Old 05-24-2013, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by crewdawg View Post
I think he was basically saying there is no way I'm staying, figuring they would never pay him a 500k bonus.



I can't speak personally as I'm a Guard guy, I can just relay what I'm hearing from some of my AD friends and the guys rushing our squadron. They just seem to be run into the ground. Here are some of the ones we hear the most.

-6 month AEFs (not too bad, but is when coupled with the rest of the bs)
-365s (non-flying) to your choice of the garden spots we go to.
-Constant TDYs when they are home
-SOS correspondence before going in-residence (why do it twice?)
-Spending what time you have home getting a bs masters
-Yes man leadership
-12-14 hour days, 5-6 days a week, doing "busy" work
-Seeing crappy pilots that can plan the heck out of a Christmas party getting the good deals/promotion
-1 mistake AF
-Alcohol is bad, no Friday shirts, no morale patches, no heritage...
-Now you can add, sexual assault retardedness to the list

Ran into a friend from training, in the AOR recently. He had been at his home station base for ~2 years. I asked him how things were down there. His response...I don't know, I'm never there.
Spot on with the reasons for getting out. There are some who would stay for 25K/yr. No bonus at all would guarantee almost no pilots stay (except for the few who are staying no matter how bad it gets). Only 4 more months to get the FY13 bonus released (in FY 13). No rumors about a release date or $ amount?
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