BQZip01

Bullsh**. Some units are already having problems meeting minimum crew requirements (no, I'm not going to get into which ones on this forum)...and it's only going to get worse.

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" "The emperor has no clothes!"

All valid points

No joke. Example: This chart ONLY considers the best aspects of the B-1. It doesn't take into account the fact that the B-1s aren't nuke capable and the BUFFs are the only ones that fly with the ALCM & CALCM. Throw on top of that the combat range of the B-1 (3000NM) vs either of the other two (B-52: 4500NM & B-2: estimated ~2500NM), so range and loiter time clearly aren't factored in. Does the B-1 work with JASSM frequently? MALD?

FIFY Can you explain this "math"? Where do you get 72k per hour for the BUFFs? Did you factor in loiter time on a 4 hour transit time to/from the AOR?

Done!

Well, when you factor in miscap rates...

B-1s are the next bombers on the chopping block (mark my words). The B-2s may outlast the B-52s, but I think the newest bomber will replace them before the B-52s

With the track record lately, I doubt it. They will LITERALLY fly the B-52s into the ground before they have a capable replacement

Nice work, spoo

Oh yeah, that one had no problems... https://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-26/embraer-expects-u-dot-s-dot-to-rebid-light-attack-plane-within-weeks

Didn't see this one

Duh, you're career's on the line when pushups and situps are measured. Flying is merely a benefit of being in the service...

Good perspective to have Rainman

Short final + go around? If they didn't design for that, there's more of a problem with Airbus than I first thought...

That's a pitiful rationale. You want to avoid misuse and abuse? How about simply trusting the flyers to use the pills as prescribed. You're only giving them 1-2 pills tops! It's not like it would be easy/economical/intelligent to sell 1-2 pills on the black market. You staff rats who make these convoluted decisions need to pull your collective heads out of your fourth point of contact. Let me get this straight, you trust aircrew with a $100M+ aircraft with possibly hundreds of lives on board with the chance of an ever present IFE, but taking a single pill is beyond their level of trust?!? UFB?!?!?! At my last assignment, we flew RF-A from Minot AFB. Lots of 14+ hour flights and one of them led to a "near Class-A with fatalities". When asked why the flight crews didn't have go pills, we told them that the med group claimed they didn't have time to get the pills before the flight. However, it really boiled down to people who just didn't get the paperwork signed in a timely manner (effectively, not just shoeclerks, but incompetent shoeclerks). Both the OG and WG/CCs nearly tore apart the process and, from that time to the present, everyone was issued go/no-go pills for applicable missions whether you wanted them or not. You had to document when you used/didn't use them so they could better assess aircrew needs in the future and make the process easier. Sounds like AMC has decided that aircrew can't make flight-related decisions. It's leadership-by-REMF AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Four aircraft within 100 NM!?!? Cancel all takeoffs!!!

Looks like guys just doing their job...[/j/k]

remind me not to get transferred to that unit... Schwartz saying one thing and then doing another? Say it isn't so!

Easiest way to avoid problems as a backseater is to talk with your pilot using only simple, one-syllable words...

eyes forward, pilot

Is airspace THAT crowded that they need to have ATC? How many flights are there?

Those NoDak troops aren't backing down any time soon...

"...the opportunity for 8 hours of uninterrupted rest..." What YOU choose to do with it is up to you...technique only... You new pups take note and learn from the experiences of others so you don't have to learn it on your own!

BUFFs from Minot got re-equiped with guns?