Old 07-10-2019 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
WTF??? I thought the AF was done rail-roading passed over majors!?! Every other service pretty much gives automatic continuation so it's your OPTION to stay for 20...

Silver lining is a potential great airline job + reserve retirement. You might even be able to finish the regular retirement in guard/reserve... although you might not even bother once you get accustomed to airline life.
Sorry the active AF is ending your service on such a low note. It sounds like you have a pretty good idea of your way forward, so I will just throw out this word of encouragement from someone else who left as O4. When I returned from my last deployment I had less than a year left until I retired and no ATP. In 4 months I was able to knock out my ATP and a new type (737, and no Southwest wasn’t my primary goal), attend a job fair for my top pick (UPS), pass the Hogan, and get an interview. A month after that I had a class date that was the earliest I could take for terminal. You can definitely make some lemonade out of the AF’s lemons and potentially still get an active duty pension in the Guard or Reserve. Good luck and stay focused on your goal.
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