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Malcom Nance, in that video, is the perfect summary of the modern American left. Zero fact based arguments, a complete lack of knowledge on the ideas he is defending, retorts are all based on emotion or are irrelevant to the topic at hand, and his smug elitism is palpable. The fact that he was wildly cheered every time he spoke was very sad. I’ve always liked Bill Maher despite often disagreeing with him. He is someone who has zero tolerance for bullshit and is not afraid to call it out. I wish there were more like him. I think a conversation between him and Shapiro would be a great listen. Nance is an absolute joke.

I guess I wasn’t too far off at 75-100 days. Much more chill on the line. We have some great times and of course challenging moments. Welcome Aboard Herkbum, I hope it treats you right while your here and takes you wherever you desire as a career destination. Thanks SocialD, we hope for better. It’s been a long drag out so we need to get this one done so we can plug all the holes for the next one and so on. Works very well for myself, but could be better and on par with industry standards which I use loosely. Cheers to all and just have fun.

You can say whatever you want. But don't get upset when you use ridiculous, over dramatic labels for things and then other people take those labels to their logical conclusions. While we're at it, why not call it an American bioweapon? We helped fund the research after all..

Agree that you guys deserve better. I did a stint there prior to my current gig & enjoyed the hell out of it. Really eclectic & interesting mix of folks (might be a turn off for some, but I enjoyed the “personalities”), exciting flying, and some memorable layovers. But LONG overdue for a contract. Hopefully the company realizes that if it doesn’t want to be a type rating mill it needs to make some BIG improvements to QOL for pilots.

I've gotten quite salty, but there still isn't a single time where I'm raging low level, doing HAAR, or gunnery where I'm thinking "I shouldn't have done this." Even less so with a one month old infant on the hoist during a tropical storm. Or swooping in to grab a ground pounder who is having a really, really bad day. Yeah, there's a lot of other things which frustrate me to no end...but the flying and the relationships I've built with my fellow aircrew are ultimately worth it. For another six years anyway....

Well, over 90% of the UAL pilot group is already vaccinated after being offered a few hours of extra pay to get it. I suspect that population is much like the one here in that it has more than it’s fair share of vaccine skeptics. Apparently, a good chunk of the skeptics were willing to put their very strong feelings and concerns aside for a few extra bucks. I’m sure there will be some holdouts in the remaining 10% who refuse. I’m sure Transair or NAC would happily hire them after UAL lets them go. Also, I hear we are critically short of truck drivers. So, yeah, they have a choice.

Well if your choice is starving or getting the vaccine you aren't really free to make a choice are you?

Sorry, too bored/not bothered to read through all these posts. I found all the rational thought I needed when Mike Rowe commented...

Private company, they get to make the rules...or does that only apply to drug testing? One thing this pandemic has been good for is watching left and right swap talking points.

I enjoyed Mike Rowe's comments, especially the part about "all in the same boat." For so many Americans, this has been a horrific, frightening, devastating time. For millions of others, this pandemic has been the greatest thing they can imagine.

Find out who the contract masters are. They'll be well-known through whatever online forum your pilots use. Read everything they post. Can them with questions. Learn every hustle out there, including the mechanics of how the contract enables the hustle. You want to know every loophole and strategy in depth, *then* decide what type of pilot career you want. I was lucky, my newhire mentor was a union contract compliance volunteer, so I was given a huge head start, but the information is out there. The three primary ways to exploit this knowledge: - Maximize pay (Raw earnings) - Maximize Time Off - Maximize efficiency (pay earned per actual hours flown) I prefer option three. The more flexible you are, the greater you can maximize the option you choose. This summer has been insane for 737 FOs. As a year-four FO I made 31k in May, 23k in June, and 20k in July. Add 16% for the 401k. In those three months I flew a total of about 70 hours, deadheaded for another 30, and went to annual training. That's somewhere around 5 hours of pay for every hour flown. If I chose option 1, I probably could have done ~30k in June and July. Option two is tough when the airline is undermanned. Live near a domicile, don't take the early upgrade, and know your contract. Each of those rules will immeasurably improve your Quality of Life.

This would all be solved if the vaccinated would wear their masks and quit spreading the virus to the unvaccinated.

One thing I love about my current spot in this gig (which I scoffed when I was flying international) is the ability to bid consistent (early) wakeup times and go to the same destinations. Last month, every layover was TVC, which is a great place if you've never been. Besides the huge health benefit of having a consistent sleep schedule, and only flying 1 time zone away, it just feel so much better after my trips. Early up/early to the hotel means you miss all the mid-afternoon summer storms and get to the bar at a reasonable time and I miss out on reroutes lol. I've done well over a decade of exciting flying that will never be topped, so I don't particularly care if my work flying is exciting. I just want to make as much as possible in as few days as possible, so I can enjoy lots of time off. But that's what is great about this gig, there is a little bit of something for everyone. Pick your poison or go somewhere you can choose between the two. I can't deny that living wherever you want is downright awesome. I know when we had 12 days trips at DAL, commuters absolutely loved them. They did say about half way through the trip they had no idea what day it was or what zone they were in...just when to be ready for sign-in, but they enjoyed the long bouts of time off in a row. Bid a 12-day early in June, another one in late in Aug, call in sick in July and you had damn near the entire summer off. Doesn't sound half bad actually. I hope you Atlas folks get that contract soon, you deserve it!

