Comments on: Air Force Academy Unfriendly to Non-Christians

By: oceanguy

oceanguy — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:54:58 +0000

Not that the Navigators is an extremist group... When Even in the 70's wehn I was at Annapolisthe Navigators were an "enthusiastic" bunch.

By: oceanguy

oceanguy — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:53:14 +0000

I would also think the the Navigators' International Offices being in Colorado Springs would contribute to a bit of extremism showing it's ugly face.

By: JackLewis.net

JackLewis.net — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:34:22 +0000

Exactly who is being discriminated against?
Outside the Beltway has a somewhat confusing post about an AP story that is even more confusing. First I'll dissect...

By: legion

legion — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:14:20 +0000

squorch-
You're correct, but those 10% have an enormous lock on command and senior staff assignments. Fortunately, the AF has gotten away from the practice in the past decade or so, but up until the early 90s, it was not uncommon for a pilot who needed "command experience" on his record to get promoted to be placed in charge of any available unit (communications, CE, services, etc.), regardless of his experience in that unit's mission, and ahead of qualified officers in that career field.

These days there's a lot more opportunity for non-flying officers to advance past O-5, but a lot of the central leadership corps (and much of the AFA staff) are still in the pilot fraternity.

By: Hal

Hal — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:06:21 +0000

Isn't this more of the "few bad apples" theory we'ves seen applied in so many other circumstances?

It used to be that I thought the millitary buckled down and solved problems by staring them in the face and dealing with it.

Now I see that the new trend is to shift blame, point fingers and avoid responsibility by blaming the system.

Lovely.

By: Squorch

Squorch — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:57:42 +0000

Not that that matters, since less than 10% of AF officers fly.

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:25:04 +0000

You'll find that Air Force pilots have about the same career tracks as Army aviation (non-warrant) officers. They will fly the first 8-10 years of their careers, and then slowly progress to the leadership/management track. Basically their flying careers peak out about the time they make O-4.

By: Our Life

Our Life — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:15:34 +0000

Round the Reader - Wednesday, 20 Apr 2005 Guten Morgen, time for another Round the Reader. The big story of the week is the new Pope. If you've been under a rock for the past 24 hours there is a new Pope, Benedict XVI. He's "conservative" (as if...