Everything posted by di1630
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Retirement / Separation Considerations
Anyone here sell back leave vs going terminal? True it’s capped at 60 days limit sell back?
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Another Red Air Crash
3 contract red-air Mirages have crashed in less than a year with this added to the Nellis and Tyndall ones. [emoji51] Pilot safe is what matters.
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Russian Ukraine shenanigans
Truth data, I run a 1,000 acre wheat farm as a side gig…after reading you guys here I just contacted my fertilizer guy for a quote and the price last year for fertilizer per acre cost me $63, this year it’ll be $120 at current rates. Never seen anything like it. Of course this will drive up prices and be passed to the consumers.
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F35 navy crash rumor?
Plenty of people have had chest pain before the vaccine. Could be related…could not be. Oddly though at my base we’ve had 2x healthy 35sh yr olds with heart attacks recently. Again, could be the vaccine, could be something else.
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The new airline thread
Can you expand as to why he like SWA better?
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The new airline thread
Can you expand on contract and work rules?
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The new airline thread
Advice: AA vs SWA. I need to stay located for family in Phoenix and my priority is scheduling flexibility vs pay and I’ll be a TR reservist. Any words?
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Retirement / Separation Considerations
Residency question as I move to from AD to a TR position. I live in AZ and will stay here for the TR job. I am an Alaska resident where I hope to live part time eventually. I run a business seasonally in WA Do I need to change residency for tax purposes? AK and WA do not have income tax. AZ does…
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Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)
I can’t open the letter…can you post the text?
- Covid Injection Tyranny - Share and Discuss
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Russian Ukraine shenanigans
We should stay in NATO, let’s just not confuse it with some awesome military alliance. It’s a bureaucratic means to influence where 90% of the combat capability is provided by one member.
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Russian Ukraine shenanigans
Remember when you are talking about NATO military actions, you are really referring to US military actions. NATO is a joke. I spent ~5 years seeing that anything not US led in NATO was essentially a worthless only-for-show effort. Hell, usually NATO actually gets in the way of decent COAs
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WTF? (**NSFW**)
- The WOKE Thread (Merged from WTF?)
Bets on the Jusse Smollet trial? You’d think it’d be an easy prosecution but the fact he hasn’t plead guilty makes me think he has confidence he can ride the woke wave to an acquittal.- Commanders are dropping like flies this year
Maybe it’s because having command in the USAF involves very little actual leadership and rather is more management of bureaucratic norms to not upset the status quo. I know people turning down management opportunities because there are better things to to do in life than be king turd of sh-t island.- WTF? (**NSFW**)
- 2x Laughlin T-38s down
There are no more form t/o and landings in 38’s correct?- The new airline thread
Damn, that’s disheartening. What are the most junior SWA bases?- The new airline thread
Anyone know how junior AA or SWA are for PHX FO’s?- What's wrong with the Air Force?
A decade or so ago. A fighter guy at UPT was at the ops desk upset because weather was at mins (alternate was VFR) and he said he wasn’t going to fly. I took his jet instead, never understood why anyone argues a black and white item like mins. You are qual’d or not.- GI-Bill commitment waiver?
Retire, give up the benefit. If you are asking how to retire and keep the benefit. You are S.O.L.- Retirement / Separation Considerations
There are sone chafes coming to the program. The new mantra is that it is to get “needed” skills vs “nice to have” skills. It is cool though.- Retire then Hire Program
True. I did the math for myself it’s not exact because I don’t have.m a disability rating yet but I figure I’ll net $150 a day after they deduct my pay. But I’d do it for free so it’s not an issue.- Retire then Hire Program
I’m doing this…it’s a horrible financial choice. Works out to about $150 a day net extra you work…or about what a substitute teacher makes. DM me if you need info- Shhhh...Don't talk about the A-10
The biggest thing to preserve from the A-10 community is the CAS expertise. Believe me, when and F-16/F-35/A-10 pilot talk about CAS, its very different among the communities. The A-10 community is unique. Can it be preserved in a different airframe? I doubt it. Does it need to? I’m not sure. I’m all for dumping outdated warfare. I can tell you I’d rather show up to a MCO battlefield in an A-10 loaded with laser mavs than a F-35 in (laughable) beast mode. Maybe sone better weapons will help in the future. - The WOKE Thread (Merged from WTF?)