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Man I'm jealous, that's a good buddy to have! The panel of the Cub makes it evident that he takes good care of his planes. Post pics of the Stearman if you have some. Hoping to acquire one down the road. Was his Stearman owned by the current President of the Stearman Restores association? That dude is a real under achiever...he was a Navy rescue swimmer, then Seal, then decided to be a 160th SOAR pilot and now flies crop dusters. https://www.westpointcoh.org/interviews/a-career-filled-with-detours-from-seal-to-night-stalker https://readyfortakeoffpodcast.com/rft-284-navy-seal-cropduster-mike-rutledge/

Awesome! Few things better than cruising around at 500 feet with the door open and being able to smell fresh cut grass. From what I can see, that's a nice looking Cub. I have a handshake agreement to buy a 1947 (Ponca City) 90 hp Cub. It was restored around he same time as the one you flew and has about the same hours. Was supposed to be delivered last Thursday but storms, then schedules got in the way. Hoping to get it this Sunday.

Your if statement is a major qualifier there. Many of us can't even stand the thought of going on a 2 year order to get the big bonus. This is why I'll never understand why the ANG didn't push for the 1 year big bonus, like the AFR was able to get. Also, there are tons of USERRA exempt orders...up on the staff (no sts). The same staff that has denied adding a few vital positions to the list of USERRA exempt status. As for the rest of this thread. Having a boss who doesn't use the proper words, or not having the "right" medals/titles...what a fucked up system.

PRF/APZ/P/DP...it's like an entirely different language. If this is the only "signal" you see, we don't want you.

Right! You can't be scared your whole life!

Just be careful of the state you choose. Some states, as a matter of practice, force guys to ROPMA even to major, which is ridiculous. I pinned on major 2-3 years before quite a few of my officer school classmates because of this. The only guys in our squadron that went to ROPMA for major were the guys that didn't do SOS. Maybe we're lucky that we don't have a bunch of O5s that just hang around forever, but few guys have to wait too long for O5 as well. Occasionally a year wait, but few guys are actually forced to ROPMA.

Agreed 100%, I actually had to use that last week to get them to relent on a minor clerical error (no money) made by the hotel desk clerk. I have 4-5 days/month to get 6 sorties, knock out queep and fight these battles. Honestly, anymore I don't care which one takes priority, I'll just roll with whatever the leadership wants at the time, but I'm still only showing up 4-5 days/month...their choice. In the end, I've never been denied payment, but the constant battles are tiring. Preach brotha! One finance officer has already been fired...I think more will follow when we get our next WG/CC. You're right though, we should actually force someone from finance to go on every 2-3 week TDY we do as a unit.

Wow, and you were paid without issue? Our finance would have denied my voucher a few times, threatened to not pay for not using my GTC. I'm still trying to get a voucher through from a TDY over 3 months ago. Our FM once tried to force me (a part-timer) into paying by saying I wouldn't "be able" to go TDY because my card will be shutoff. I don't think me laughing uncontrollably and letting him know that is perfectly fine with me, was the reaction the FM was looking for. This is one of the few downsides to Guard units. Sometimes someone gets dug in and builds an empire...then his proteges take over and continue it. Their biggest concern is the dreaded "audit," which drives their overly cautious nature. There is hope that the next in line for WG/CC will fix this. LOTS of people on base have started saying no to TDYs simple because it's such an ass pain to get paid anymore. Next voucher, I'm thinking of attaching a MFR with a narrative of events for the TDY, with "READ ME FIRST." I've already started attaching my cell number with a note to call me before rejection. I wish they'd just bring back 1351-2s...paper vouchers!

I'm with Brabus on this one, that's how we've always operated. In this type of thing, you can never go wrong by following "the process." Sadly this is almost never efficient and often an extremely painful experience. We've recently added numerous callsigns for our local and XC flying. Then we followed up with going through the process of making it official. Guess what, the world kept spinning and anarchy did not take over. The old bossman has already told us to not blindly follow ridiculous rules...do what makes sense then work on getting it changed (note: the latter being an important step). I'd say this falls squarely into one of these situations. This is especially true in this case since the manager seems to be following an reg that is no longer applicable. This change will not harm anyone and if it's truly based off heritage, it seems like a no-brainer. I mean some bases use the pilots callsign as their flying callsign...it's not like we're redesigning an arrival/departure procedure. I get there are some battles not worth fighting for, but this seems like an easy kill that can only help with espirit-de-corps.

