Who's been hired? [New Employer Can ID You!]
#1881
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: Window seat
Posts: 5,482
60av8tor -
A couple of points -
1. You need to get your sarcasm meter recalibrated
2. I served. Free training...and quit. ;-)
I thought guys would 'catch' the 'free', and making it a 10-11 year commitment, as well as guys signing up just to quit...but sarcasm can be tricky.
A couple of points -
1. You need to get your sarcasm meter recalibrated
2. I served. Free training...and quit. ;-)
I thought guys would 'catch' the 'free', and making it a 10-11 year commitment, as well as guys signing up just to quit...but sarcasm can be tricky.
#1882
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2011
Posts: 596
60av8tor -
A couple of points -
1. You need to get your sarcasm meter recalibrated
2. I served. Free training...and quit. ;-)
I thought guys would 'catch' the 'free', and making it a 10-11 year commitment, as well as guys signing up just to quit...but sarcasm can be tricky.
A couple of points -
1. You need to get your sarcasm meter recalibrated
2. I served. Free training...and quit. ;-)
I thought guys would 'catch' the 'free', and making it a 10-11 year commitment, as well as guys signing up just to quit...but sarcasm can be tricky.
#1883
On Reserve
Joined APC: Dec 2015
Position: Pentagon Desk...Left Seat
Posts: 18
Good on ya man, I'm USAF 06A myself so a little grayer, but ready to join the ranks of the "bold C-172 pilot ability" to see if I can hack it once I'm done bottom feeding myself and retire from AD.
As for the douchebaggery that ensued...sorry man, should've been a PM. And thanks for your service, you've done more for your country than 99.5% of the American populace just by serving one day in uniform, unlike some who seem to want to comment from a position of ignorance.
From us bottom feeders to everyone else who commented, thanks for speaking out on that ridiculousness.
Now back to the regularly scheduled programming....Who's been hired???
As for the douchebaggery that ensued...sorry man, should've been a PM. And thanks for your service, you've done more for your country than 99.5% of the American populace just by serving one day in uniform, unlike some who seem to want to comment from a position of ignorance.
From us bottom feeders to everyone else who commented, thanks for speaking out on that ridiculousness.
Now back to the regularly scheduled programming....Who's been hired???
#1884
So as a taxpayer I help fund your $2,000,000.00 TPS education.
So you walk away from it to sit in a Boeing for the next 30 years flying straight and level and not exceeding 30 degrees of bank. A job a C-172 CFI could do.
Meanwhile as taxpayers we pony up another $2,000,000.00 for some other guy to test airplanes.
The government needs to learn from bottom feeders and have a training contract in place.
So you walk away from it to sit in a Boeing for the next 30 years flying straight and level and not exceeding 30 degrees of bank. A job a C-172 CFI could do.
Meanwhile as taxpayers we pony up another $2,000,000.00 for some other guy to test airplanes.
The government needs to learn from bottom feeders and have a training contract in place.
#1886
I was thinking the same thing! I always rolled my eyes when some random guy would say "I'm paying for your salary!", and he probably paid far less in taxes than I did. It's an asinine thought process. It's like me telling him "I pay for the roads you drive on!"
As for "contracts", I think that's been hammered on quite a bit. I don't know too many regionals that require their pilots to commit to a decade of employment (under penalty of possible jail time if you just walk away).
I think a lot of civilians don't understand that you can't simply "fly airplanes" for life in the military. They have an "up or out" philosophy, where you could get booted out even if you wanted to stay. And it's damn near impossible to stay flying beyond the 15 year mark...it's at that point many have to make the decision...stay and accept that you're now a military bureaucrat working in an office, or get out and pursue your love of aviation.
As for "contracts", I think that's been hammered on quite a bit. I don't know too many regionals that require their pilots to commit to a decade of employment (under penalty of possible jail time if you just walk away).
I think a lot of civilians don't understand that you can't simply "fly airplanes" for life in the military. They have an "up or out" philosophy, where you could get booted out even if you wanted to stay. And it's damn near impossible to stay flying beyond the 15 year mark...it's at that point many have to make the decision...stay and accept that you're now a military bureaucrat working in an office, or get out and pursue your love of aviation.
#1888
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2015
Position: Gear slinger
Posts: 2,961
I think a lot of civilians don't understand that you can't simply "fly airplanes" for life in the military. They have an "up or out" philosophy, where you could get booted out even if you wanted to stay. And it's damn near impossible to stay flying beyond the 15 year mark...it's at that point many have to make the decision...stay and accept that you're now a military bureaucrat working in an office, or get out and pursue your love of aviation.
I know at least one gentleman who had 1 flying tour after flight training over the course of his career, and many others who walked away because they weren't being billeted to fly. For a lot of communities, the Navy intentionally sends you to a non-flying tour before your commitment is up to decrease the chance to leave at your MSR because they know you'll be out of currency for the airlines. That's part of why you're starting to see so many non-tail hookers starting out at the regionals/ ISR gigs these days.
#1889
Congrats! Very quick & efficient progress on your behalf. According your posts it looks like you were a full-time flight instructor just three years ago and didn't have to spend too much time flying at the regionals. Nice work!
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