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They work for the Chicago Department of Aviation and are not Chicago PD.

I can't speak to the contract between Republic Airlines and their pilots but at United, the contract is very specific about deadheading rules. Riding in a vehicle 4-5 hours is a no-go. Same with riding in the jumpseat, unless the deadheading pilot is generous and wants to give up his seat in the...

A continued 2-p'd Captain is nothing more than expendable IA fodder for the Marine Corps. No commanding officer wants a 2-p'd officer in his command. You will not get promoted if you continue and you will be separated from the MC in three years so why would a squadron waste flying hours and...

Make sure you put that on your application... S/F

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I didn't read the article ... are the new PFT and CFT standards going to be the same for both men and women?

These are different times dude. My timeline (and baggage): -1994 when I was an enlisted Marine in NC, I got a DUI...paid fine to NC and drivers license suspended for a year; my command made me scrub shitters and rake leaves on my time (weekends and after work) for the next three months but no...

Maybe NAS Lemoore can learn something from highly sensitive bases with national security assets like here. S/F

So Putin calls NATO/France's bluff. He draws a line in the sand and says on XX date, a no fly zone will be enforced. Between now and that date, Russia sends more fighters and support, as well as mobile SA-XXs. Will NATO (and France) back down or ignore the no fly zone and risk further escalation?

Now that this has escalated to a NATO country shooting down a Russian combat aircraft, I have a question for you smart folks... what if al-Assad's government declares a "no-fly" zone over Syria and asks Russia to enforce it?

Man, not sure why you'd need a commercial multi-engine add on. I'm pretty sure all you need is just a commercial license with instrument rating as a prerequisite for getting an ATP. Doesn't matter whether it's single or multi engine commercial. As for your ATP....one thing to consider is the...

I jumpseated on 787 last week and the Captain used "roger wilco" on several occasions. I was embarrassed for him.

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I can't really answer much regarding an IST but I do know, for Marines, when you PCS, you incur a two year obligation, running concurrently with whatever time you have left on your original contract. I'm fairly positive that you don't incur any more time to your contract if you PCA. Also, when...

Yea, send it over to NADEP...if their thoroughput of F/A-18s over the last few years are any indication of productivity, they will have that T-45 back on the flightline in 10 years.

I know a former P-3 guy turned T-45 SelRes who flies for Southwest. He got orders to Kingsville to be a T-45 instructor when he was on active duty. He got out of the Navy ~7 years ago and went SelRes, drilling in Kingsville. He was hired by SW 5-6 years ago. He flew first phase...

Have you tried looking at the NAE site in Navy SharePoint? Just a quick look, they have Jan 2015 numbers there for each T/M/S, Navy & Marines. You have to go through each TMS .ppt to find the CPH. You could get a hold of the stakeholders for more specific #s. (Jan 15 CPH)- P-3C $5800, P-8A...

I'm five months from retirement and balls deep in the airlines hiring process. Having listened to the hiring briefs at WIA, having done interview prep with ECC, and personally knowing 18 FAGs who have been hired over the last year at a major airline and reading their TRIP reports, the only...

No f'n way...Brett got something wrong!! :D (kidding Brett) Regarding question #4 "Can WSOs drop bombs in an F/A-18?" - WSOs can't shoot or drop any ordnance from an F/A-18D. S/F

Doesn't surprise me to hear this. The Marine Corps did a poor job making pilots over the last year and are behind in production, particularly jets. I suspect over the next few months there will be a "jet draft", if it hasn't already started. It has nothing to do with the F-35 though. That...

Damn fellas (and ladies), the topic of this discussion is "why are you leaving"... The "Man" is laughing at y'all getting sidetracked for the last 10 pages of this thread... I'm leaving because I hit 20 at the end of this year & I'm sick of the crap.

That sounds like a TBS rumor. Harrier & Hornet pilots are not cross training. F-35 students will be selected from Advanced (Meridian/Kingsville), not Primary. It's not all "doom and gloom" ... I'd be more than happy to go back to flight school right now and select Marine Corps Jets. There's no...

Because nearly half of the assigned Marine Corps F/A-18s are sitting at depot waiting to be fixed. Some have been there for over five years. If and when they get fixed, the F/A-18 will be able to last another decade+. The Marine Corps will never, ever buy Super Hornets, even if Boeing gave them...

Deviating from plan or SOP is rarely an AF trait but the decisions the AF tanker crew made that day saved some lives and aircraft. One would think that that day would have made higher decide on putting ILSs in Hornets. It used to be standard to drop a mark just prior to running the engines up...

The Marine Corps has been offering up IOC slots to 2nd Lt's out of TBS with aviation contracts for a long time. It wasn't until recently that those completing IOC was given a chance to go forward to Afghanistan (and maybe elsewhere?) but that was due to the MC need for Plt Commander's and the...

