Originally Posted by FLY6584

So I am currently signed up for a 737-type/ATP course and I am partnered up with a friend of mine who is also in the AF and his commander approved him 10 days of Permissive TDY to go to it. His commander based it off of 36-3003, table 7, rule 15, but he is no longer in a flying squadron and I am afraid that if I ask my Commander to approve this he will be afraid to approve it because he will then have to approve every other pilot in my squadron that wants to do this. Has anyone ever used this reg to get a PTDY approved to go get your ATP?

Here is the rule:

to travel to a
governmental agency
to take an examination
for certification and
licensing in the
registry of medical,
dental, medical
service personnel, or
engineers, architects,
financial, and
Airframe &
Powerplant, or where
other profess
ional
certification and/or
licenses exists.

Note:
The certification and/or licensing
must have a direct relationship to the
member‟s primary military duties and
clearly enhance his or her value to the Air
Force.