disgruntledemployee

Sorry pal, I don't work recruiting stations and I'm not likely to sit on O-4/5/6 promotion boards, so I don't have a say in selecting who gets into the AF or pick for promotion (directly). I do however get to pick people to do things and take charge of things and so on, and I don't consult a diversity decision tree to do so. Therefore, I don't care. And I hold no illusion that a post on BO.net will make the change you seek. Therefore, again, I don't care. Now if you're so emotional over this topic, write a letter. Or submit a suggestion to the AF Saves website as a way to save money. Out

Who the fuck cares about all this???? I mean do any of you really really care about any of this noise??? So what if a shoe made an AFI. So what if another shoe made a website. I ain't gonna waste my time on it. So to the thead starter (I don't care to scroll to find your name), go troll elsewhere. I don't care about diversity. I care about getting the job done with the most capable people and that is how I go about my job. Out

I'm sure he asked her for hourly massages to help prevent permanent damage. Out

There was a guy douche at UPT that intentionally failed 3 of the life support tests. He didn't want to be a pilot and someone (ROTC Det) told him it was better to wash out than to decline a pilot slot. Once his classmates found out his gameplan, he went from UPT bud to douche in 0.69 secs. I don't remember what happened to him and nobody cared about him after his stunt. What a waste of money, effort, and a perfectly good pilot slot. Out

Funny, I've never thought of the AF as a gigantic floating ship in the middle of the ocean run by a Navy Capt. So, I will disagree with the notion that the man in charge cannot make large, impacting changes just because someone thinks its too big. In case you missed it, thats my bullshit flag flying through the air. Its this kind of stunted thought that keeps us staggering along. All I hear these days is blah blah bold leadership blah blah blah. Its time for those at the top to make actions match the words. As Blues Monday and its redaction point out, its not too hard to make impactful changes. Here is one simple example, AADs are now masked for all boards until LTC. Easily said and not too hard to implement as its been done before. Here is another: no more entertainment groups and only 1 AF band. Easily said, not too hard to implement, saves some money, and puts more people into working the core AF mission. So, here is me, still waiting for something more. Out

From your e-mail inboxes this AM Fellow Airmen, I need your help. Throughout my Air Force career I’ve learned that when times get tough, Airmen consistently figure out a way to "get it done." Today, complex security and fiscal challenges reemphasize the need to capture and implement your innovative ideas for the Air Force and for the Nation. I want to hear from you and I encourage your participation in a 30 day "Airmen Powered by Innovation" call for ideas on how we can cut costs and better fly, fight and win. There are two options for you to participate in this effort. During the month of May, you can provide your ideas using the Air Force Portal or the Air Force's public website (links below). 1. The Air Force Portal link provides for submission of ideas and/or an interactive discussion forum: https://www.my.af.mil 2. The Air Force Public Site is set up for access via your mobile device or home computers: https://www.af.mil The future of our Air Force starts with you. Providing global reach, vigilance and power requires all of us working together as an unbeatable team. As we face fiscal challenges, we must make prudent choices to ensure the Air Force is able to unleash the full potential of airpower. Each of us must find new ways to win the fight, strengthen the team, and shape the future. Every Airman, every day, can make a difference. Be that Airman and let me know your thoughts on how we can better fly, fight and win! LARRY O. SPENCER General, USAF Vice Chief of Staff Here is the video/interview: And here are my top three ideas, which I will post 1 May. In no particular order: 1. Eliminate all AF entertainment groups, except for one AF level band. 2. Eliminate the need for Masters degrees for officers until Lt Col, thus saving money under Tuition Assistance. Those that want to use TA for personal betterment will still do so, but making the Masters requirement go away will reduce the diploma mill use of TA. 3. Lobby Congress to change the way we have to spend our O&M money. If AF saves some of it, we get to roll it over. Edit: Oh, and I'd love for the Af to post the results of what happened the last time this effort was launched (a few years ago, I think). Out

I have a Rogue Yellow Snow IPA in hand. Its delish and you can still taste it an hour later after you finish it. Out

Boss: why did you not follow the AFI? AC: I was just following the Commander's Intent. He says to not follow dumb AFIs. Boss: You are dumb because you are not in a position to judge AFIs. That is my job. Now go sit in the corner. Out

