From: Bob Pike
Date: 4/18/2018 6:50:11 PM
To: Mark Sztanyo
Subject: B-29 Restoration
Great video
of the last restorable B-29-
Bob Pike
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From: dbina@comcast.net
To: dbina@comcast.net
Sent: 7/23/2018 11:54:29 AM Central Standard Time
Subject: No up or out???
To: dbina@comcast.net
Sent: 7/23/2018 11:54:29 AM Central Standard Time
Subject: No up or out???
=======Probably all chances to get
promoted would end also…….
So you wanna fly?
Air Force pilots can apply to new aviation-only program
C-130s take flight during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2017 near Seattle. (Charlsy Panzino/Staff)
If all you want is to fly in
the Air Force, a new program might be for you.
Eligible mobility pilots can apply for Air Mobility
Command’s new Aviator Technical Track that cuts out
non-flying-related duties and lets you stay in the cockpit longer.
“This fulfills a promise to
our airmen that we listened to them and wanted to implement their ideas,” Gen.
Carlton Everhart, head of AMC, told Air Force Times.
In April 2017, Everhart
reached out to airmen via email and social media to solicit ideas on how the
Air Force can better retain talent as it deals with pilot shortages. The Air Force is down about
2,000 pilots, with about 1,600 mobility pilots eligible to separate in the next
four years.
The four-star received more
than 700 responses from airmen, and one of the top suggestions was a
flying-only career track.
Everhart said he’s seeking a
small cadre of active-duty mobility pilots who are majors or major-selects with
11 to 13 years of commissioned service.
Selectees will still be
required to maintain all Air Force standards, including health and fitness and
readiness requirements, but professional development education and advanced
academic degrees will be optional.
“We hope to retain pilots by
reducing developmental requirements for officers not interested in command,”
Everhart said. “Those things we have traditionally said were the stepping
stones to move you into a leadership track to broaden your expertise … are now
optional.”
Air Mobility Command turns to airmen for ideas to fix its pilot retention problem
AMC created a task force
to pull suggestions from more than 600 comments from airmen.
By: Charlsy Panzino
There won’t be any required
duties not related to flying, but those in the program still need to go through
training, standardization and tactics. Since they’re flying-related billets,
selected airmen can still continue to fly as they complete those duties.
Airmen can also decide to
leave the program if they’d rather switch back to a leadership role or a
leadership track, he said. Then there will still be enough time to catch back
up with peers.
“We’re going to try to give
the options back to the aviator,” Everhart said.
Pilots chosen for the Aviator
Technical Track can remain in one assignment for up to five years if they so
choose, which Everhart hopes increases predictability and a better work-life
balance.
“We’re trying to guarantee
them one specific location for five years,” he said. “We are listening to
concerns about quality of life.”
There will also be
opportunities for pilots in the program to explore avenues outside of AMC,
Everhart said.
“You may not just stay in Air
Mobility Command,” he said. “You may go to another [major command].”
New app lets student pilots easily access all their training documents
Airmen with the 80th
Flying Training Wing created an app to make training manual, emergency
procedure guidance and more available to pilots in training via their
cellphones and tablets.
By: Charlsy Panzino
Eligible airmen can start applying
for the program today via the MyPers website, and the application deadline
is Aug. 17. A board of senior officers will convene on Aug. 29 to review the
submitted packages.
“We’re looking … for people
who can do mentorship in a squadron and bring these young kids onboard and
maybe have opportunities to public speak in schools to bring those young,
inspiring students to say, ‘Hey, I want a career [in aviation],’” Everhart
said.
The pilots chosen for the
initial round can also help shape the future of the program, Everhart said.
After about a year of the
program being in place, Everhart said he wants to get feedback from those
pilots and see what needs to be tweaked.
“I think [the program] offers
more flexibility instead of potentially constricting them into certain
avenues,” he said.
Everhart said there’s a
possibility of eventually expanding the program to other career fields, such as
maintenance, air traffic control and cyber.
“Setting the foundation and
seeing what we did right and what we did wrong will allow others to improve
upon it,” he said. “This is just the start.”
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