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Maybe. I have a hypothesis - pilots in general are predisposed to be malcontents. You literally cannot throw enough money or nice places to live at them (us) to fix retention. Case in point, our very own airline threads.

Honest question: why do you think the Air Force has similar retention issues among pilots when their service is much closer to this standard (with respect to ground jobs and flying related responsibilities over a career span) than Navy/Marine Corps?

Yeah, there is almost zero visual reference from the cockpit for fwd spot VERTREP. It’s sporty in good weather, not for the faint of heart!

Dark sunglasses work well for me!

It’ll make your head spin. There’s an onshore and an offshore price for Chinese currency for starters.

@ChuckMK23 here’s some more light reading about “social and economic prosperity for all” in Rhodesia.

@ChuckMK23 are you sure about “incredible social equity” in Rhodesia? Couldn’t tell if you were being funny https://time.com/6324696/rhodesia-minority-rule/

Great call out. In my last year of service, I was experiencing some nasty neck, shoulder, and back pain that was making life difficult and impacting my sleep. I got my flight surgeon to put in a referral for a chiropractor, and started treatment about 180 days from retirement. So by the time I...

No speculation, just laughing along with the peanut gallery

B-2 flyover timing was impeccable. Well done, Whiteman AFB!

Took my son to the Rose Bowl and it was…epic. Had mini reunions from USNA and Michigan which was a miracle because cell coverage was awful. What a day, what a win! Go Blue!

I retired 100% P&T so I use mostly VA (medical/dental) for myself, Tricare for my wife and kids medical, and whatever my company offers for vision/dental for my wife and kids. It’s working very nicely financially overall. The worst part is the long wait times for VA dental appointments so I can...

Got a haul of clothes from my new favorite spot, Vuori. Helps that an old helo bubba is the Director of Distribution there 😉

+1. My T20 MBA wasn’t very different curriculum wise from most other programs out there. But having advised a medical device company abroad and having them pay for the trip was unbelievably valuable to expanding my corporate skill set. To say nothing of the friendships I made in that cohort...

Took my old USAF HGU-55P and some vinyl tape sheets to make up Maverick’s helmet for my son’s Halloween costume. Guess it’s his now.

Follow your path of least regret. Nobody likes the finance bro who says “I could’ve been a pilot” and everyone rolls their eyes at the SNA who can’t let us forget that they passed up a career in finance. What both careers have in common is that they require full commitment and effort, so jump in...

One more item - ChiliMac will be served for MIDRATS. Daily.

The language of the reporting is interesting. From the NYT article: “Some people familiar with the operation said that a tight circle of leaders from Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas helped plan the attack starting over a year ago, trained militants and had advanced knowledge of it. That account is...

Same for those who have had a series of bad things happen which add up to 100%

This. For SACC San Diego this week.

My 10yo has jokes. On my 46th birthday. Savage.

I’m not a woman. But I do have a story and some perspective. I was the SAPR Officer for CNAF (Naval Aviaton, reporting to the 3 Star Air Boss) and a trained Sexual Assault Victim Advocate. I was one of a few people who traveled around the Navy (and other organizations) with the “Change the...

Yeah, the rims are susceptible to curb rash. For some reason they protrude slightly and if you park or make a turn too close to a curb, there will be tears. I only did it once and got the spot touched up right away. Lesson learned.

2021 MYLR, absolutely love it. Spent more than I thought I would on the charger installation ($1,800) due to the distance from my electrical panel to the charger. But more than made up for it in the first year of ownership in the difference between my charging costs and equivalent gas costs in...

Here’s one thing Air Force and Navy pilots have in common, as the OP has learned from this very forum…we have low EQ. https://www.psypost.org/2022/10/pilots-tend-to-have-less-emotional-intelligence-than-the-average-person-new-research-suggests-64172?amp=1

I flew CH-46D HW00 cross country from NAS Norfolk to NAS Pensacola for her museum induction! https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nnam/explore/collections/aircraft/c/ch-46a-sea-knight/museum_s-ch-46d-sea-knight-on-display.html

Love that house. My roommate’s dad was an O-6 on Captain’s Row. Sunday brunches were the absolute best.

Saw one of those today at the Miramar Airshow. I chuckled a bit to see the hellfire rails with no hellfires. Wish I had snapped a picture.

Ship’s band on the KEARSARGE had a Marshall stack for bass, Orange stack for lead guitar, Shure mics, and a ridiculous drum kit. Don’t ask me how I know. Or how we got MWR to pay for it ?

Just being vocally self-critical here…?

Yes. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2836189/us-navy-selects-first-woman-directly-for-f-35c-after-earning-wings-of-gold-in-m/

Ahh, those sweet RSUs! Aka, the golden handcuffs!

I think it’s more about TV markets/rights and recruiting landscape than competition. Oh, and alumni spending. You better believe me and my Ross classmates are gonna make it rain at those Michigan/USC/UCLA games.

You mean apart from the appearance by the Dust Devils MH-60S?

Skipper says he’s working on it. Village is a hilarious dude, btw. https://www.pnj.com/story/news/military/2022/05/03/blue-angels-homecoming-air-show-return-nas-pensacola-priority/9569957002/

100%. This is true of all destructive behaviors, and a welcome trend. As proud as we are of our Service(s), we have to recognize that many of our people are hurting and we owe them our support on and off duty. I work at a huge tech company - we’re just realizing that responsibility to our people...

An old B-52 base? One of the restaurants would have to be called The Love Shack.

I saw the popcorn machine twice. First in the bar scene when they’re paying pool and again later in the briefing room.

Portland OR is a favorite of mine. Movies, recliners, great food, walls full of patches and coins.

Maverick having to buy rounds of cheer at the iBar (er, “Hard Deck”).

No spoilers. Go see this movie. Just saw it on base at NASNI and…it’s great.

Sweet ride. Oh look, and an Osprey, too!

Don’t forget the Yuma lances who broke the San Diego Zoo skyfari ride!

Thanks to the remoteness of those MCAS locations, Marines are forced to get creative to find diversions and that keeps them out of trouble. Always.

How about the Fleet GOAT?

I have to hope that the culture has changed since 2003-6, especially with the number of us who have made it through since then. As long as you fully embrace “their way” of doing things, all the way down to the radio procedures guide, you’ll be fine. On one awesome flight (by the PIT IP’s...

When I went through, they took intense pride in stating that T-37/T-6 PIT had the second highest washout rate behind the F-15 syllabus. They never quoted the rate itself so there’s that. There was also some hate towards us “Maritime” IPs that was…interesting. One crusty A-10 PIT IP told me in a...