SocialD

Time to spare, go by air! Sadly, I'm not surprised at your experience and wouldn't expect it to have been all that much better at any one of the other carriers. I cautioned all my friends and family that I wouldn't be planning on counting on the airlines to get me anywhere on-time this summer...absolute shit show out there right now. I think management is hugely relying on the pilots "get shit done" attitudes and trying to use the "imagine it's your family back there," shtick for us to make the operation flow. While there are plenty to fall for that, many are starting to fly the contract... I expect nothing less from them. What do they have to gain by doing a good job when they know they'll walk out the door with a golden parachute either way?

And well worth it! This is from a stop at a local grass strip for a piss break.

Extremely sickening. If we started actually punishing people for their crimes, maybe there would be less of this shit. The dude that pulled the trigger does not belong among the living, anything less than the death penalty is a disservice to justice. The dude executed an innocent person for a damn cell phone. Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll die from an overdose from whatever drug he bought with the sale of that cellphone. Mentioned this before on this site, but someone hit on it above. My Guard base is filled with great dudes/dudettes who are staying on orders rather than go back to their LEO jobs. Many of their friends are leaving for other careers because of the way things have become. With good people leaving, I cringe at who fills their spots...

Reminds me of way back when I was an Airmen Crew Chief during an ORI. We had an old school (flew in Vietnam) WG/CC who must have wanted to "make a good first impression." They had all our jets lined up on the ramp and each DCC/ACC stood at ease in front of their respective jets. The WG/CC picked up the IG/CC from his C-40 transport on the taxiway, then on their way to the in-brief, they made a pass down the line of jets. As the car approached each of us came to attention and saluted (on the flight line no less) the car as it passed. What a fucking ridiculous waste of time and pepper grinding to the max. Does anyone think this shit really matters? My guess is the IG was cringing on the inside.

They also used to ground loop the shit out of planes back in the day...even with a multiple runway configuration that mean they rarely had a huge crosswind. However, though I think Tac's post is likely the case, I'm 100% in a agreement with you on this. Then again, I own tailwheel aircraft and love flying anything TW.

And people are actually wearing them? Even on the the Guard side?

Worked under ALPA at two carriers now, as well as APA for a short while...agreed, same shit, different day! Which is not all bad, as much as we love to bitch about he union, they do some great shit for us (and me personally). It's just that, no matter the union, the ugly politics are there.

With this TA, it appears they haven't even gotten off the couch to reach for the neck of that goose.

As always, there are plenty of people who challenge their study, but there is some thought on it. I'm suggesting that some people don't really want really want the kids, yet don't put them up for adoption and "raise" them in neglect...often in single-parent/drug-ridden situations.

I don't consider myself a liberal/democrat and I generally stay out of this shit, but I can't really get behind this decision (of course that doesn't really matter lol). Though nothing is done in a vacuum and we can always get into correlation vs causation, it will be interesting to follow crime stats over the next 15-25 years to see if there is a spike in crime. It will be especially interesting since we'll likely have many states that impose heavy bans on abortion and others that keep it mostly open. It's not as easy as "just going to another state," and many more children will now be born into destitution and parentless and sometimes pretty horrific situations (ask any LEO friends that work the "rough" areas of any big city). Many of these kids will be unwanted and likely treated as such by their parent/the system...this is a powder keg for criminalistic activities. I think many will rue the day we overturned ROE. Look that that, a damn poet, I should be writer or some shit...jk, my grammar suck ballz.

If that turd passes, it's going to be a massive uphill battle for the rest of us. At best, we'll have to hope that the already agreed upon sections will have been good enough to make a passable TA. I didn't think it was possible, but appears they made their reserve even worse than it already was. Here's hoping it gets overwhelmingly rejected.

I'm 100% onboard with that. Resisting arrest is generally not going to end well for you and I really don't have much sympathy if things go wrong for you. Should you be shot for simply resisting arrest...no, but if you start to make moves that could be construed as reaching for their taser/gun or even a potential weapon on you, you 100% just won a stupid prize. My Guard base if littered with cops/troopers who would rather stay out on orders then go back to their police jobs. Most of the ones I talked to have said they're not going back and many of their friends are searching for jobs elsewhere. Great dudes/dudettes who say it's just not worth it anymore. They all say the same thing, you're one edited video aways from losing your job, going to prison or ending up in a pine box. We just had a Sheriff deputy shot on a routine stop in my area last night...I have to wonder if any of this cause him to hesitate, just for a second, that may have nearly cost him his life. Maybe not the mainstream ne (err...) entertainment media who just want to stir up discontent. This "we" certainly is there.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Don't trespass, break down doors, shatter windows and hop barricades clearly meant to keep you out and you likely won't get shot...easy as that. Hard to feel sorry for someone like this.

