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And here I thought 400 was a good lift. WHAT A BEAST!

That's pretty much how violin tuners work. I hated restringing those things when people would bring them in.

You inherit that Martin or buy it? Those pre-war Martins fetch a pretty penny these days.

If you're into Stephen king stuff, The Most is now a show on SPIKE. Seems like they're doing a pretty good job with it so far

I was looking into buying a higher end acoustic back in flight school and I ended buying a Taylor GS mini. They're awesome little guitars (7/8 scale) and every time that I think about buying something nicer I just pick it back up and I'm reminded that it's a great guitar. I'm not a big fan of...

Props for finding the only puddle of water within 100 miles to do it in too

Usually it renders the event INC. You've probably got a hold on your account or whatever because the pre-reqs for the follow-on events aren't completed (i.e. the sim with the missing graded event).

Spot on, man. Sounds eerily familiar. Not that I had a bad tour or anything but there were definitely things here that sounded freakishly familiar.

Absolutely not. I just wanted to be clear about it. I have loved my time in the Navy and would fly gray aircraft until they force me out, money be damned, if that was an option for me but that's not really how it works. Right now I'm looking at the second 10 years and don't really see it being...

FWIW, I'm still pretty open minded about staying or going at my MSR. My mind is not made up. Got a kid on the way so that may change things...or it may not. I'm mostly just echoing the sentiments and things I see and understand from others and myself. Being a naval aviator (or military aviator...

Not really speaking directly to the topic of the thread here but I don't think it's horrible 24/7. I still think the best thing I ever did was join the Navy and get my wings. I think the problem is here really boils down to a few major points: -Quality of life. People get older, have...

What else is new? At 130M a pop it costs about the same as a 53K apparently.

Other services tend to lag the AF by a few years (or so I've heard) in this department. I think the Navy is about to be in a world of hurt and they don't eveN have a real grasp on how bad it's going to be yet.

This is the point I was trying to make with Spekkio but when the other 1/2 or 2/3 of the Navy doesn't want to listen and wants to quote our O4/5 selection rates to us is when we have a problem that isn't getting solved until operations stop being able to happen because there's not enough...

What I'm getting out of it is that they get more direct routing which saves gas and lowers ticket prices. Don't quote me on that though. I'm still doing my research.

The GA flyers I know already seem to be of the opinion that it's pretty well crippled already. But yeah, I don't see fuel taxes going anywhere so this is pretty much just added fees to fly which, in addition to ramp fees, fuel costs, maintenance, insurance, etc.., don't make doing it for the fun...

Or do you want to eat shitty boat food and sleep under the flight deck with hornets landing on your head until 2am? Choices.. Choices...

I don't know much about the privatization of it but, in my mind, the ATC system is kind of the 'interstate system of the skies' and should therefore be funded and paid for by the government. That being said, I'm reading into it to try to decide how much I support or oppose it. I guess I never...

Rumor mill from friends in the 53 community: the navy had the chance to buy into the Kilo so Sikorsky could add the extra frame stiffening necessary to pull the sled and big navy said "no thanks". So not much hope for the 53K to be pulling a sled anytime soon.

Dude. What part of this do you not understand? It's not about promotion percentages or bonus money. It's about aviators being saddled with extraneous bullshit that has nothing to do with the wings on their chests. Given, some of that BS comes with being an officer in the Navy and I 100% get that...

For the record, I'm not the least bit excited about changing FITREPS. I don't think it'll change a thing. My remark about SWOs was mostly in reference to Spekkios close minded idea that high percentages = everything is great around here.

Don't forget to get that DEERS marker changed over.

And yet another post from a guy who clearly doesn't get it. There's a reason the guys agreeing with me and shitting on you are hornet guys and that's because it isn't limited to one community. But that's ok. Keep being a fucking know it all and lecturing people about how many people make O-5 and...

Very much agreed. Which is what my message here has been and why I advocate for more Super JOs and O4s to handle things like firescout and AMCM so the hopefully smaller group of first tour JOs can focus on flying and learning and getting qualified as fast as possible.

First of all, my "10% number" wasnt meant to be entirely factual. I was making a point. Which you missed. Secondly, there's a big difference between "making O-5" and screening for command and staying in the cockpit. Much like there's a big difference between "making O-4" and making Operational...

Yes. They do the same stuff is helo guys do in a squadron.

