Day Man

When I left the MAF, you were either spinning up to deploy, doing reconstitution tng when you got back, or TDY (flying/PME/upgrade), so the problem is a little different. Most guys were cool with that stuff...it was the job. It was the writing quarterly Jr CGO, CGO, Pilot, Leadership, etc awards and staying late to green up slides that burned people out.

Apparently fighter guys are bored... more proof of disconnect between leadership and the troops.

The FEB system needs an overhaul. There is an obvious lack of clarity in the reg (as noted by the ambiguity in the responses I got) for such an important event. My FEB seemed unorganized, and several parties were not clear on proceedings. The fact that the MAJCOM/CC is thoroughly briefed on what should be privileged information before making an FEB decision is a foul. AFI 11-402 allows the MAJCOM/CC to delegate that responsibility no lower than MAJCOM/A3, but doesn't require it. There needs to be someone appointed in the chain to refrain from hearing any privileged SIB info or testimony to make the call.

Since the IG was brought up in the SARC thread, I figured I'd post up my experiences with that route... After being notified of the AMC/CC decision to disqualify me, I filed an IG complaint at my WG/IG for 2 reasons: 1. My case took 363 days to process; AFI 11-402, paragraph 1.10 says "When an aircrew member or parachutist is suspended pending disqualification, MAJCOMs will complete processing of the case within 180 days." 2. I was notified of the FEB on 18 Feb 2011. AFI 11-402 table 4.1 note 4 states "Notification to the respondent must be done within 5 calendar days of the occurrence of circumstances requiring FEB action." The Wg-level IG concluded it was a MAJCOM issue, so my complaint was forwarded to AMC/IG, who decided AMC/A3T would be the best ones to answer my questions. Their reply: 1. "Our review finds that the referenced paragraph 1.10. is not part of the Chapter 4 Flight Evaluation Board (FEB) instruction and not part of the FEB prescribed timelines. The 180-day timeline begins after convening authority makes a recommendation and FEB package arrives at the MAJCOM. The intent is to ensure wings do not suspend individual pending disqualification for lengthy periods without taking appropriate action to resolve the suspension. While the FEB took more than 180 days to complete, because an FEB was in process, we feel the wing and this HQ were constantly working toward resolution of the suspension." 2. "After discussions with the Air Staff OPR, our review found that, though the definition of "occurrence of circumstances" appears vague, it is not intended to be the date of the flight incident. It is believed that the date of the "occurrence of circumstances" in this case is the date the wing commander made his decision after review of his Commander-Directed Investigation. While it is difficult to discern exactly when that decision was reached, it appears to be within the 5 day rule." The 1st one is BS because they say it doesn't apply, then go on to explain how it applies. Ridiculous. The 2nd one is BS because even if their interpretation of "occurrence of circumstances" stands, I have a document stating WG/CC approved the CDI 21 days before notification of the FEB. Because of these BS answers, I submitted a SAF/IG complaint this April...the only correspondence I've received was acknowledging it had been 60 days since they received my complaint.

Seems like they have enough video to press charges...hopefully as adults for attempted murder

if people are voting based on ethnicity, they deserve what they get

Maybe sit the next one out, Fud...

Helms says "F this, I'm out!"

That's offensive...how could you possibly do your job with that on?

if it's not documented in your medical records, they won't ever know.

Great Goldeneye (and history probably) reference

sounds awesome! what kind of bike will you be on? good luck man!

I LOL'd

Some sleuthing led to me find that it was also in the 475th Fighter Group, predecessor to the 53d WEG currently at Eglin.

Has the denial of sexually-themed material been proven to decrease sexual-assaults? Based on Catholic priests and bible-belt teen moms, I would argue the opposite... Edit: I don't think anyone disagrees with you here.

Jesus. to Luc

sweet...thanks. turns out I am a ra-tard.

This is what I see...the "reputation" is visible because I was hovering over it.

anyway we can get the names displayed again of who up/downvoted something? it saved the bandwidth of adding just a "2" reply, and gave some SA on other guys opinions/positions...

Atheist here...a bro had something come up so I took over Chrismahanukwanzaka party planning. Took it as an opportunity to make the party as fun as possible and ignore any religious overtones. I'm pretty sure it was a good time...

Good work man... appreciate the effort.

read my SIB/FEB thread...

Low risk/low reward

Still pisses me off they put a picture of Sitka 43 ~2 seconds from impact on the cover. And 2 on everything said about lawyering-up/not saying anything to anyone.