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That is not why the WGA is on strike. The WGA is on strike for residuals and royalties for streaming platforms, as they aren't getting compensation equal to syndication on a TV broadcast network. The big example being thrown out is Abbott Elementary writers make $13,500 for syndication on TV...

Something to think about, but what is the point of a college degree? Is it to gain knowledge and understanding of a subject or is it to get a job? I don't think those are mutually exclusive at all, but perhaps a lot of stuff that we go to college for should be more akin to vocational training...

This is very true. Alas, my IATSE chapter, local 264, folded a few years ago- and with it wages for stagehands regressed to what they were 20+ years ago. (10.50 an hour was what the unskilled box pusher got in 2001- now that's what a lighting electrician makes on a hang call). The next part of...

Fun fact: those same people will tell you that it's someone else's job.

Hey man, take a step back from the orders numbers to describe what you are talking about (that is a very Air Force thing to do btw). Tell us who you are and where you are/what you're going to and we can help.

There is something to be said about an Assault Support community who takes a ton of pride in being the best Assault Support community in the business.

I wonder why such specialization. From what I've been exposed to with our cyber squadron I fear it's ricebowling more than anything else- which is terrible for ops on the large scale. Trons and networks are trons and networks no matter where they exist.

And that unanimous vote usually comes at the expense of support to the Kurds. NATO has been great for a lot of things, but NATO (and really Turkey's vote) has royally fucked over the Kurds. I suppose they're used to it by now. But still.

I really agree with you here. I also think we need to repair and rebuild our Guard and Reserve forces. I really think we could have a big cost savings in a long term, part time, scalable and medium to short term mobilizable force. Keep the AGRs, the TARs, the AD presence to keep the lights on...

Remember that "peacetime" is a relative term. We're not really at "peace". We just don't have regular line infantry units engaged in ground combat operations in Iraq or Afghanistan anymore. And as far as Defense spending goes, we need to reconstitute the force. 20+ years of constant...

"Remember that time at TBS? Yeah, I almost dropped my air contract for Infantry. I'd totally go to IOS if they asked me to. Hey what's your number?"

If you want to be a military pilot your best bet is probably to go start pledging ANG units. Do you have any civilian ratings yet?

You're not saying anything that everyone hasn't heard since day one (so please stop). Yet we still have the problems. Core exercises can help, but... Well... On that one defensive BFM flight, that one set that you really didn't prep for the load up as your body was twisted up looking over your...

Something about a hurricane.

But the thing is that they aren't. Every pilot who has flown GA knows at least one person (if it isn't themself) who has had a a crummy Lycoming air cooled engine crap out on them- and always when they needed it the most

He was the guy who was recommending IPs for weapons school and others for remedial training in his post winging critique. That email got out and around.

Or, for the Marines, unload and show clear through your own hand and into the car next to you while you're at a stoplight downtown. A bird bro lived across the street from me in Milton when I was at primary. Good dude. I think this story shows that you can survive almost anything as long as...

It appears that this program was created to do just that.

Day 54: "Yeah, but like, dude, what IF the Earth was flat...."

On training/CONUS flights for us the PIC is usually listed as either the squadron (172 ATKS) or "USAF Pilot". OCONUS and on missions that we have to file an 1801 it's done as "On File" or left blank. I've always wanted to file as Hugh Jorgan, but I've never... had the... balls... to do it. ??

That is certainly good news. I'm glad it worked out for you!

Yeah. There are plenty of stories of F/A/FA-XX pilots who couldn't make the transition- some have to to with the fact that you have to be very far ahead of this airplane- it's too slow and there are no options that will get the airplane there quickly or to make up lost time. You're either always...

The qual is irrelevant. Whoever is in the seat in the pilot in command. Pilot primary is step 1 in a very long aircraft commander syllabus. Training someone to be an NFO and then putting them in the pilot seat (for single pilot airplanes no less) and expecting them to make the proper decisions...

Poorly. They follow the AF model but make it worse- whereas in the AF they do all of the pilot T-6 syllabus in the sims except for forms, they do the same but the NFO syllabus. The AF also gives RPA folks 45ish hours in a DA-20 at the start. I don't know if the Navy is following suit or if AVOs...

Silo on Apple TV is shaping up to be really good. I bought the book "Wool" that it's based on. It's tough to give a proper synopsis without giving spoilers- but imagine a post apocalyptic world in which everyone lives in a huge (10,000 people and 142- 40ft stories) underground silo. The outside...

