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Guard or reserve bonus?

And how many early takers will there be this year? :)

Were any other aircraft damaged at the airshow?

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Flight exec!

Ok genius i meant that when the viper started taxiing the bone wasnt moving but on my small phone screen it appears that the bone starts moving as the video pans right

Think the bone started taxiing (and had more than idle power) as he crossed his 6

Well that sounds like a much more plausible cause.

Yeah something doesnt smell right about that story...

That plus the old block 32s were all bent.

FTUs arent flying block 52s.

Because they arent talking to eachother or the afrc thinks they already have enough old dudes? AD stopped offering the uncommited eligibles a bonus this year also.

I didnt have the patience to read your entire post. Nor was I an early eligible last year (long past that window). However the general understanding in my squadron last year was that if you were an early bonus taker the AF would ensure that you would be able to replace the contract with the updated one when it came out when you were "in the zone" without extracting more time. In any case this only discourages people from signing up early if they believe that the numbers will increase. IMHO the freedom to walk is well worth passing up 25-35k.

Funny thing is that i would have actually taken it this year. And with the reserves offering a 1-3 yr bonus that i would have been eligible for, i would have gone that route. I think this is gonna convince even more people to switch over.

Last 2 years they offered uncommitted eligible pilots a bonus option. Guess they fixed the shortage in those year groups since then...

But if youre concurrently serving a PCS commitment +/- a few months it wont matter.

No uncommited eligible option. Im actually surprised. 1-2 yr option is great for those few people who are waiting out a pcs adsc. I bet that inflates the take rate and allows afpc to claim victory.

Maybe im clueless but isnt BMC around 6 sorties a month depending on the community?

That would only alienate pilots when the air force needs pilots to fly the line... ...so this will probably happen.

People say that it will be the best bonus ever. I think when you see it youll be very impressed. It will be tremendous. Believe me...

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Any idea on how long luke will maintain the f-16 ftu?

When did the bonus get offered last year?

And then I suppose you have to amend your taxes? Also any idea how much time they give you to pay it back?

For those people who are on the bonus, then get twice passed over, and refuse continuation, are they forced to separate? If so, how does the air force handle the bonus paid?