, there will be min hr charges. Meaning, they'll let you go, but will charge you a min or 15 hrs of flight time or something like that...regardless of how much you actually fly. So, if you plan on actually flying 15 hrs worth, then it's worth it, but if not, take a car instead.

Another year of missing Oshkosh...I hate you guys.

I'm not saying the possibility doesn't exist out there, but in general it will be much cheaper to get your license at some local FBO than through an aviation program at Purdue, ERAU, etc. Learning to fly in a SR-20, a 2009 172 with all glass, etc. is WAY overkill. Save a ton of money and go learn to fly in a 1977 172 or something. It's not as "sexy," but you'll learn the exact same shit and have more money in your pocket for other things or for more flying hours after you're done with your license. Many of us got licenses in high school or college just flying at the local FBO...there is zero need to go through some incredibly expensive aviation program at a college. Not saying those programs are bad, but if you don't have shit tons of money or don't want to pay large loans back for a long time, consider the alternative.

Agreed, there is no way in hell those two are even remotely close to the same price.

Just when you think he couldn't be any more of a dumbass...this happens. The sad thing is I'm really not surprised.

Darkhorse Leather in Osan does a great job. Not sure what their online order ability is, but worth a look into it...or if you know someone in Korea who's willing to make an order for you guys and ship it.

I guarantee unlocking software will come out, you just have to be patient enough to wait. So, how long until you move to England?

You commute to work in your own airplane!?! Evil, you sir, are a bastard!

Nice. I always like the ,"yeah sorry my card's not in DBIDs yet b/c it's new." "Sir, can I see a 2nd form of ID." So I give him my flightline badge..."Sir, do you have a civilian drivers license?" Really, my mil ID and a flightline badge that gets me well past where most people on base can go does not get me on base, but my state drivers license does? Moral of the story, have at least 4 IDs on you at all times.

Well of course...what else would you store anyways?

I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen.

WTF? Granted I've only been to three bases, but every single one it was not only OK, but encouraged. Well played. I will say there's at least one place left in this world where that still happens. Even better is somewhere around 4 am when the boss wants to go to bed and he can't get inside his bedroom because every piece of furniture in his room his stacked to the ceiling on the other side of the door. Punks win...again.

Copy, he should have told her to fuck off and find another way home. Yep, that would have been a better and "safer" career choice (unfortunately it would have been a "safer" career choice...and that's BULLSHIT).

Who said the person you call/get a ride from (sts) cannot be higher than your direct boss? I guarantee the wing/cc here would give me and any of the other bros a ride back without asking a question...and I also guarantee no one would give a shit, unless some fuckstain like the one who wrote this report was around. I'm not saying every wing/cc is like that, but if you know yours is and he's in a position (sts) to help, then what the hell is wrong with letting him help you? What's the better alternative, "hey dude, you're the least drunk, here's the keys." But where's the proof of any of that? How does anyone know how familiar he was (without evidence) and who says she thought "nothing" of calling him. Maybe she ran out of options. I don't know, but there should be some solid evidence to make a statement like that.

WTF is even remotely wrong with that? So apparently you can't call a commander for help...good, here comes the rise of more problems and DUIs for the AF. Whoever "investigated" this is a complete asshat.

The first reason is I've had a few friends have a good chunk of time go missing from the SARMs. If it happens at the wrong time, an upgrade might get delayed. Having a logbook already filled out (vs. having a large stack of random print outs of flight time) will speed up rectifying the problem. Secondly, I don't want to be 20 yrs down the road, decide I want to fly civilian for a job and at that point wish I'd have started a logbook. Really the PITA is catching up, but once caught up, logging 10 flts or so a month is not time consuming, nor difficult.

Talked to someone today at work and they said no PIC time unless you were solo. The only caveat is if you had the proper rating prior to UPT (i.e. high performance retractable gear for T-6s). So if you have those ratings prior to starting UPT, you can log PIC in T-6s. I didn't have a retractable rating, so that means PIC only applies to my solo rides in UPT. Everything else is dual given. I was also told the time (PIC or not, student or not) will still count towards total time down the road. So, I guess it's worth it to log if after the military I decided to fly civilian and need X total time. Discus - For UPT, you do not get your additional ratings (instrument, commerical, multi) until post graduation, so you're not instrument rated after T-6s just b/c you flew instrument rides (unless of course you had a civ instrument rating prior to UPT).

I'm about to start logging all my mil time starting from UPT (fuck, this is going to take a lot of time). Question is, during UPT when I flew with an instructor, do I log only "Dual Received" or do I also log PIC time? Not sure if the IP was technically the PIC or not. I'm guessing the IP was, but I thought I remember logging both PIC and Dual Received back in my GA days...but don't have that logbook with me to reference. Second question is, is it really worth logging pre-wings time? Is it useful for jobs down the road after military (if I decided to do that) or is really just for my own personal memories?