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  1. hindsight2020

    Classic Associate unit? Is it as bad as it sounds?

    Alright folks, thread revival time It's been a year and change since I posted originally about this topic and I'm afraid things have not gone very well at all with our classic integration. Lots of people punched out and many still sitting on 20 year letters going 'eff this in short order'...
  2. hindsight2020

    Don't do it

    Your example is not representative of the outcome the median separating pilot, or any pilot outright, would be able to benefit from. From a cursory anecdotal poll I've done among my peers in the AD AF (I'm Reserves and do not pursue civilian aviation professionally, only recreationally) most are...
  3. hindsight2020

    Rv 8

    Yeah I second the motion on the experimental market. I'm afraid it's a bust in its present condition though. I love the IDEA of the kind of change the experimental market can bring to General aviation, particularly when it comes to pushing new technologies and the potential for cost-savings and...
  4. hindsight2020

    Should an ATP be required for both pilots?

    What about ab initio? It has worked relatively well so far for the military and the Europeans, what's the problem with implementing it domestically? The only downside I can see is many people wouldn't make the cut and have their dreams of flying a shiny jet dashed. I'm happy with that, after all...
  5. hindsight2020

    Consumerist: "Should a First Officer Make More Than 23k?" Ill informed Commenters

    I don't know, I read the thread and I found the "public" rather well-grounded and common-sensical...something our aspiring regional pilots lack sorely. Yeah there were hyperbolic posts and false analogies, but by and large most of these 'laymen' and paying public on there correctly pointed out...
  7. hindsight2020

    Fresh, forward thinking idea on pilot retirements...

    I respect your self-reliant bravado in pursuing retirement alone and unafraid on a 401K, but good luck retiring on that. I don't particularly enjoy the prospect of living like a monk for my entire productive life to come up short anyways, or having to one day tell the kids 'hey go to grandpa for...
  8. hindsight2020

    Fedex Plane Down In Japan

    Well I'll apply the foot in mouth boldface and state that if you all think there is no correlation between the early -11 crashes with the horizontal tail surface design-induced de facto instability/PIO pitch control problem (windshear or no windshear, that shouldn't matter either if the design...
  9. hindsight2020

    Obama says kill the new bomber and delay the tanker

    Oh that's a remarkable idea, and has been thought of in the lower circles, but mother Boeing won't let it happen on the cheap, for which reason it'll never happen. I've heard around the peanut gallery that the 75- was built with a military bomber application possibility in mind (rumor quotes the...
  10. hindsight2020

    (retirement) Stewart hammers Cramer on `The Daily Show'

    Your indifference's logical conclusion is a country we call Colombia. A place where the few and strong hedge their bets and the rest around you conspires daily to kidnap your family members to make rent. Seems like hyperbole to suggest America can become a south American economic construct, but...
  11. hindsight2020

    Obama says kill the new bomber and delay the tanker

    Um, 20 B-2s can't hack the whole mish. They're expensive as hell and have abysmal MC rates. The B-1s have got the chit flown out of them; they're literally canibalizing the fleet to keep up. The Buffs are so old it's painful to fly (I'd know..) and meet, at best, a permissive environment...
  13. hindsight2020

    The guard these days

    And on top of that with all the TFI shenanigans going on, I heard the newest one on the AFRC herc shuffle is 120 day stints to the suck with no midpoint breakup or 40-day fragmenting. That's gonna be awesome for morale and retention. What a c@ckjob.... AD life without AD pay baby! win-win right!?!?
  14. hindsight2020

    Air Force: B-52 crash caused by equipment position

    Correct. Our elevators are rather small, and our stab is huge, hence the importance of flying the thing within trim set adequately and trimming often in between configuration changes and/or attitude/airspeed changes. As to the bolded above, it touches on the crux of the question the AIB and...
  15. hindsight2020

    Air Force: B-52 crash caused by equipment position

    I never argued the aft tank tail break did not occur in an H model. My point was to ask to be pointed at a documented stab runaway trim mishap in the H model. I've been unable to find one in my research and I suspect there is none. For an aircraft with the service history of the Buff, that says...
  16. hindsight2020

    Classic Associate unit? Is it as bad as it sounds?

    Did a search and only came up with discussions about active associate units. Any Guard/Reserve bubbas gone through the transition to a classic associate? The TFI sh$t sandwich has finally knocked on my door and it smells rancid from where I sit, so I'm trying to get a feel from those BTDT about...
  17. hindsight2020

    Air Force: B-52 crash caused by equipment position

    Runaway trim? in the H model? I'd like to see your source... The one before was brought down by an idiot and before that there have been the low level incident, the one where the aft tank blew up (not an H model), the one where the engines flamed out due to things we shall not discuss here(not...
  19. hindsight2020

    Reserve Component Commitments

    You get fries with that too?.....
  20. hindsight2020

    What's everyones backup career ?

    Noted. Makes sense. The latter part of my post was meant as a general thought towards pilots as a labor force, wasn't directed at your individual circumstance, did not mean to suggest you were the one specifically with SJS. Good luck with AT.
  21. hindsight2020

    What's everyones backup career ?

    I don't think you're looking at it properly from a long-term perspective. I'm a Reserve baby and aside from my meager pay as a bumming 2LT (soon to be 1LT....yeii.....) you couldn't pay me to go take a major airline job, regardless of the fact I don't qualify for one (which is quite telling in...
  22. hindsight2020

    Time for Limited Re-Regulation of the Industry

    Bingo! The OP severely underestimates the price elasticity of air travel to the median consumer. I can tell you we've had several opportunities to partake in discretionary travel this year and all times we've elected to drive or not go at all. So yeah, grandma IS staying at home as it is. My...
  23. hindsight2020

    ANG: Part Time

    Agreed. That's why public sector is where it's AT! AGR/ART is the way to go..at least that's what I'm shooting for long-term. Barring a crapshoot NetJets call (only no-commute gig from where I live) in a decade when I'll be marginally competitive for that job (meh..), there's NO airline I'd try...
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