Originally Posted by
hindsight2020
Giving a newcomer advice about sticking with non-TFI units is a bit of missing the forest for the trees. One is unlikely to be able to hold on to that condition for 20 years. The advice is get in wherever you can, then pivot. That's life advice for the world of what things are (where I live), not the world of what things should be.
Maybe, maybe not...that's why I gave the caveat all else being equal. That said, if I were looking everywhere and I had a choice between SCANG Vipers or Tulsa Vipers, I've got a pretty good idea which one is more greater chance of being colocated with an AD squadron. However, I don't disagree with your get in and pivot comment.
Originally Posted by
hindsight2020
To be frank, I would be prepared to do a lot of unit hopping in the future.
Which would totally destroy one of the last great things about the ARC...squadron camaraderie (at least in my squadron). Having flown with the same group of dudes for the last decade plus has created great morale and camaraderie which is one of the few reasons that dudes stick around in my squadron.