A big (negative IMO) part of the RPA communities is to have everything unrelated to EO/IR, Radar, and weapons employement offloaded to someone else in another building, a DGS, another TS acronym, a guy sitting somewhere in a SCIF smelling the farts that our noses get a whiff of. This largely...

Detroit has gotten a lot better in the last few years. Tons of gentrification going on with lots of little art town feels, cool pubs and restaurants and live music. The Ford museum is great, so is the Motown museum, the public library has some awesome stained glass and art, the casinos are fun...

Did you reply to yourself? ....are you disclosuring multiple personalities? ? Edit: yes, I typed disclosuring....

Cool! Those wings look VERY similar to the Marine AVO wings.

Okay. I'll bite to add my own anecdote. We did an exercise a couple months ago out in PACOM. The issue of MQ-9 being able to at least detect and track submarines came up and was a small focus. The short answer is yes we can if they're on the surface. The long answer is that even with a couple...

There's a wine bar that I would frequent with a couple of dudes while at the ASO course. Definitely the single 30 something scene. FiFY! Again. The bureaucracy of A-Pool, or MATSG-21 is negligible. The heat is always on that one guy who fucked up. Just don't fuck up. Career advancement for...

Why though when you can go to T-6 primary and also fly helos? What do you see as the benefit to a young Ensign that they'll have over their peers? More time in the fleet? Fewer options for a shore tour? That sounds like it's good for big Navy but bad for the individual.

I think every winged aviatior here will tell you not to take that "skip the line, go directly to helos" option. Go to regular primary. Get all of the proper experience. I waited a year to start primary. It was amazing. A year as an O-1 in Pensacola with no responsibilities. Enjoy it. The...

Plenty of pilots have had either PRK or LASIK. The NAMI waiver guide is pretty clear here. As far as your lying about medical stuff, I can't answer that other than to say answer any question you're asked truthfully.

Yeah. Perhaps the wrong words- especially the BS part. But the latest SpaceX Starship wasn't so impressive when you learn about the dumb decisions that Elon made leading up to that launch, despite what his pros were telling him. And it's getting us back to something we already did 44 year ago...

There are two true aviation programs that really excite me- The Perlan Project, and Virgin Galactic's Unity. The SpaceX projects reek of cold war era space race "we're better than you" BS. But Perlan and Unity really drive towards what I think is the forefront of experimental aviation.

Stop. You have no idea what you're talking about.

A bit of an aside here, but I Iike to bring it up as much as possible where I see it. There is a lot of bad gouge out there about this. Yes, the USMC will not sign a conditional release form. That doesn't mean you can't go join the Guard or Reserve to fly something, it just means that you have...

Concur. But they won't be putting a tailhook on it, and there is no way the airplane can support the weight of heavier gear- not without a lot of sacrifice. Perhaps they'll take a page out of sailplane design and put 90* trailing edge flaps and decent spoilers on it. Though it will still have...

GA has been pushing this idea for a few years- especially when the VMUs divested of the RQ-21. Honestly, I don't think it's too good of an idea. A sort of pipe dream for GAs legacy mid 90s design that has carried them this far. The AF has already put a sundown date for the Reaper - though I'm...

This is the answer. USERRA applies to the FBI. You'd take military leave from the FBI to go to training. It's Title 10 so it doesn't count towards your 5 year total. You'd go to mandatory drills, you'd mobilize when it's your turn to do so, you'd keep flying and splitting time just like...

Just like every military (AD, ANG, Reserve) Pilot I know! Seriously, this dude can't go wrong.

To be fair, that was thirty years ago. Imagine taking advice about joining the military today that was rooted in 1993. Or about joining the military in 1993 that was rooted in 1963. People have had entire careers in the DOJ and retired since this was relevant advice. it sounds like you made...

The grass is always greener. So as @MIDNJAC and I have said- have the option to go where the grass is greener for the time being. Summer in Michigan is really awesome. Winter is bearable if you like winter sports (luckily I do). But if I worked in an FBI field office in Phoenix I'd want mil...

I know of a couple FBI special agents who are pilots in the ANG, as well as one Intel O. From what I can tell the orders process is pretty easy and the FBI has to follow USERRA (And the SCRA, they can't bar anyone from serving in the military nor discriminate against you because you're a...

I've been in the Guard for the last 3 years. They've done a pretty good job of un-yutting me.

Does this mean that an ARG/MEU Staff tour is now a shore tour?

Go to the Guard (air or Army)! Lots of options there, lots of ability for full time orders (on not only title 10 but also other wonky titles working for not just the DoD). Age waivers are pretty much a given if you need one to commission. No more boats, no more deployments or PCSing unless you...