If a company can show its super serious, I mean really really serious that it will move if the state they reside in passes more dumb laws, then perhaps that state may not pass that dumb law. If not passed, then sales stay static. If passed and they start the efforts to move and start showing economic impact to that state, maybe the dummies get voted out and the dumb law gets repealled, thus restoring sales. But companies cannot bluff in this game of gun control chicken. Out

I just stumbled across news (from a few weeks ago) that Beretta is considering leaving Maryland if they enact dumber gun laws. And I think that many of these companies will take the financial hit to move ops because on a business side, more dumb laws means less sales. https://www.foxnews.c...ugher-gun-laws/ Apologies is this was posted before. Out (can't spell)

Thanks God, you've just answered a million prayers. Out

I thought is was that he made everyone call him "Council Commander." Out

AF Times story with a list of all the aircraft moves in AD, ANG, and AFRC. There are 3 pdf files in the article that contain all the good info. https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2013/03/air-force-moves-forward-with-restructuring-plan-032913/ Out

My door (on a Piper) popped open in flight and scared the livin' shit out of me. The incident didn't cause me to move out of my seat, nonetheless I was very thankful I had my seatbelt on. There has got to be more to this story. To come completely out of your seat, you probably need some good negative Gs, and I doubt turbies caused this. Perhaps more like some significant nose down trim and then let go of the yoke and enjoy the ride. Screw around with planes and bad shit will happen.

Dear Producers of Inside Combat Rescue, Suggestions for next time if you decide to do it. 1. Stop reliving the previous 3 minutes after each commercial break. You never see this tactic in a normal TV show. We are educated enough to remember the last 5 minutes of our lives. 2. Shitcan the voice over, its not needed. If people need an explanation of a term or item, ask the experts doing the job to explain it. 3. Be careful of creating unnecessary drama. Lastly, thanks.

I went and fixed my post. I was referring to this: This is the scheming I'm referring to. Now, responding to your point: There are indeed silly people that sit on promotion boards and will somehow believe that someone that started PME on day 1 of eligibility are somehow the most magnificent leaders since Jesus. Pathetic? Yes. Reality? Yes. Go along? Up to you. As for the masters, I hope common sense rolls in on advanced degree full retard and the AF says that a masters is not required, nor is it desireable for you to get until you are at least a Capt (preferable not needed until LTC board). I see dudes in training with the masters book open vice the dash 1 or 3-3. Someone's going to get hurt if we continue to play that way. Until then, AF has said LOUD and CLEAR, your masters is more important then flying planes. Flying planes doesn't get you promoted, but that masters will. Fucked up, absolutely. Out

Then we should add a block on the EPR/OPR for "Smoker" because smokers cost a lot more in medical costs. Lets add another block for motorcycle rider because they cost more when they crash. How about another block for "workout junkie" because all those sports related injuries cost Big Uncle Sammy more money. I can predict future medical costs too. Out (with dripping sarcasm)

As most decent SrNCOs give sage advice to their bosses, this story fits where the Chief reminds the 2 star of how many Es were shown the door, lost a stripe, prevented from adding a stripe, lost that supervisor job, etc, all in the name of the almighty and glorious PT test, praise Shawn T. "It will look bad, it will look like favoratism, Sir." And he's right. I've been there watching an NCO try to strain out that extra 3-4 perfect, all the way down, all the way up push-ups. And upon failure, throw down the water bottle in frustration as he knew that he was now going to lose a stripe for another failure and take away from his ability to provide for his family. That is FUCKED UP. On a side note, observing a few status of discipline meetings the bulk of the problems were PT failures. On the flying sq side, most CCs chose to request retention from the wing CC, but non-flying CCs more often did not request retention. I guess they used PT as a tool to get rid of undesireables or "slackers." And flying units could do the same, but they didn't. When we asked for retention, we got it. I will add that of all the discussions regarding discipline, PT was the most heated. So I think wing CCs are getting the full picture, but whether they take that passion up higher for change, who knows. Out

Nope. Didn't bother to look it up and I relied upon old-man memory. It seemed like the DP rate used to be less or that I've seen some decent dudes that didn't make the list. With that, those current rates seem fair. Out

