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Question for any AMEX users out there. Is Reserves covered to get the fee waived? I left active duty and went full time MPA and just got a letter saying I need to pay the fee. Not sure if I’m back under the protection or not. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

It’ll be messy at first like all new programs but will get better. Moving to sims is good. I’m excited for FTU next to up the sim footprint and streamline fighter training out of incapable moas and ranges. Needs to happen. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

USAA has a 9 mo CD at 4.5%, American Express banking has a 3.5% High yield account. I know I could find higher but I still like to keep my stuff with people I know for the simplicity of moving it/checking. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I did 20+ yrs AD, loved it so much I joined the reserves but also got in with an airline. Knowing what I do now of reserves and airlines, I’d never tell a kid it’s smart to take the bonus. Individual circumstances may vary but overall, run from AD. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I have a titanium brace in my vertebre that usaf med has tried to kill my ejection seat qual multiple times and led to significant lifestyle adjustments and pain management….20% PTSD for an admin never outside the base SSGT I know…100% Kinda screwy. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

^^^ spot on. I did 21+ yrs AD and while I loved it, I now wish I had joined airlines sooner and done reserves. I disregarded airline guys and now I’ve got a hint of jealousy for my old peers who played it smarter, still fly jets part time and earn $100k more per year working less. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Amusing thing I found today: after 21 years/4,000 hours in ejection seats and all the neck/back issues associated I ended up with a smaller disability rating than my neighbor who just left after 4 years in an office. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

3rd year Delta (expect other majors to bump shortly) first officer pay will be ~$210,000 per year plus profit sharing + 401k. I’d say the USAF has some problems coming up. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

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Any delta guys on her have the new proposed Delta pay scales? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

My base is requiring masks again. Dumb as fooook

I’d rather cut all the dead weight personnel than new tech. At my base if you got rid of all the NCO’s that are sucking up $60k per year struggling to justify their existence you could give each pilot a $100k+ bonus and still save money.

American was rumored to be in the process of doing that.

Please expand. Not sure if I’m going to argue for or against you yet.

I’m trying to figure out what problem is trying to be solved here. An armed bizjet at 55k in a beam orbit with side radars isn’t going to last very long if someone doesn’t want it to be there.

UPT 2.5 seems like growing pains in a transition that I think needs to happen. People need to get used to training different than we have. These kids will get to FTU in a few years and find much of the training is sim based and BETTER than flying the mission because we don’t have any 300 mile long airspace to relocate reality. They’ll be the generation that makes it better, as right now the IPs have baggage from thinking flying must be better. I appreciate the updates from you guys firsthand. My UPT 2.5 grads do just fine in the FTU very little difference noted between them and traditional.

State income tax question: When I separate from Active duty and I’m working airlines and reserves, what are my options? I have a home/business in WA which has no income tax, will commute for airlines but also own a home in AZ where my wife works and I’ll do my reserve job.

Was on Hollywood blvd this morning and almost every neighboring side street has tarps and tents with garbage and filth everywhere. I thought the homeless problem was being overblown by right wing media until I saw it in person.

I saw that Horizon air starting FO pay us now as high as legacies…how long til legacy carriers bump up?

My 9 yr old called me a racist when I told her to eat her asparagus. Teaching moment, I asked her if she knew what racism was. “Dad, that’s just what my generation says when we don’t like something” Thanks leftists for making racism a joke.

Trust me…I volunteer my time on the support side of base to make sure they actually support ops. I walk into offices daily and wonder why we pay 5 people to do the job that one ops capt could do. I actually told the base commander he should cut 30%….he laughed. It’s pretty much welfare disguised as govt employment

Oh damn….WTF?

My estimate….You can cut 30% of the people with zero mission detriment. Most of the people complaining are lucky they aren’t rotating tires at Walmart.

Im leaving AD for the reserves, how long do I have for my moving allowance to HOR?

What’s your airline seniority have to be to get that type of deal?