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ChuckMK23 said:
It can't be coincidence that all three services (Army, AF, Navy/Marines/USCG) are taking disruptive approach to helicopter/rotorcraft pilot training. And all seem to be reaching similar conclusions.

I've gotten poo-poo'd when I have mentioned this before, but can a consolidated "Defense Flying School" for primary helo training be far off?
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God I hope so… if only to wrench it out of the grip of a bunch of decrepit cadre holding the reins and power of what Aviation Branch feels is important.

We do have a buttload of available infrastructure at El Paso now with the reduction of 1AD…. Let’s do this!
 
Griz882 said:
Sorry, that won’t do. The beaches in El Paso suck.
Signed, the ensigns.
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See I want to put training in shitty places to stop the homesteading comfort job BS that people have in Fort Rucker. You want to teach… you need to be doing it for the right reasons, not because it’s a great place to just retire on active duty.

Way too many of our green suit guys get the ticket of a lifetime to go down there and then just refuse to leave and bring all that “tactical knowledge” to the force.
 
Lawman said:
See I want to put training in shitty places to stop the homesteading comfort job BS that people have in Fort Rucker. You want to teach… you need to be doing it for the right reasons, not because it’s a great place to just retire on active duty.

Way too many of our green suit guys get the ticket of a lifetime to go down there and then just refuse to leave and bring all that “tactical knowledge” to the force.
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The fact that Fort Rucker is considered a garden spot in the Army shows that you all need to adjust your expectations upwards.
 
Lawman said:
See I want to put training in shitty places to stop the homesteading comfort job BS that people have in Fort Rucker. You want to teach… you need to be doing it for the right reasons, not because it’s a great place to just retire on active duty.

Way too many of our green suit guys get the ticket of a lifetime to go down there and then just refuse to leave and bring all that “tactical knowledge” to the force.
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OTOH, places like Edwards AFB have trouble finding people willing to work for GS pay, regardless of the impactful and interesting nature of the work.
 
phrogdriver said:
The fact that Fort Rucker is considered a garden spot in the Army shows that you all need to adjust your expectations upwards.
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Less garden location, more garden work hours.

No gunnery, no pulling dumb duties like SDO/FDO (watch), no trips to the field, no Eucom deployments…

It’s almost like getting same pay for a F load less work, and sliding into a 150k year job with a paid off house because you “stabilized” for 7 years…. So when you finally do drop papers because the label on the contracted company may change, but the pilot and maintainer pool doesn’t.
 
IKE said:
OTOH, places like Edwards AFB have trouble finding people willing to work for GS pay, regardless of the impactful and interesting nature of the work.
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Same for San Antonio. An increasing number of T-6 IP's are GS 12, 13, 14 s...
 
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