Sim instructor jobs at Vance AFB (UPT)
02-21-2010, 08:06 AM
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Sim instructor jobs at Vance AFB (UPT)
What's up with all the hiring at Vance? I see they are GS jobs. I've been out of UPT a while, but back in the day the civilan instrutors were contractor employees - not Fed employees. Given the large numbers I see they are looking for, it must be that they are taking back the work from a contractor.
Is this a reaction to something at Vance, or is this the way all UPT bases will do their Sim training?
Anybody at Vance or close to the issue know the scoop?
Is this a reaction to something at Vance, or is this the way all UPT bases will do their Sim training?
Anybody at Vance or close to the issue know the scoop?
02-21-2010, 08:43 AM
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A few of my co-workers here in Iraq were LSI instructors at CBM. According to them, CBM sim intructors are going GS in the near future and will be taking a significant pay cut as well as degraded QOL issues. Sounds like there will be more then a few walking away.
02-21-2010, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Sputnik
Really? I can't see how they'd lose money going GS, but it's been a while since I was there. My recollection was that LSI pay wasn't so great. And every time the contract changed....
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02-21-2010, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by PittsDriver
Yep, all of them are going Civil Service. All of the guys here at Vance I have talked to have to apply for their own job to keep it.
02-21-2010, 07:13 PM
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I can believe the part about the pay cut. The government transitions jobs from active military to contractor to limit end-strength manning concerns. They would only transition from contractor to GS to save money (i.e. it had to have some sort of cost-benefit ratio improvements for them to go through the trouble).
02-22-2010, 07:11 AM
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Friends of mine that are current sim instructors at CBM said the current administration is converting all SUPT sim instructor jobs to GS and eliminating contractors. Pay cuts are certain and they are assessing benefits. Got to believe its "good " for administration and "bad" for contractors. BOHICA.