Let’s see if actual reported numbers support your claim. ROK has 51M people. According to this, there have been 200k cases and 2100 have died. Japan has 126M people and according to this, there have been 972k cases and 15,246 have died. The good ol USofA has 328M people, 35.2 Million cases and 615k have died. Now, do they wear masks? Yes. Do the masks slow the spread? Possibly. The data seems to support it. Have they been exposed to other coronaviruses that may have helped their immune system...kind of like how smallpox just lived amongst the Europeans but annihilated the indigenous North American people? Also a possibility. Do they count COVID deaths differently? Again, also a possibility. We’ve all heard the anecdotes of the guy in the US who fell off a ladder and died of COVID because they tested positive. Maybe the ROK has a different criteria. That number does seem low but even if you triple their death rate it pales in comparison to ours. Does the RoK government make non-SOFA personnel install a tracking app on their phone to make sure you quarantine on arrival? Yes...yes they do. I’m not saying masks are the end all be all answer. I can’t stand wearing mine and we all just went back to it in my little corner of the ANG. But, if you look at these easily accessible data points it helps. People should look at numbers more and headlines less. It may take the emotion out of it. That and maybe one of these...

Why do people on the left/Democrat party think they have the market cornered on accusing people of being conspiracy theorists??? That’s ALL that went on leading up to Trump’s election, during his Presidency and even now. Russia, Russia, Russia!!!!!!!

I was pushing 29 when I started.. don't suck and you will be fine.

The more I approach this forum as a real time sociology exhibit, the more I feel at peace. I don’t know how you guys function believing everything is a conspiracy, from vaccines to immigrants to cabals. But I’ll join - Down with the Illuminati! Down with Gates! Down with Antifa who are personally driving drug cartels into America!

I started at almost 28. I was in pretty good shape and that helped. UPT will wear you down physically due to the long hours. It's harder to recover as you get older, so show up as fit as you can manage and then do your best to maintain.

To pile onto StoleIt's post (for those looking at the Guard), I beat every one of my college buddies (by a year+) to a seniority, number because I was in the Guard. Hired with 4-5 years left on my UPT commitment...was in the class behind my UPT OSS/CC. As much as I bitch about all the shitty stuff I deal with now, I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I've gotten to do some incredible things that I never dreamt I'd ever get to do. It's just now that I have done it all, the BS just isn't worth it to me anymore...you'll get there some day too. There are just way too many things I want to do on the outside, and the military just gets in the way anymore.

Shack. At the end of the day this thread is nothing but a bunch of strangers throwing web links at each other and calling each other idiots. I don't take medical advice from strangers I meet on the sidewalk. Nothing here is going to change my mind. On the other hand I have been entertained by all the deranged socialists foaming at the mouth at every post that doesn't fall in line with the Ministry of Truth.

My buddies in college who went the civilian path to the airlines all beat me to a seniority number (some by a significant amount and some by weeks)...but my quality of living was definitely higher during the in-between time. Hard to say, but even the dozen deployments to the Deid is better than the first 6-9 of years of regional pay (and arguably better than regional crash pads). Overall, no regerts.

I think things are great! Come on in the water is fine.

Uhhhhhggggg. Reading the last few pages of this thread is a bunch of tiresome strawmen and red herring. A bunch of people trying to convince others' that they have the correct version of "because X". News flash: the ground truth, fundamental point is that you have rights in this country. One of those is the right to bodily autonomy. Notwithstanding military exceptions, if you don't want to take the vaccine for a valid or invalid reason or no reason at all (spite), that is your RIGHT. You don't need a because. No one gets to fucking tell you different around these United States. It's that simple.

Almost all of it, at least the amount you’re acting as sole manipulator of controls. Expanded reasoning… FAR 61.51 states you can log PIC when acting as sole manipulator of controls, for any airplane in which you’re rated. Rated = category, class , type (if applicable). You can log PIC while receiving instruction, provided you meet the conditions in the first sentence. T-6 = Aircraft single engine land, no type required.

After lap one in Hungary: Me in my best James May voice: “BOTTAS!!!!!!! You TWIT!!!”

Thanks for the mind read, I guess? When I say principle, I am referring to a fundamental truth. Did you think I was talking about the guy your mom banged to keep you in regular school?

Video has been posted on the tube.