So I saw this spreadsheet and on it contains every box one could check: DG, PME (both corr/res), Masters, Bac +, jobs like Flt CC, instructor, evaluator, etc. Then there were things like last 3 OPR bottom line pushes. Also, there was a PT test score. Then someome gave these items a point value to create a score. The sad thing was that something like an excellent on a PT test was worth more than other things like DG. Now I understand that promotion boards do the same thing, but wings should do a better job of knowing their people and not relying on numbers. That is why we have STEP promotions, SRA BTZ, and DPs for Os. I do find it a little sad that promotion boards override some of those DPs, but then again there may be something in those OPRs that just cannot be overlooked/forgiven. Perhaps an answer to promoting the right folks is increasing the DP numbers for wings to something like up to 50-60% and that a wing CC doesn't need to use all of them (in case there is a turd that needs to go). The rest can compete with the rest of the bottom 50% AF wide. It sure would make promotion boards go faster, perhaps easier. I'm sure most of us can rattle off the top 50-60% of Capts, Majs, etc. in our units. For school selects, since wings rack/stack their DP, boards can look for those top 10 and start there. There is a chance of favoritism, but we already have that, just dressed differently, i.e. the wing exec is number one because the wing king's exec cannot be number 2, that is why he/she is exec. Out

While I haven't seen a piece of paper that lists the overall changes, AD drew the short straw. LR gives up all its active duty H1s and H3s. That is more than 10, but in the larger reshuffle, the net result is no AD Hs at LR, only AD Js and ANG/AFRC H2s. I hear Pope will go Js so there is your likely source of H2s. Perhaps there were some planned retirements that are now delayed in those numbers. Lastly, if you are interested in a particular unit, just ask them as they may know more. I'm just CSI-ing this from some news stories, rumors, CC calls, and what was passed last year. PS, if you are in a unit likely affected by this and not hearing anything, that's fucked up. Out What kind of work load? I did hear that many units cut their flying hours.

He's an interesting thought. If the CSAF commands all wing commanders/etc that they will not use AADs for O3 or O4 boards or else*, they will snap to, just like they did when the CSAF said to get rid of funny pictures or else*. Now will he say that, probably not. Will CCs still use the AAD as an indicator of leadership ability if masked, probably. Next, CCs will ask where/what about the degree and decide accordingly, especially if it gets masked. What's next, club membership? My point is that quite often box checking is the only way to show wing CCs that you are good, especially when it gets down to PRFs to Capt. They don't know most of the Lts and frankly, neither to Sq CCs as many just popped out of the pipeline. What is sad is that now I see people with masters degree coursework out instead of their FTU courseware out. That is fucked up. Next will be the degree mill that charges you the least amount because TA goes away forever. *Else = whatever the man threatened the wing CCs with that made them all jump and take swift and furious action. It was amazing (and sad) to see/read about all the action that took place.

Lt Jack gOff???? The G is silent, I swear! What an awesome name!! Just wait until he's a Major!!! Ha ha ha ha, Out

Most likely part of a large reshuffling. H1s and H3s from LR need to go somewhere. Det 1 and 189th will likely get H2s as that is what they have. 302 and 182 fly H3s so that is probably what they will get. That working group that the AF Times article referred to probably pulled out the ol map of US of A and played shuffle-the-Herk until they were happy with the Picasso. In the end, the ANG and AFRC got to keep a bunch of planes and the associated units, so its an overall win for them. Active side cuts the rope and starts divesting itself of H active units, except for the few TFI units (for now). 189th will start taking over the H schoolhouse and AD will augment. Cats and dogs started sleeping with each other. My guess: If you are LR, tough to say. If you are in training, there is a chance of being redirected (I'm not a decision-maker and I don't know any numbers). Those close to grad are completing initial and moving to their units. There is still a war on and someone still needs to deploy and there are not enough J's to clean out AFG. The LR reductions will likely be effective in 18 months. One thing I will say is that if you are in the pipeline, those that suck the least may be better at surviving any potential cuts (redirected). That is the only thing you have control over. And that has always been true regardless of the times. So no, nothing has changed. Out

Times story was hard to follow. AF News lists it better. Besides, LR doesn't have an 18th AW (sorry AF Times, you suck. Get someone that can write). https://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123340013