NGB: Good news guys, we're giving out a part-timer bonus! Pawns: YAY!!!! NGB: Ya, it's going to be totally awesome and will help retain our peeps...here you go. Pawns: (reviews eligibility requirement)....dude, like 3 people in our squadron are eligible, and they're not leaving anyway. NGB: .... NGB: Oh and btw, we need to review some things... Pawns: Opens up retirement donut of misery chart. NGB: So here are our new requirements... Pawns: (reviews new requirements)...dude, now only 1 person is eligible. Flips table! We seriously only had 2 guys eligible in a squadron of ~40 pilots and neither of them have heard anything either way. I really hope this is bad gouge, but no skin off my back, I was prior-E and not eligible anyway. Well it's a gorgeous day here in Barcelona, time to meet the crew for beach/wine/tapas.

Not saying you're AMC, but a buddy was just telling me about a recent CC directed Q3 in AMC. Naturally there are 3 sides to every story, but this isn't the first time I've heard stories of seemingly ridiculous sounding Q3s in AMC. Some of the stuff I've heard would have just been a few days non-flying and maybe a briefing in front of the squadron...seems like AMC uses it more as a punishment tool.

They're just getting you conditioned for the rest of your career.

Had iPhones for years, then switched to the S7, now the note 9, and I couldn't be happier. If you really want to nerd out on your phone, you can unlock developer mode which lets you tinker with a few other things. Camera is insanely better.

Not to worry, guys over on other aviation forums/FB groups have already figured out it was a false flag operation so we can get involved in yet another war.

100% agree with losing your cool = lost credibility. That said, the few times I've dealt with DOD civilians have mostly been extremely frustrating. The most painful being a particular USAFE base civilian who seemed to not have to answer to even the WG/CC. Sure this dude has "served" a long time, but they sometimes lose sight of the real mission and/or are doing "tactics" from 3 rewrites ago. It's made worse by civilians whose view on the ARC is still that of years gone by and thinks we know nothing...worked out great when our people ended up teaching his people how to do their fucking jobs.

We've had a few sign the bonus, I'll ask at drill today if they've received the cash yet.

Farts and darts vs no farts and darts.

Shouldn't have been that big of a surprise. Our (ANG) mx force is ridiculously experienced and skilled.

It's that Wiley's 180? RVs are awesome. I know the owner of this badass RV. He's not a Viper guy, just loves/appreciates what the military does and sees it as a tribute to the military. Great dude that built an immaculate RV-8, with a ridiculously awesome panel. That thing can fly full coupled ILS approaches and even has a freaking go-around button (only need to add power). What's crazy is that everything you see on there (patches/numbering/tail letters) was all hand painted...no stickers. You can't see it, but it even has the refuel door painted on the spine.

In a club flying 172/Cherokee 180/Cherokee 6 and as long as the pre-buy goes well, I should have a J-3 Cub next week. Hoping to make it out to Sentimental Journey in a few weeks. Planning on flying to the Stearman Fly-In in Galesburg, IL in September and maybe Oshkosh. I think there are only 2 of us in my squadron who love GA. YouTube Trent Palmer if you want to watch some great GA videos.

Leave reg mainly. It can be mitigated, but you still have touch work every 4ish days (depending on how you swap alert) to stay stay legal. Other than that, as long as you've done the proper paperwork like Smokin mentioned, I haven't seen any good/logical reason why someone couldn't do this. I've had a few leadership types at DAL quote things like AirGuardian mentioned, as well as a few other minor things which are all totally bogus. What it boils down to is there were a few management types that just can't stand the thought of dudes being paid by two masters. Sadly, the worst one (now removed from that position) is a former AF Reserve pilot. On the other hand, I don't understand why you'd want to ruin the best gig going (part-timer) by trying to work both gigs full time....WAY too much work!

And this is a main reason my last sim partner (fellow FO) left the Navy even though he was on the fast track to command. I guess making more than an admiral (before adding his pension) to work 12 days or less a month in the right seat of a WB isn't a bad tradeoff.

Penny Benjamin?

How long until we see another commander drop? The twitter comments are priceless!

What he said! Wait, actually yes please do switch...then send us your Snipers.