C-20, C-32, C-37, C-40

[CCDiscoB]

At least they'll be stationed in Vegas!

Viva Las Vegas!

 

[DHPope93]

The C-12 thing was a rumor I'd heard from a friend of a friend. T-3 sounds more likely, as it'd be much cheaper, and, as
mentioned, more plentiful.

Does Indian Springs still count as Vegas?

Peace,
DP

 

[Yahtzee]

DP,

Are you guys activated also? Our orders are for one year, but most speculate they won't use us that long. I don't mind since I'm just a bum.

I start Altus on Friday, 23 May. Then get the weekend off for Memorial Day....typical AF planning. I'm planning to do a few CBTS then spend the rest of the weekend in Dallas.

Knowing how the AF seems to "cram" a three week course into three months, I'm sure the books can wait for me until Monday evening.

Yahtz

 

[HarleyGuy]

First post- Long time lurker

Just three thoughts I'd like to add:

1) Altus is one of the best deals out there for heavy drivers right now. Home every night, all IP time, all holidays off, and did I mention home every night? They're interviewing like the 89th, and I think more competitive due to more guys in line. Seems like OSA, Altus, Tweets and T-1's are the most sought after 'cause of the old 'Home Every Night' thing.

2) The Chief of Staff Sight Picture that came out recently said 8 years MWS before a second good deal (see above) 'white jet.' So if you do OSA first, like I did, you can expect 96 months in an MWS before doing something else (I actually had a tweet to Columbus and after the Sight Picture came out, they took it away).

3) The 737 Biz-jet (& G5 to Florida) seem as competitive as the astronaut program. Buddies of mine have gone to both jobs, and they were both ultra-qualified and great guys, and were in long lists of other guys that were the same.

Bottom line: formerly bad deals are now good ones, and the lines for good deals are long, long, long. Just my 2 cents worth.

 

[DHPope93]

Yahtz,
Yup, 1 year for us too (actually 352 days, but who's counting). Just a partial mobilization though, not the whole unit, as long as we can meet AMC's needs. Although I think (and hope and pray) the war won't go on past the summer, I foresee AMC keeping us on the hook as long as possible for re-deployment purposes (gotta get all those fighter guys back home, as well as the t-tailers like yourself going back and forth). As you said, as a bum I don't mind it at all. Also, you get 30-odd sims before you hit the flightlline, so don't get burnt out studying the first week
As far as Altus is concerned, I agree it is a great deal if you're married. Single, not so much, unless you dig driving to Oke City, Wichita, or Wichita Falls most weekends for "real" action. As a married guy, I loved it. Location sucked, but the QOL factor was sky-high. Tanker-wise, they're starting to non-vol IPs there due to low manning numbers (at least as of my last telephone conversation 1.5 months ago), so it's a breeze to get it as a tanker driver.
UPT IPs? Those guys work too hard, especially the ones taking the hamburger off of the street

Peace,
DP

 

[tkr-toad]

T3's

I flew the T3 as part of the AF's evaluation of what to do with it short of selling them off. It could wrap up pretty quickly (did some acro and spins and almost got sick as I hadn't done it in 10 years) but was stable overall. I told the test pilot I flew with that I could see it as a continuation trainer and he said that's what they were looking at. So, it seems feasible that they might be sending them to the UAV folks.