Originally Posted by Timbo

That just proves great minds think alike!

A few more things came to mind:

CQ? (the home school part) 6 hours. (it takes me 8 at home!)

Sim CQ? 6 hours.

It's a 6hr. period, why are we only paid 3:15?

Initial training? 80hrs. per month, 15 days max per month. (ie. they can't put you in the school house/sim for more than 15 days/mo, and they must pay you 80 or a pro-rated amount for a shorter month)

Medical? Zero cost, Zero deductibles.

Retirement? Fill up our 401K's to the maximum extent the law allows every year, plus some extra for mom and the kids.

There are lots of ways we can say "FUPM" without having to tell Wall Street, Uncle Sam and the Non-Contract people we got a 70% raise. And a lot of the -other- stuff is tax free (for now!) vs. a huge pay rate raise, which Uncle will clip 35% right off the top.