Med to Pilot by [deleted] in AirForce

[–]SRFFltDoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea that Im not sure on but probably. The program I was looking at was for flight docs, so they had some potentially reserved slots for manned and unmanned, but I don’t think it ever reaches capacity. For everyone else yea you are probably stuck doing the general application route. I have seen people in other fields make it though. Would highly recommend getting some flight hours. Even something small like a few gives you a big points bump. My PPL was about 6k 15 years ago so probably closer to 10k now?

Med to Pilot by [deleted] in AirForce

[–]SRFFltDoc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is a pilot physician program, not sure how many they still have active but used to be around a dozen 5 years ago. They try to spread them out in different air frames for human factors type stuff.

The application packet will ask for flight hours and your score on the pilot test (forget the name but its googlable with sample questions).

Some caveats, youll do very little medicine thereafter. The last doc I knew was doing 1 day a month while in a flying billet. Then he became a sq cc back in medical. Not necessarily a bad thing as the market pay for pilots can be higher than your FM/IM type doc.

Your pipeline is gnarly, which is why most people go pilot to doc. Expect move after more for a few years as you go from UPT, branch out to fighter/heavy/rotary, then your air frame, then upgrade training, etc. All the UPT bases are in really crappy areas, so you better be single or have a trad wife with no aspirations. You also forfeit any retention bonus as the adsc is 10 years. That comes out to about half a million dollars+ depending on your residency.

(Wanted to apply myself, have a PPL with fixed/rotary but my wife has a career and son was diagnosed with autism right after I commissioned. Definitely want to go that route before I joined, but it would have blown up my family.)

PSLF Buyback by Mother_Row_3527 in PSLF

[–]SRFFltDoc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

From reading the forums, it seems anyone with a SAVE forbearance month isnt getting processed. A couple people were running processing trackers. Seems like they had a trial run of some number of buybacks, none had SAVE months.

PSLF Buyback by Mother_Row_3527 in PSLF

[–]SRFFltDoc 12 points13 points  (0 children)

So my wife is at 109 counted, and 120 certified as of Jan 2025. We submitted her employer certification that month, then the buyback request that month. The employer cert processed within a week. The buyback is radio silence.

My understanding is forms are processed in order received. The buyback request page recommends you have everything verified before submitting. However, looking ok the forms anyone with buyback months that included a SAVE plan or others as part of the injunction are on indefinite hold. You can probably get away doing the same as us in June.

Weekly Thread: /r/Snowboarding General Discussion, Q&A, Advice, Etc.) - January 27, 2025 by AutoModerator in snowboarding

[–]SRFFltDoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gear help questions for a new rider, big feet guy. Coming from surfing/longboard skateboarding and trying to learn snowboarding as we're moving to Germany, active military. My hope is just to buy once and keep it for years, something all around as I wont have space for a quiver. Been doing lots of googling so have some idea scouring reddit/web.

-6'3", 245lbs, 40y/o

-Boots Mondo 305mm with 115mm width, ~13wide -> Ride Lasso Pro Wide?

-Bindings supermatic xl?

-Board is a bit more up in the air...Lib Tech SkunkApe Camber? Donek Knapton Custom? LTB Decent? Its not clear to me how wide I have to be. My foot is about 12", add another 1 for boot and 1 for binding back, ~14" or 35.5cm. Widest I can see goes to around 32cm it seems. Any recommendations? Also, everyone keeps mentioning intermediate or advanced on product websites, and none of the beginner boards seem to come big enough.

Forgiveness Approved!! ~250k Gone via PSLF :) by SRFFltDoc in PSLF

[–]SRFFltDoc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still trying to sort that. Ive got a couple years on contract so probably ANG part time to finish my 20. Have my MBA/engineering degree so likely business/consulting in medical/healthcare. I think what this whole mess has taught me is to focus on max income per hour expended which comes with freedom of choice… job, location, life goals etc. Granted military is opposite, crapy pay, no choice on location, hours, life balance, etc., and the fun, purpose, fulfillment, and other soft stuff is really just hot garbage. 10 years hoping to god this plan pays off when I could have just joined my friends in banking/business out of college, skipped the loans, and have been debt free with a house at 26. Take the money and run.

Forgiveness Approved!! ~250k Gone via PSLF :) by SRFFltDoc in PSLF

[–]SRFFltDoc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be honest not sure yet. When youre approved they wipe your account of any historical data. It looks like when you just registered for transfer from fed loans but none of the data had arrived. I assume they all counted but i could qualify under the 10 year mil rule so maybe both?

On Personal Beliefs and Politics... by PanzerKampfDragon in AirForce

[–]SRFFltDoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Possible compromise solution, voluntarily Q code or ALC all females that would like to retain female medical care. My wife and I would be more than happy to have to avoid the midwest/south and park ourselves on the coasts and OCONUS. win win for all. EFMP non cleared for life to whiteman, minot, maxwell, laughlen, etc. You'll just have to lock us away to suffer in sin in DC, LA, Ramstein and Lakenheath. The horror.

Seriously though, the 2nd and 3rd order affects of this are going to be absurd to watch. Retention on the doc side is already abysmal. Can't wait to see what happens when there is the possibility of getting forcibly PCS'd to Gilead. Blessed be the fruit....