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RE-apply?? Sounds like SWA sub-contracted their HR/ People Dept to AFPC.

I booked a flight in DTS from HDN to BNA (with a brief MSP layover) for $377 on Delta. Hot damn that’s a low price for a hell of a long flight! Air travel today is a modern miracle and people just love to bitch about things that even turn-of-the-century billionaires would kill to enjoy.

True. We definitely had more hulls. I'd be curious to see the relative cost of those hulls vs gdp and adjusted for inflation. Granted crashing an F-4 in 1965 was in real dollars cheaper than crashing an F-22 today, but by how much? A straight inflation calculator says a 2.4M F-4 in 1965 would be equivalent to 23M today, but there's a lot more in a proper calculation of value then that. What's more, I would argue that our pilots are lower density and much more high value add today than they were in 1965. For example when I moved to the C-130J, it was clear you couldn't have a timid CP who got beat up by the FE for a year before getting value out of him. We had to train CPs to think like ACs and mission commanders from day one. I've heard the same about wingmen in the F-22 and F-35. High value add from day one, and that learning curve will only get steeper with net-centric warfare being what it is. Either way, I stand by the argument that we've shrunk from risk inappropriately and that it is actively hurting our nation defense. My gut tells me it's the result of spineless leadership, but that's entirely opinion.

Don’t be a hot 2Lt and try to be Miss America? Copy—I’ve lived by this code my entire life and will continue to do so.

Ya, not my first rodeo, just making a point that modern air travel at current prices (even Delta.com vs DTS prices) is awesome and people are wrong imagining there was a long-lost golden age of flying that was accessible to the same number of people as today. Better for pilots, way hotter FAs, great for the wealthy, yea sure. But today everyday people can fly to Europe or Asia for a week or two’s wages and that simply was not possible in that former era.

Human and Irish Catholic. A few more years of this dumb shit and I might head back to the Emrald Isle. Ships of Irish-Americans going back home. Lol. What's next for us, Oliver Cromwell the 2nd? This time he's a she, and she's black. They are labeling us as enemies of their woke state. I didn't fight for the country they believe in. I fought for the USA established in 1776. Not some lesbian midget transexual fantasy world.

I would say calculation as percentage of GDP isn't as important as percentage of fleet power projection. Losing one jet out of thousands isn't as critical as losing one jet out of hundreds.

Why must you be the screen door on my submarine?

Not a poke in the eye, this statement just got me thinking. When did we start looking at flying in the weather and pushing it hard in training as a bad thing? It's the military. We're supposed to be able to deliver anytime, anywhere, in any conditions. In my last 5 years before retiring last year, I saw anything that even approached that attitude as being reviled. In a different world (think Cold War...which we're in again...) this crew MIGHT (depending on what actually happened) have been commended for bringing the jet all the way back and mostly in tact despite what appears to have been an airborne fire. Instead, the default now is 'who's to blame' and 'why did we take so much risk'. The military culture used to embrace risk takers. Go look up documentaries of how the British SAS/SOE used to train their operatives. Death was normal and expected. Hell dudes in the USAF in the 50's used to routinely crash jets. Not abhorant, just expected and normal risk. Save your life, save the jet if you can. Get yelled at. Go do it again tomorrow. Do difficult and dangerous things specifically because doing those things makes you better. Now...not so much. Observation, not critique.

Anyone who supports shit like this or worse, actually believes in it, are the dumbest motherfuckers to waste oxygen in our earth's history thus far. Its well beyond "everyone's entitled to their opinion," and squarely lies in the realm of "you lack the mental processing power of even a below average adult mind."

Yup, they can only have those cheap fares so long. After they've created a name and burned through an asston of cash, it's time to make some money. Then the fees show up and people lose their mind. Turns out it costs money to move people by air, but people think air travel is a born right, so they lose their minds when they have to pay more. Not long ago a buddy wad like why is it so damn expensive to fly these days? I looked and I could go round trip from DTW to LAX for $500 or CUN for $600. I'm like seems cheap for what you're getting... which is your ass parked in a chair in the sky, moving at 500 mph to a place that wasn't even reachable for 99% of Americans just a few decades ago lol. It's probably still cheaper than it's ever been to fly.

I swear I saw an airline pilot thread around here somewhere...

I think we should be able to discuss ORM without jumping straight to this is the military so we should be all gas and no brakes. I’m glad we aren’t crashing airplanes like we did in the 50’s, getting yelled at and doing it again the next day…

Your commander will probably call you. I was tdy and literally working when my commander called me and gave me the good news (2 years ago, not now so don't freak out).

The hits just keep on coming for FSU. Seminole Nation hasn’t been screwed this bad since the Trail of Tears.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/01/11/nadler_we_need_immigrants_birth_rate_is_way_below_replacement_value.html Just another racist old white dude who thinks “illegal immigrants” are only good for picking vegetables and making babies to support Social Security and Medicare. Oh wait, a Democrat said this? Never-mind, nothing to see here, move along.

If you pay United a few extra carbon footprint dollars, they’ll put it straight into Scott Kirby’s pocketbook and fly you just the same.

Can you do something? Yes, don’t do AWC in any variant. Fly the line, pass knowledge down to the younglings and still retire as an O-5. My career path is not for the faint hearted, but it’s possible!

Why, it's like they are trying to lay the groundwork for a mass genocide of their political enemies...

FSU can't even cheat well :)

Everyone perished, but at least they were diverse - woke news would say smugly.

One of my favorite statements to give the younger troops is "no one remembers the mishap/accident/attack/ambush etc. that never occurs" It's what we strive for daily if we're doing our job correctly even though you'll rarely if ever get credit.

Ladies and Gents, We’ve survived another week! Which is absolute guarantee we are one week closer to knowing. If you get a long holiday weekend, enjoy it! If you’re working, TYFYS. Live-Laugh-Love, QUAG

Sounds like a similar stress level to being home with my 4 kids.

I check off all of those... so do I get to join some sort of "super-privilege" club that will get me VIP seating at games and do cool things like that? "Owning class"? How is the American population so dumb that they cannot see that these people are not mentally living in 21st century America but mentally living in the reconstruction era and think they're dealing with ex-slave owners? If the people spouting this stuff actually believe it, they should be in a mental institution. The only "privilege" I have was growing up in the care of a loving, two parent house that gave me the work ethic to succeed. The same exact type of house that these people are actively trying to destroy. And if being a Christian is a "privilege" here on earth, then convert to Christianity. I think they will soon find that being a real Christian is not a privilege in this life.

Wasn’t this the no-kidding goal of the DoD?

Nothing wrong with your decision. Back in the day I commuted 1200 miles for 25 years but no way would I commute now. And after 4 ocean crossing in 6 days I was wiped out. I was single at the time, can only imagine the pressure on getting back home if you are married. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the job but it was a means to an end. Made enough by 59 and exited. You can always build or buy an airplane. I did and have never enjoyed flying as much as I have now.

Imagine being this guy

It's a crazy soul sucking experience from check in to landing with RyanAir and it used to be justified with dirt cheap fares. Those fares aren't there anymore.

Just sayin'...