If you're referencing something I wrote, let me just clarify that is not what I meant. Somewhere several pages back in response to someone writing in essence that FAIPs all suck, I pointed out that in my time in UPT the absolute worst IPs were MWS guys. I did NOT mean that all or even a significant portion of MWS guys were bad instructors, merely that if you looked at the worst instructors in the squadron, they were all guys their MWS's had never upgraded but instead flushed to white jets.

In other words, I'm not disagreeing with you, I just wanted to claify what I wrote earlier, which quite possibly has nothing to do with what you just wrote.

If you've been an Altus IP, my hat's off to you. I'm in awe of each and every guy who taught me AR there. If you're referencing being an IP in the jet at a standard base, sorry I just disagree with you there. There is an enormous difference (in my book) between what you do at McChord and what they do at Altus. Riddler I'm sure can throw in his own opinions on that (and I'd like to hear them) but I've never considered anything I've done as an IP in this jet to be anywhere near what guys at Altus do. Nor do I feel like I've been trained to, but that's a different subject. And I also never compare it to flying primary at UPT.

On the 10 year plan, I absolutely agree with you. It's good to have a plan but that one was a bit detailed. I'm pretty sure in 4 years or so we'll be seeing guys go from being FAIPs straight to UAVs.

The biggest point I agree with is your "don't be a d$%k" closing remark. Doesn't matter your background, if you don't follow that one you're going to have problems.

I walked out of ACIQ wondering which way was up. I could tell anyone anything they wanted to know about flying a Tweet in South Central Texas, and some great cross country advice to both coasts, but I knew **** all about flying cargo international. But I learned.