Originally Posted by
Penta
Carl: The problem is hardly that the AF wants superiority.
The problem is that that superiority is a subjective thing, apparently only measurable by the Air Force.
That'd be like the student deciding what the passing grade is on a test.
It's gotten, IMHO, a bit strange that Congress hasn't demanded, say, that the AF quit gold-plating billeting arrangements and other "perks".
Every service's RDA structure is screwed up - however, only the AF has such apparent excesses in the rest of their funding.
That said, it's not good to gripe only. A possible way forward:
1. Joint Accommodation Standards. No more hotels for AF, tents for Marines. Just a bad idea. If the deployed AF servicemember can't live in the same conditions as Marine or Army (Navy, being on ships largely, doesn't count much!) personnel, then perhaps there's problems with the AF.
2. Pays eligibility should be set at the DOD level, not each service. One standard for gain/loss of BAS, one standard for gain/loss of BAH, etc.
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