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15 years ago
Do you think the system is flawed?
Are 5s given out faster than condoms by public health at AETC bases?
Has the 5 become the standard rather than the exception thus leading to rampant promotion rates?
My opinion is that it is in fact flawed. Even as someone with 3 consecutive 5Bs, I think it needs to be retooled and rethought. Perhaps set a higher standard since so many seem to be meeting the current "excellent" rating, obviously we need to raise the bar. a 48% staff percentage? That's nuts...and looking at the scores of those that have and haven't made it, the deciding factor in most cases seems to be the EPR scores.
What do you think?
Are 5s given out faster than condoms by public health at AETC bases?
Has the 5 become the standard rather than the exception thus leading to rampant promotion rates?
My opinion is that it is in fact flawed. Even as someone with 3 consecutive 5Bs, I think it needs to be retooled and rethought. Perhaps set a higher standard since so many seem to be meeting the current "excellent" rating, obviously we need to raise the bar. a 48% staff percentage? That's nuts...and looking at the scores of those that have and haven't made it, the deciding factor in most cases seems to be the EPR scores.
What do you think?
Same thing happened pretty quick with the EPR system too. Then they started with the "its not a quota, its a guidline" quota system to try and stop rating inflation.
The real problem stems from the fact that it is all subjective. How can you rate someone based on the overall average for the AFSC, when you don't have an average to compare to? All anyone ever has is their personal experience, their expectations, and the local shop/organization average to guide them. Not a good way to handle it when everyone in the AF is competing for the same slots...
On example is the problem of the "hand picked" organizations where everyone is there because they are supposedly better than average to start with. How do you rate them? Say five top people in a special assignment, one gets a 5, one a 4, and three get 3's?!? How can you call that fair, when other organizations have 40 people? So because of the "guidelines" a bunch of the "wouldn't have made the cut" airmen get 5's just because of sheer numbers?
Wow, sorry for the rant. Seems it is still a sore spot for me, even though I never personally suffered from it... I guess I just don't like unfair systems.
MSgt (retired)