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Wow. Everything old is new again. “Universally assignable” or whatever they were calling it 15 years ago is back again! Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

My class got hit with this same crap back in the day. 2 fighters out of 22 T-38 assignables. Fast forward and all the heavy and AFSOC guys are at an airline and only the two fighter dudes are left on AD. That first kick in the nuts woke a lot of us up on how important we were to the AF. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Any updates? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

That’s chump change at SWA. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I’m currently on mil leave finishing up my retirement but looking at the January Bid lines out of Orlando they varied from 60-80 hours, some of them with 18 days off for the month. Since I’ve been gone for a couple years, I’m not sure what the high time flyers are getting, so I’ll leave that question for an active guy. Before I left though, the sky was the limit and as long as it was legal and you could put it on your board, you could bank $$$. Personally, life is great. I ended up having to take my ex back to court and won full custody of the kids (hence the reason I am putting the airline life on hold temporarily and finishing up the mil career). We are all extremely happy. I did end up getting remarried and she has been amazing and my kids all call her “mom”. My older two have pretty much nothing to do with their birth mom, and my youngest is the only one that goes for any sort of visitation. It’s funny what a little bit of wisdom, maturity and life experience will do for the second time around. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

SWA: Seems like a pretty big win on most fronts. The pay is higher than it seems due to the TFP to hours conversion being a completely made up metric. But with guarantee being a lot higher than the other airlines, I just don’t see how anyone could complain about the pay. The new “stackable” overrides will absolutely punish the company if they don’t do a good job running an efficient and effective airline and make the FOs and Capts an absolute metric $#!+ ton of money. The union didn’t even want to secretly cost analysis the ask because they knew if it somehow leaked out, the sticker shock would cause SWA to immediately balk. From what it looks like to me, we got everything we asked for but as always there are people who won’t be happy. I had been on the fence to jump to Delta, and glad I didn’t. With no PBS, the best work rules in the industry, highest guarantee, being able to pickup, drop and move my schedule pretty freely and more scheduled days off than anyone else, it fits for me and my family’s lifestyle. I’ve done enough international flying in the military, doing it for another 25 years doesn’t move the needle for me. I may jump on the ETOPS train out in Las Vegas after the kids graduate just to see how I like that schedule, but overall, I am extremely happy. For the first time in my SWA career, I would actually recommend coming here. Just my 2 cents. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Life hack. Get hired by a unit that has a Title 10 Contingency Mission that is USERRA Exempt. Get a line number ASAP, then do USERRA Exempt orders until within 5 of retirement. Hop on AGR order, retire w/20 active years and then go to your airline with ~15 years seniority. But honestly if you do the math, it probably still works out better to go to the airlines and just fly with them and min turn the Guard/Reserves. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

General Chang outed himself on purpose a couple years ago. Now it’s more satire than troll, but I still appreciate the commentary. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Is this just Reserve or Guard as well? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Did the bonus pause only affect AD? The ANG Bonus page hasn’t been updated. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

SWAPA just asked for release. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Any word on the ANG bonus for AGRs? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I highly recommend “What is a Woman?” which can be found on Twitter searching for The Daily Wire. Pretty scary stuff and even scarier that the children are being indoctrinated with this stuff. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I was there around the same time. The last “good drop” before the UAVs/U-28s and NSAs became 90% of the drop, had all fighters with 2 FAIPs and a BUFF. I remember some guy getting pissed he got dropped F-16s and his wife losing her $hit on him and calling him a failure for not dropping Eagles… good times. Then the very next drop was the most miserable gut punch to everyone there. Why they even had an assignment night, I’ll never know. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Looks like we found someone who was considering it. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app