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02-01-2025 | 07:52 PM

#111

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Originally Posted by ReadOnly7

while also collecting a paycheck, getting every tax break under the sun, money for higher education….
Which is fine, it’s part of the deal. But it’s not volunteer work.

Money for higher education. GI Bill if I wanted another Masters or PHD? Sure. But not free college in all cases.

Not everyone was academy or ROTC.

I finished paying off college in my mid 40s, and I was a reservist in college. GI Bill is better now, but it barely made a dent for many pre 9/11 GI Bill.

02-01-2025 | 08:02 PM

#112

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Originally Posted by ReadOnly7

while also collecting a paycheck, getting every tax break under the sun, money for higher education….
Which is fine, it’s part of the deal. But it’s not volunteer work.

You are correct. I was always told which combat zone I would be deployed to.

02-01-2025 | 09:03 PM

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You are correct. I was always told which combat zone I would be deployed to.

So you joined the military with the expectation that you would not be deployed to a combat zone?

02-02-2025 | 05:03 AM

#114

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So you joined the military with the expectation that you would not be deployed to a combat zone?

No, I wasn’t a volunteer. The whole conversation is pretty laughable from guys who never served.

02-02-2025 | 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by AF OneWire

Life isn’t all about money Bro. Before the last round of contracts getting a military retirement and doing the airline thing was revenue neutral. Now you’re losing significant amounts of money. However the flying is usually cool, and the people are great. Some people don’t mind serving their country even if it means they miss out on that infinity pool.

sorry not buying it. You are trying to get your 20 in, and also a furlough protection. I get it, I would do it too. But no you shouldn’t get profit sharing too.

02-02-2025 | 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by worstpilotever

So you joined the military with the expectation that you would not be deployed to a combat zone?

I did… lol.

But the branch and I enlisted in and the line of work within that branch wouldn’t and didn’t take me to a combat zone….

02-02-2025 | 10:30 AM

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No, I wasn’t a volunteer. The whole conversation is pretty laughable from guys who never served.

I did and so far most of the dissent when it comes to mil leave and ps has been from others who served so don’t go thinking this is a mil vs non mil argument

02-02-2025 | 12:05 PM

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I did and so far most of the dissent when it comes to mil leave and ps has been from others who served so don’t go thinking this is a mil vs non mil argument

I’m not talking about PS—I realize that was part of another conversation. I really don’t care about that aspect. If it’s the law or a company willfully does it, so be it. If not, so be it. I was already retired when I came to United after getting my 24 years of a free lunch supporting worstpilotever ’s ability to burn the flag, so I don’t really have a dog in that fight.

02-02-2025 | 12:20 PM

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No, I wasn’t a volunteer. The whole conversation is pretty laughable from guys who never served.

You were drafted? how old are you dude?

02-02-2025 | 12:48 PM

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You were drafted? how old are you dude?

I apologize on behalf of the super cringey vets in this thread. It's pretty obnoxious, to be honest.

People on full-time mil leave/orders do not deserve PS, full stop. You didn't earn it, and you didn't contribute to the profit the company earned.

People who did a career in the military did so willingly, and did it for the benefits, the medical and the retirement. It's an honorable thing to serve, but most of these guys want you to believe they charged hamburger hill and lost both their legs or something. That is patently not the case and they clearly benefitted from their service, which most continued until retirement of their own volition. It's obnoxious chest-thumping from guys who will pull six figures for the rest of their life in retirement, medical and disability benefits.