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Old 07-09-2019, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
I have fond memories of JRTC...

Actually I have fond memories of NOLA. I think the JRTC memories are repressed
Actually my JRTCs weren’t too bad. We did them out of Hurlbert. Picked up our “customers” somewhere, then flew them into the box.
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Old 07-09-2019, 08:48 PM
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They will look back on their army time and miss it. Airline flying aint all that btw. Boring.

The big wave of retirements is just kicking in, great time to make the move, will never be better.
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Old 07-09-2019, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by AAfng View Post
They will look back on their army time and miss it. Airline flying aint all that btw. Boring.

The big wave of retirements is just kicking in, great time to make the move, will never be better.
Meh. I think not. Were you Air Force or Army?
Airline flying is what you make it. Am I doing a FAST rope to a moving ship? No. But the suck side isn’t there. On a four day “overnight” in Weikiki. Last month it was Istanbul, Cairo, Leipzig, Djibouti (fortunately no overnight), Reiga, Istanbul, Chicago, Anchorage, Inchon, Hong Kong, back to Leipzig, Cincinnati. A few DHs in business class. Hung out and drank in a few nice lounges. Not really boring.
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Old 07-10-2019, 02:36 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
I have fond memories of JRTC...

Actually I have fond memories of NOLA. I think the JRTC memories are repressed
Yes, but did you earn a JRTC feather in cap by sneaking over to Leesville and completing the Leesville Wagon Master challenge?
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Old 07-10-2019, 02:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackhawk View Post
Meh. I think not. Were you Air Force or Army?
Airline flying is what you make it. Am I doing a FAST rope to a moving ship? No. But the suck side isn’t there. On a four day “overnight” in Weikiki. Last month it was Istanbul, Cairo, Leipzig, Djibouti (fortunately no overnight), Reiga, Istanbul, Chicago, Anchorage, Inchon, Hong Kong, back to Leipzig, Cincinnati. A few DHs in business class. Hung out and drank in a few nice lounges. Not really boring.
Ha! Airline flying not really boring? Puleez.
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Old 07-10-2019, 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by AAfng View Post
They will look back on their army time and miss it. Airline flying aint all that btw. Boring.
On the contrary, "boring" is precisely what makes it "all that". Well, that and the pay plus all the time off.

Plenty of time and money to do whatever it is in life that *does* excite you, rather than whatever forced and unexpected excitement resulted from flying for Uncle Sam.
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Old 07-10-2019, 10:09 AM
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On the contrary, "boring" is precisely what makes it "all that". Well, that and the pay plus all the time off.

Plenty of time and money to do whatever it is in life that *does* excite you, rather than whatever forced and unexpected excitement resulted from flying for Uncle Sam.
Wait, you don’t miss the excitement of “new duty station roulette” every two years? The joy of telling your kids that they need to move again? The excitement of your spouse trying to find a job when they move all the time? The excitement of being deployed for a year +? Going to a porta potty in 120 degrees and being terrified of dropping my 9mm into it? Or of dreading off duty phone calls?
Yeah there were some good times. But miss it? Nope.
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Old 07-10-2019, 11:46 AM
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At my age I was looking for boring (and relative low risk) when I retired last summer. I could be making better money in the sandbox, or living at home (in base) with HEMS...

I'm perfectly happy without a set of NVGs on my head or somebody trying to kill me.

I'll settle for a divert or autoland every once in a while. I like air conditioning and a $hitter that follows me around wherever I go.

It's only boring if you make it that way.
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Old 07-10-2019, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Gundriver64 View Post
Ha! Airline flying not really boring? Puleez.
I suppose, if you live to work, you may be right. I do have fond memories of my time in the Army; I had, arguably, the most interesting enlisted job and WO flying job in the Army.

My current job may be considered boring, but it is only 75-80 hours of my month. The rest of my month is now so much better/more exciting than life in the US Army. If your isn’t I suggest doing something different.
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Old 07-10-2019, 03:39 PM
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I suppose, if you live to work, you may be right. I do have fond memories of my time in the Army; I had, arguably, the most interesting enlisted job and WO flying job in the Army.

My current job may be considered boring, but it is only 75-80 hours of my month. The rest of my month is now so much better/more exciting than life in the US Army. If your isn’t I suggest doing something different.
Thread drift: somebody mentioned above that airline FLYING is boring. It is.

Comparing life styles military versus airline is a separate topic.
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