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  1. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    Sounds like the timing has to be right for it to work. I wonder for the people it has worked out for, if that was the main factor. Either that or politics/networking?
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    I know it’s early, but any idea if there will be opportunities to learn the T-7 even if coming from a non T-38 background? What are they thinking about doing with all the T-1 IPs? Are they just going to transfer and do something else?
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    When transferring units, is the TX course totally dependent on your background and the new airframe or would one have to go thru a whole process regardless? How long are most TX courses?
  5. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    You have too much time on your hands to worry about one word in my post.
  6. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    To differentiate between UPT boards vs Rated boards
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    I guess anything soon might be possible. Did you hear about how they are hiring civilian CFIs to instruct in the T-6?
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    I have a friend who is a rated fixed wing Rescue Pilot on the HC-130J. If he wanted to one day transition to another airframe in the Reserves what would that process look like? Is Rescue to Bomber or Rescue to Fighter/Attack possible?
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    Well good to know it’s not impossible. I guess you have to just find units where it all lines up. Seems like timing is everything. if I a guy were to transition from heavy to fighter what would the process look like?
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    Anyone have experience with transitioning airframes in their career with the guard/reserve? How long did you give a unit before you made the switch? How hard is it to go from fighter to heavy or heavy to fighter/bomber?
  11. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    What if someone is in the same command or field, but wants to transition? For example, Rescue and Bombers fall within the CAF, but if they wanted to switch to Fighter? Same process as Mobility to Fighter?
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    Thank you for answering the genuine question I had and not being ridiculous about it. I Appreciate the professionalism man.
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    Hah. That’s funny. I actually got picked up with a fighter squadron a couple years back. I’m just trying to get more people on board. There’s quite a bit of good heavy dudes I know who I think would be solid in a fighter.
  14. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    You seem like a joy to fly with
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    If that’s the case then why would guard/reserve units still hire a MAF TX guy?
  16. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    The Air Force won’t be able to retain pilots by throwing more money at us because the airlines just pay too much, but I do think if they let pilots fly longer and/or have the option to experience other airframes then more potentially could stay.
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    I understand it’s expensive, but based on the current manning, it seems that some communities (mobility) are over staffed while others (fighters) are short. So in order to keep us ready for future threats and possibly retain more pilots, I think it would be good to allow pilots the option to gain experience in another MDS at least once in their career. Isn’t flexibility the key to air power?
  18. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    I just think that the Air Force could potentially retain more rated pilots if they were to allow cross flow programs into other airframes throughout a career. It would keep pilots doing what we love, without being in a desk job, and add more flexibility to the overall force. It probably could retain more people who normally would just bounce to the airlines if it meant that they could try to fly their dream plane and/or have a new experience in their Air Force career.
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    Makes sense. I guess it all comes down to money at the end of the day. I guess if we were in a large scale conflict or if the demand would outweigh the cost you would see things like this happening more often. What about a guy transitioning from a heavy to a bomber?
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    I’ve heard rumors about how they are trying to experiment with getting fighter qual’d straight out of the T-6 and skipping 38s. There was an article out about it a few months ago…here’s the link https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41789/the-truth-about-the-air-forces-biggest-changes-to-pilot-training-since-the-dawn-of-the-jet-age
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    Still keep UPT hires, but increase the TX slots so they could get more people into fighters if there is in fact a shortage.
  22. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    Why does the Air Force not have more TX fighter slots? I feel like it would be less of a risk to take an already qualified pilot who could have gone fighters, but chose heavies and put them through a TX course than it would be to hire a UPT guy off the street. No offense to UPT hires but a rated pilot already knows how to fly the Air Force way…I’m just thinking if there is a fighter pilot shortage this could be a solution to it. Thoughts?
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    How long do you have to serve AD if you go to TPS? Anyone know guard/reserve people that have successfully gotten into TPS?
  24. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    I wonder if it’s because they only have a certain amount of transition slots available per year and then they want to make sure someone can get through the training.
  25. Rated Flyer 4 Life
    Has anyone heard of guys/gals who were rated pilots in other airframes who then later transitioned over to a guard/reserve fighter slot?
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