Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
What he said. I was in the Reserves, flying heavies (gues which one) and flew fighters before those years. I worked 23-25 days a month for 18 years. Five days a week plus two weekends for full timers like I was. But, like the fighters, no AF in the world has the military power--it doesn't come without work.
GF
Another reason I advocate ANG over the Reserves. Most Guard squadrons work 4 day work weeks. 4x10s provides an amazing QOL. Now, if your squadron has an alert commitment (fighters), it changes things a little. But as long as your leadership doesn't have an active duty mentality, you can still run a great squadron and have a good QOL.
It's still great, but times are changing...some good, some bad. Today's Guard is not the one I entered over a decade ago. The biggest complaint I'm hearing is leadership that have never been part timers (total foul in a community of part timers) or leadership that have never dealt with part timers, and apparently have chosen not to...