Recent content by thomasm77

Tunetog. Thanks. I'm all over listening to these gents. They've been nothing but gracious and helpful over the last couple months. I can't thank them enough.

Ok, I've reviewed the updated from Eagle Eye View. Lots of info there. Hopefully this bodes well for those us looking to gain entry into the trade. Sounds like a busy year upcoming for you fellas though. Once again, a wealth of info, Eye. Thanks. I'll PM you in the new year about that phone...

I should rephrase: The Combat Engineers are currently under manned (as is everyone from the sounds of things). From my understanding, this means it could be slightly more difficult leaving the Corps, as it is a competition. Not to get into any new trade, but to get out of current one. My CO has...

Thanks Eye. Its a matter of finding out whether the engineers will let me go now. We shall see.

Well damn. Sounds like you folks are starved for people, and then there's those of us here pacing the fence line waiting for word on whether we can jump to those greener pastures. Everything is done on my end. Just waiting on a meeting with the BPSO, hopefully before I'm off to PLQ army at end...

Perfect. Makes sense to me. Although frankly it won't be a game changer what-so-ever.

The memo is simply to inform them of my intent to OT. Already done. I'm in the process of getting my medicals and  BPSO booked. That's neat about the LDA. I guess deployable time is deployable time. I like it.

Thanks TB. I'm quite excited to begin this process. I'll be initiating today. I don't think I'll be getting discouraged anytime soon. Cheers partner.

I've certainly thought about it. I'd love to fly. I've always wanted to fly. I'm just not sold on having to go to university for 4 years to acquire a degree. That would put me at 41 years old after my degree. Not sure that's take I want to take. Although I do hear Kingston is quite beautiful.

Hahaha, cry into my Spec pay. Rough. Rough I tell you. So aircrew pay and spec, plus PLD and sea duty allowance in Pat Bay/Shearwater. Well I guess that offsets the Edmonton PLD and Land Duty Allowance. I wonder if my years deployable carry over from LDA to Aircrew allowance? I just recently...

AES Op and AES Op only. No compromise. I like it. Yeah, I'm imagining they'll do the usual: -You're about to get promoted -PLQ is right around the corner(Jan 25th actually) -What courses can we offer you? Etc etc etc. I just hope I can convey that my choice to leave isn't based on the typical...

Eye, Perfect. I've got the right list pulled together then, from CANFORGEN 121/15 dated July this year. 12-Feb -16 looks to be the date for all applications. I'll get the ball rolling on my end with BPSO, Medical, and of course informing my Chain of Command of my intent to OT. I've printed out...

Eye, you are a wealth of information. Thanks partner. I'll be getting the memo written and start the OT process soonest. I look forward to busting my ass doing a career path I love rather than a job I sorta like. I've been mulling this over for quite some time. God bless my wife for giving me...

Patience is a virtue I shall be exhibiting in this venture. I'm set on AESOP, and with 18.5 years left on my TOS, and 6.5 years in the combat engineers, another year or two won't make that much of a difference. It's just more equity I'll have in my home. [emoji106] I had been exploring AVN, but...

I've already moved that way Mike.