The MC Hornet community went from ~115% manned in 2012 to ~60% manned in 2014. MMOA & HQMC has mismanaged the 7523 community since ~2006...so mismanaged that I know dudes who bailed on the MC Hornet community in 07/08 time frame to avoid all of the IAs to go do NPS, Attache, and VT gigs, who...

More than likely an SA-11 not an SA-17. It is interesting that shortly after shooting the 777 down, the separatist Twitter feeds lit up about shooting down another Ukraine AN but then were deleted when the news of a civilian aircraft getting shot down began to break. Video - Youtube video of...

Well, the MC AVPLAN does say the last MC F/A-18 squadron will sundown in 2029. The AV PLAN is signed off by the MC-DCA so I'd say the date close enough for government work. S/F

The Marines are currently training CAT 2 pilots in VMFAT-501 for the F-35. According to the latest AVPLAN, the first Marine F-35 CAT 1's (Cone's) will select in FY15. If this holds true, Marine students who are starting Jet training now or over the next few months might have the F-35 as a...

What are your questions? S/F

Credit card roulette solves that math problem...

The MC FY13 Avplan shows VMFA-121 heading to Japan during the first quarter FY17 (Oct 2016). It also says VMFA(AW)-242 will relocate & assign to MAG-11 at MCAS Miramar.

Roll them sleeves back up 9 March! Maradmin 078/14 Now if we can get them to change having to wear them stinking service B/Cs on Fridays... S/F

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit... Do you read into everything in these forums as "black and white"?

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I haven't been to the rifle or pistol range since 1999, when I was at TBS. R1, you can preach all of those motivated Marine Corps catch phrases you like but at the end of the day, for most Marine aircrew (and I suspect Navy aircrew), the ground job(s) part of being a 75xx (or 13xx for squids)...

Bud, no need to explain what you meant...I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that most of us who read your post did not take what you said about ground jobs sucking the same way R1 did...

After Iwakuni opened the new runway, they closed down the old one. So Iwakuni is still single runway with the outboard taxiway being used as an emergency "runway" with arresting gear. The place will be very busy when the Navy shows up. Of course, I'm sure all of the new construction is for the...

I've done two 6-month UDP's to Japan but was never stationed there. 242 is gone a lot on dets...that's good if you're a single dude in the squadron...I suppose it would suck if you are in Iwakuni with your family and you're out on det a lot. If you are over there on UDP, you (or at least most)...

Are you still using this ITW holster? I just picked up a Glock 27 with the intentions of using it as my concealed carry weapon. I've been looking for a ITW holster that doesn't print too bad and have read many reviews but am still undecided. I'm just wondering if you're still liking it...

I know of a former Navy instructor pilot at VMFAT-101 who had the herps. He's out now but he contracted the herps after he was winged. He married the chick. Don't know about a dude trying to get selected though. Some of you dudes need to quit being unprofessional douche bags. I've laughed my...

That's interesting to know. By the way, how does the Navy select dudes to go to NFWS? In the Corps, squadrons will nominate a pilot (and WSO if it's a D squadron) and unless the MAG disagrees, he/she/they will get worked up by their squadron and go. Generally, Marine F/A-18D squadrons will send...

Squadrons generally work up (train) their Fighter Weapons School selectee pilot & NFO (WSO) together prior to the class date and they will go through NFWS flying together as a crew, unless one fails out. Yes, NFO's (WSO's) can be selected to go to NFWS. Yes, they will fly during the classes...

Received this from a pal who works on one of the TraWing staffs... QOUTE From: Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 To: Cc: Subject: E-2/C-2 pipeline revamp decision [removed], We met with the Admiral this morning and we have a decision on this initiative: we will move forward with the...

Looking at this website, it appears flying is still going on in the VT's.

There's an F-35 thread in these forums that will answer a lot of your questions. The MC already has one fleet F-35B squadron stood up. Also, the MC plans on flying the F/A-18 and the Harrier until 2027-8 timeframe so training new guys won't stop for a long while.

Congrats Bunk!

The actual cost per hour (ACPH) for the SH-60B was nearly $4900. (4th Q, 2012 data)

The current readiness slide I pulled the data from doesn't have what's included in the costs but a previous slide with fleet, both USN & USMC aircraft, includes maintenance and fuel costs so I assume the CNATRA slide does as well. In case somebody lost sleep last night over it because I left...

The actual cost per X for a T-6B is around $2300. The actual cost per X for a T-34 is around $2500. The actual cost per X for a T-45 is around $8500. The actual cost per X for a TH-57 is around $1900. The actual cost per X for a T-44 is around $5000. (Nov 2012 data)