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RCB, I have over 1500 hours as a loadmaster and more than that now as a pilot. There is no way that I would ever try to get that load time to apply to a pilot rating. Nav time is nav time just like load time is load time. So what, if FEs can get credit for an FAA rating. I wouldn't seek out a pilot job based on my experience as a loadmaster. Sure, it will help my resume but I will never equate that to "pilot" time. I do think that my military pilot time should equate to the civilian sector, why, because I am a professional aviator that makes me a peer to civilian pilots. So, your logic that AF IPs can't teach civilian aviation is flawed. I would never profess that I'm ready to go be a 172 instructor. But, I am an instructor with a wealth of experience. I shouldn't have to start at the ground level to become a 172 instructor. I should be able to do a short course to become proficient in that aircraft and then be qualified to teach. Currently, any 152/172 instructor can go be an CFI for a guy that has a brand new SR-22 right. Do you really think that fresh CFI with 250 hours is more capable at teaching in that aircraft? I would say any smart aviator should know their limitations and teach what they are capable of teaching. One of the greatest things I have learned in my military training is recognizing and accepting my limitations and not exceeding those limitations.

Taken from Urban Dictionary.com: 1. irregardless 593 up, 118 down Used by people who ignorantly mean to say regardless. According to webster, it is a word, but since the prefix "ir" and the suffx "less" both mean "not or with" they cancel each other out, so what you end up with is regard. When you use this to try to say you don't care about something, you end up saying that you do. Of course everyone knows what you mean to say and only a pompous,rude asshole will correct you. Wife: "Irregardless is not a word, dummy" Husband: "Kiss my ass bitch! I'm still going to the strip club tonight!" Irregardless of the connotation, I've been busted using this word. Nice work

I think your in a really tough situation. As stupid as it was to try drugs, it was even more stupid to make a false official statement. You are obligated to tell the truth as a potential officer in the AF. People depend on your honesty. I personally think you have only one option. Tell your ROTC leadership what happened. If you don't, you will have to lie on your security paperwork and many future applications in the military. It is not worth the lie. It is very likely that telling the truth will get you kicked out of ROTC. But, you will have made a step that is expected of every officer/airman in the Air Force. Tell the truth and you will sleep better, even if you don't get an ROTC slot. There are many other avenues to becoming a military pilot. You can do it the old fashion way and work thru school and apply to OTS. But, whatever you do in the future, be honest with your peers and your leadership. My .02

I'm thinking they aren't giving you sh*t over a regulation. I agree with Stiffler,

Is the ebay route legit? Or did you get what you paid for? I'm not super smart on software licensing. Are you allowed to sell used software online if you remove it from your computer?

It didn't come from Charleston. Although, I wouldn't have been surprised to get that email. We are currently wearing freaking reflective belts everywhere on base night and day to support our "ORI Warriors" Waiting for the Dumbness at Charleston thread.

Anyone know of a program with no wait where I can get Rosetta Stone at a discounted price. I just got an assignment in the SOUTHCOM AOR in a couple months and I don't know much Spanish beyond cerveza and chi chis. I don't mind shelling out the cash, but would like to save as much as possible. Thanks.

Prayers for their families. Rest in peace brothers

Sounds like some of the dumbness at KCHS. We are currently required to wear our reflective belts 24/7 for our ORI prep.

Are they still giving people crap if they don't mow their yard the day prior to the lawn nazi insection? I have fond memories of getting done with a 12-13 hour day and coming home to see all of my neighbors mowing their grass after sunset. Decision time, mow my grass or have dinner and study for my next day test, check, etc. Base housing is awesome! Here is a STS, insert above as necessary.

I think S&C was pointing out the exact same thing you are pointing out. Many of the guys working AF towers are VERY young and inexperienced. There is no way in hell these young airman could handle 25-30 acft on arrivals into Chicago or Denver. Fly into an AFB a few times and you'll undoubtedly get a "Disregard BASCO 11, hold your position, Acft on Final you are still cleared to land" as the tower instructor takes the "jet."

I think it takes more than doing good at a month long course to align you for LtCol. I would hope they look at the whole person not just a training report. To defend my last point. That may be true but the guys that get DG I would suspect have good OPRs and PRF going to the board. It is just one more strat; not the only strat.

Guy at SOS I knew went by WAIST, Why Am I Still Talking. It kinda fit him.

How about "BODA" Big Ole Dumb Ass. I'm surprised Flounder hasn't been mentioned....Why not

I remember Chris from UPT at CBM. Great dude. I sure hope this gets cleared up for him, apparently chivalry is dead. Hopefully, this turns into the police charging him and then the DA dropping the charges or something. But, as the saying goes, bad things happen to good people.

Nice work fellas. Almost makes me miss those days as an Lt.... Almost

I wouldn't ride a motorcycle off base in Korea. From what I've heard you would be asking for extra visits to the medical hobby shop.

1878 is good, but a good Dunkleweisen is even better!

In the C-17 these planners have done a good job. They will not make a crew take off with less than needed for the mission. In fact this fuel planning process applies primarily to the "standard" routes that we fly. If you are doing something non-standard there is a good chance you'll do the fuel planning yourself. I don't like it when people try to tell me how to fly my jet but here are some facts. The AF uses the most fuel in DoD. AMC uses the most fuel in the AF. C-17s use the most fuel in AMC. That makes it difficult for us Heavy pilots to justify throwing on an extra 10k for the family or flying "morale speed" So if your a C-17 pilot and you land with an UNID extra of 5k (extra gas) and meet all other requirements I've found that if I want to increase that UNID an extra 10k to 15k UNID extra it could cause us to burn an extra 5k of gas. One sortie at 5000 pounds wasted. Lets say our gas weighs 6lbs a gallon thats 833 gallons at roughly 2 bucks a gallon. It costs the government 1600 dollars, multiply that by the hundreds of sorties flown each year in the C-17 and you can see why people care. For C-17 guys out there be aware that if you divert, as soon as you do TACC will be looking at your flight history through AOC. They will know if you didn't fly the optimum altitude and they will know what your mach number is and they will know your fuel burn. I don't agree with all the measures taken, but ACs be prepared to justify why you weren't flying the optimum profile.

I have a buddy that is now getting ready to due a six month deployment in order to align his PCS with his wife's residency program. I'm looking to due a remote to help my family. It doesn't matter what your wife/girlfriend does. Make sure you have a solid relationship that can handle all of the curveballs the Air Force will throw at you. I guarantee you will spend a lot of time away from your girlfriend. There are no promises anymore. I haven't been gone as long as most here and since jan '03 I have been gone (deployed) nearly 2 years. Enjoy upt, there are few flying clubs left in the Air Force.

There's no particular reason I'm looking for something different. I've spent more time in the desert than I care to remember. I've had buddies that have been in the unit in Saudi and Korea. Both assignments sound pretty good and all I want to do is fly. But, I know there are some oddball assignments out there that are just hard to find. I would love to find something in South America or the Pacific. A guy in my unit just went remote to an air station north of Kadena....Awesome. So, I guess I'm fishing for the remote to Australia or Tahiti or Oslo or Santiago. You know, the unattainable assignment.

Looking to find a remote in the next year or so in order to return back to my current base. Anyone know of any good oddball flying/non-flying remotes out there. Something other than C-12s to Korea or Saudi.

C=Cargo V=Vertical takeoff/lift Its just a guess