To those upset with the loss of USAF Tuition Assistance

ALCON,

The Air Force has currently stopped funding the Tuition Assistance program.
This program was set in place for Airmen to take college courses in their free time to work towards a degree while on Active Duty.
Tuition Assistance was program that was separate from the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post 9/11 GI Bill, both of which where typically used after a Soldier, Sailor, Airman, or Marine has separated from the service.

To those of you complaining that you are no longer able to take classes for free: Welcome to the real world.
You are huge winers.
Large sections of the Air Force have jobs that do not allow them the time for taking classes. They rarely even get lunch breaks. Who are these people? These are your Security Forces, your services that work all times and days of the week, and especially your flight-line maintainers who not only work long hours, but those hours can change violently from week to week and often without any notice.

So stop complaining that you can no longer take free classes while on Active Duty Status by using the Tuition Assistance Program.
It seems very few of you have bothered to consider scholarships or grants.
The Tuition Assistance program was a privilege. Just like free busses, and cable television at your work center, it's disposable.

I'm not complaining about the loss of something I haven't had the opportunity to use.
Be happy you had that opportunity.

But now our government is finally starting to realize that it actually doesn't have the money for everything it is buying.
I would rather give up Tuition Assistance than run our country even deeper in debt.

Stop sounding like a spoiled brat and continue to enjoy the highest standard of living of all the U.S. military branches.