OBTW, BUFDRVR,
I have been reading in this newsgroup for a few months now, and have
just recently decided to get squirrley about posting in here. Is there
some kinda rules or FAQ's that I should read that you could point me
in the right direction to? Thanks

On 11 Nov 2003 13:47:25 GMT, (BUFDRVR) wrote:

In my experience with the Air Force flying 'O's, you guys never set
foot on the hangar deck and have no clue who works on your jets.

Must be pre-1993 experience.

You don't even work in the same place

Then who the hell were all those guys downstairs wearing the BDU's? Some of
them were the same crew chiefs that I "just signed the jet from". They came to
all our squadron meetings and functions too. Who the hell were they?

do you even know who works on your gear?

Well, since I spent one year as the Life Support Officer, I was very familar,
and since they were (are) in the same squadron with me, I'd have to be a real
idiot to not know who they were even if I wasn't LSO.

The only
contact you have with the enlisted people that work on your jets is
the crewchief.

And the line speacialists and the bomb loaders and every maintenance personell
outside of the back shop guys who were in a differant squadron. Now....as of 1
OCT 2002, they moved the maintenance function(except Life Support) back to its
own squadron and out of the Ops squadron, but the people still work in the same
offices, its just that they don't come to all the squadron meetings. Nearly
everyone recognizes this as a mistake.

In the Navy

snip

sarcasm onYeah, the Navy has some great officer-NCO or officer-enlisted
relationships sarcasm off

I spent a little over one month on the Theodore Roosevelt and was astonished at
the adversarial relationships between officers and non-officers. You guys may
work and live togather closer than the Air Force, but you certainly don't
respect and get along better.

you know where the hangar is don't you?

Since thats where my squadron was located, yes I do.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"