Fughhhh....guess I better get on mine. One is due on October and the other in November!

Sure thing, I'll call you on my phone which will be using an automatic call recording app...talk to you soon!

That's a great sound bite and all, but who is going to train them? A huge portion of our experience took early retirements during the great overreaction we lived through over the last few years. So now we have a vastly inexperienced (relatively speaking) work force trying to right the ship, and that shit just doesn't happen over night. In many sections of the airline, we have the equivalent of 4-ship flight leads running the IPUG and are surprised when the product is shit. My understanding is that many of our experienced folks have been called back as consultants to help, but there is only so much you can do when you lose the staggering amount of experience we have lost. This experience gap is but one result of policies enacted by our government (and those around the world).

Maybe we'll finally get back to being a little better staffed!

Make hay while the sun shines! Here's hoping the chronic understaffing and massive amount of retirements will mitigate many furloughs should airline travel take a dump. I certainly wouldn't let get of those mil gigs until you have a fair amount of the pilot list junior to you.

Same! I'd have gladly given up my CFI gig making $13k/yr flying 152s/172s in NE Ohio to go make $50k/yr flying a T-6 in Del Rio. I'd have quit my CFI gig, packed my bags and driven out same day. Then hopefully executed the plan nunya highlighted.

Ha, I don't even meet the minimum qualifications...I guess I should have spent more time working at that GPA.

100% agreement with you there! You're talking to the guy that has never been full time since getting hired at the airlines (other than deployments/spinup) and often has to "shift" availability due to greenslips lol. The military once left me high and dry and it forever changed my mindset wrt the military and my priorities. Though I don't think probation is that high threat, for the reasons you stated, I recommend to all my guys that they just do the year and finish probation. Cheap insurance. Most listen, some don't *shrug*....team Sociald is taken care of! But to your point, I should have used "air quotes" when I said needed. The dudes I was referencing, were filling WG and OG/CC roles and I think they really didn't want to do those jobs as part timers (and/or commute). The previous guys were moving to a star or retiring, so the spots were being vacated one way or another. In the ANG there are issues with filing control grades or losing them. Unfilled controlled grades can quickly get snagged and moved to other groups on base and/or other wings within the state. Once they're gone, it's tough to get them back. Delaying that control grade may mean adding years get to your retirement. Considering these guys both had a decent amount of tech time (read...nice retirement between mil/tech) and are in their late 40s, I'm guessing it was worth the relatively small gamble for them. But yes, for the younger guys...100% protect your airline gig. The military will always be there and can wait. AGR spots will be opening up soon as other guys get hired at the airlines lol.

Generally speaking you continue to accrue longevity, so you'd come back on 3rd year pay. You'd likely return with 6 months of probation remaining, unless you had already met the hour requirements to finish probation. At DAL, it's 1 year.or 400 hours (or upgrade to Captain) to get off probation. Depending on how your carrier handles it, coming back off MLOA can be a fuck job. We accrue vacation in arrears, so most guys end long term MLOA and have very few days of vacation. The only long term MLOA I've taken is for deployments, unfortunately for me, it's always been during vacation bidding time. Most recently, I was successful in convincing them that I should be able to get a specific week because someone junior to me had been awarded that week during bidding. A few times before that, I was SOL and left to try to move up my vacations via our moveup process. I think there is a lawsuit pending on this (UAL guy I think), but I'm not sure the a status of that. Most all the guys in my squadron, though not required, wait until they're off probation before they drop any long term MLOA. We've needed a few guys for leadership spots so they bailed at like 6 months and another dude just bailed right after indoc lol. Some guys worry about coming back to another training course on probation, but I think that worry is a bit overblown. Like squadron life, don't be a dick and probation is nothing. I guess if someone really struggled with the training program, then I maybe wait to get off probation before leaving.

Crazy enough, some states have a policy of making their O-3s ROPMA to O-4. On the other hand, we have a dude who ROPMA'd to O-4 and will be heading to a ROPMA board for O-5 soon. I'm expecting that he'll be promoted. If early promotion is something you're wanting, research your squadrons/states closely.

If you're not first, you're last! But seriously, it's an absolute shitshow, I was called 6 times yesterday for multiple greenslips per call. It was the same the day prior. We should have already pulled back our flying like most of the other airlines.

Strange, I can't seem to find that part that says we should have done it a decade prior.