SWO. If you can make it through the suck that is SWO life then you're guaranteed 20 years. They promote at 100% and hate their jobs at a similar percentages. Otherwise, come fly what you want and work hard and you'll be fine.

Timing is incredibly important. Another major problem is that we have in the helo community, on average, 30+ JOs (more in exped than CVW squadrons) to make 5-7 DHs. We're overmanned at the JO level by quite a bit and, while no one is suggesting a polar shift in anything, a few bodies here and a...

Isn't this exact opposite of what our current system does though? If there's value on knowing the MRC that well then it's there not value in having pilots that know the A/C that well? Our current system is rather wasteful and expensive and it's pretty much all in the name of taking a very large...

The Keepers. If you're into F'd up stuff about the Catholic Church then this is right up your alley. Pretty crazy stuff.

So I think we all know about foreflight and wingx pro but I found another app that has a lot of the functionality of foreflight and is free for military. Its called AeroVie and is iOS only. There's an iPad and iPhone app. Both work well. Unfortunately the app is missing some stuff like helo and...

So wait, you mean that, when I shoot someone and then run over his dead body, I don't automatically accrue his ammo like in COD? I've got a lot to learn about this 'ARMY' stuff.

That has always irked me. Call me old-fashioned, but I just feel like you should give the person the FITREP they deserve regardless of their intentions. I mean, shit, if they earned the #1 then give it to them and let them do with it what they please. Giving a person who would've been a #8 EP...

It doesn't help that Big Navy is one of the myopic organizations on the face of the earth. This whole firescout thing is going to create more problems because, right now, big Navy is planning on first tour JOs flying that thing which means you'll have more of them getting pumped through just to...

From what I've seen that's pretty standard which is what I was referring to in my other posts. Yeah. That's what I was referring to with my other posts. Like I said, I'm still doing quite well around here but that doesn't mean I don't see a problem with the way were doing it. The only I'll add...

I think I know exactly who you're referring to which makes this even funnier.

Commodore - "JO's aren't supposed to make level 3i out of their first fleet tour" What really happens - JOs who don't make 3i basically don't nom. They certainly don't go FRS or Weapons Schools which are the XO/CO factories. It's perfectly normal for JOs who were 3/2/2 (now 3 overwater) to not...

It has some goods and some bads. Mostly the hour requirements are going to take some very careful and purposeful scheduling to satisfy which I don't see the bigger exped squadrons being able to do. Especially with firescout being dropped on them too. The commodores and the skippers are...

Yeah Ive been thinking about taking some leave and doing the whole thing back at home in SC. Should come out quite a bit cheaper that way. Not really planning on an airline gig just yet but it's probably a worthwhile ticket to punch.

Seems like Navy guys would still be good to go right? We get the commercial single-engine and rotary stuff out of advanced.

I think you severely missed my point. I have no problem doing things away from the bird here and there but there should be a emphasis on doing what the gold thing on your chest says you do. When you spend 8-10 years out of 20 doing something that has absolutely nothing to do with that shiny...

I've never really understood that about SWOs. You promote to O4 at like 90+ % or some craziness yet they feel need to eat their young like they're not going to make it up the chain if they don't. There are nuggets of truth to what I said. Some of it was tongue in cheek. But it's safe to say the...

It's not negative. It's just a comment on the climate of micromanagement I've experienced. It's also not to say I've necessarily had all bad DHs though I've definitely taken notes on how not to do the job from a few of them.

Then there are those of us who love to fly and love to fight the aircraft (so to speak). I get the same shit-eating grin wherever it's vertrep, an air wing CSAR, or roping dudes onto a house. The only problem I have is that they put wings on my chest and then tell me to go spend over half my...

Making a play for ALL that diddy dirty contact money!

The problem here is that the DHs, and Front office (and probably commodore, CAG, And the admiral) are more concerned about Seaman Timmy's DUI or pregnant wife than they are about teaching their JOs how to manage a division, write an eval, or deal with said problems so they don't have to.

Or just don't work for a living.

It turned into; 1) the "best" jobs are there ones where you fly the least but still fly. 2) get uber-qualified to do mission you'll never do but look like you do on paper 3) be seen working wayyy too hard as much as possible because, if you don't, someone else will. Being the last one to leave...

The golden children thing, "golden path" thing, and career enhancing (read: shitty, hard fill) jobs will continue so long as the Navy continues to overman and waste junior officers. Big Navy has a very expensive and wasteful luxury in that they have the funding and training pipeline that gives...

Just don't miss that salute at the gate.