Originally Posted by TweetIP

So here's a couple of big questions for those of you who have gone before me. Here's my situation:

I'm a pointy nose type that is really fed up. I am not the most charismatic type of person and am also pretty soft spoken. I have been able to rock my previous assignments but in my current squadron there are a lot of strong personalities and I feel like I've been kicked to the gutter because of it. I don't even come close to making RAP every month unless I start kicking and screaming and pointing out to people that I am on the schedule to fly once every 2-3 weeks and then they go, "Oh, no way, how did that happen?" They spend about a week trying to fly me a little and then back to the one flight every 2-3 weeks. I've gotten to the point that I have a dark cloud over my head and completely hate my job because I feel like I have to beg just to do what I have been trained to do. My ground job is also so small that I could get away with doing maybe 1-2 hours of it a week and would be probably spending more time on it than is needed even with that. (FWIW, I am new to this squadron and understand that being a new guy means that I have to work my way up a little but this seems really ridiculous.)

Also, I look all around me and everyone is unhappy and just can't wait to get out. It seems like every few weeks to a month someone new drops the bomb and lets everyone know that they are getting out. People aren't happy and I am one of them. Here are a couple of questions:

-For those who have been in my situation would you say that I really have been kicked to the curb? (It sure looks that way to me.)

-I am thinking about getting out and trying for the airlines but am really confused by the whole airline thing. My friends who fly for the airlines are telling me to stay in the AF and suck it up because they think it is better than going to the airlines. I am not sure that I agree. I am tired of competing for peanuts in the AF. Would do you say?

-I know this is a huge question but is it really going to be that good of a time to go to the airlines? I see lots of evidence that there is going to be a big hiring boom, but then just as much that the hiring boom is b.s. What say ye?

Anyway, please feel free to throw spears too because I am looking for genuine and honest advice!