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Great words Lord! I'd add that after 1st year pay, learn to budget on min line guarantee (65 hours at DAL) and use the rest to as funny money for toys, upgrading to 1st class ticket for vacation, and otherwise splurging on the living a great life now. When rona hit, I remember flying with a 330FO that was freaking out becuase he "needed" 85 hours/month to maintain his lifestyle. I can't imagine living like that and putting that stress on myself. This may be controversial to some, but you do not HAVE to pay for your kids college. Especially if it means you're gone 18 days/month and has a detrimental impact on your marriage.

Freaking hilarious and sadly, true.

How many ex-wives did he have!

Agreed. It did the same for my expectations: - Expect that your path to retirement will involve periods of backtracking. - Do not expect to be making more money than you are currently making today (buy what you can afford now, not what you think you'll be able to afford later) - Expect to retire having made less money and accrued less seniority than the projections indicated when you were a new hire - Expect someone else to get a better deal than you thought you were getting when you were hired (2001 TWA vs 2013 USAir, America West vs AA) It's a strange job.

No judgement, I just have never understood the thought process of volunteer for a shit deal because it’ll “guarantee” you something good on the back side.

Racial milestones? Copy, AF leadership are a bunch of racist fucks.

Now AOC is crying about the Israeli's "booby trapping" Hezbollah. What a twat, although she does have nice cans.

Yeah the CAL/UAL one was a nasty one at my squadron back in 2011-2013. We had a boatload that took long MLOA while the lists integrated. Pretty heated stuff among so called squadronmates. A bit embarassing as an external observer tbh, given the fact they had no control over the process, and the personal aspersions were nothing more than impotent rage. Things settled as they always do, the world moved on, and they're still richer today than yesterday and will retire as multimillionaries anyways. Boo hoo.

Just take that sweet deployment or assignment. Trust me, I won't you screw you. How many dudes had that happen to them? More gents than just P Diddy got fucked in the backside. At least P Diddy liked it.

How did our society become so egregiously retarded? It’s insane.

Is this the same jackass that said reading to your kid gives them an unfair advantage over kids whose parents don’t read to them?

2001 hires who were furloughed very shortly after being hired at a dying airline (under a contract that did *not* allow for years-of-service accrual while furloughed), many of whom were still furloughed when they were slotted behind the 2013 pilot who was actively flying for their airline. That's not to say it was fair or justified, but it's a lot more complicated than just 2001 vs 2013. I've read through the integration documents and it's a much more nuanced picture than is often presented. "Career expectations" is the factor that few people consider, but matters the most in the integrations.

Ah, sounds like the Ameriflot-USAir fiasco.....ask me how i know

That's my bad. You're right, it is maybe/yes, but they still might make you get ACS review for a waiver.

More heartbreaking news out of Lebanon... Israel kills Ibrahim Aqil, Hezbollah leader who US said was behind 1983 Marine barracks bombing that killed 241 Americans https://nypost.com/2024/09/20/world-news/israel-kills-ibrahim-aqil-hezbollah-leader-us-said-was-behind-1983-marine-barracks-bombing-that-killed-241-americans/ PS: Wow, I had no idea about AOC and her Oktoberfest qualifying protuberances.

Never understood AFPAK volunteers. Go do years of your life in a massive shit hole for a war that ended in failure (we all knew it would), all so you can be “guaranteed” a life-sucking job of command, complete waste of time school, and O-6 in this disaster of an organization. It’s like these people love non-stop kicks in the junk.

Well, I would say anyone with shrapnel to the face that's the new "Scarlett Letter" Israel just branded the whole Hezbollah herd for identification. BTW second that on the cans.

But what if the baby was born a middle class kid?

CBM 25-01 F-35 UT ANG 2xT-6 Columbus 3xKC-135 Fairchild 2xT-38 Columbus 3xC-130 Dyess 2xF-35 TBD C-17 McChord 2xE-3 Tinker KC-135 PA ANG C-130 IL ANG C-130 OH ANG C-130 Little Rock KC-46 McGuire Looks like the AWACS is dropping again even though they keep sending their copilots to other airframes.

Another Bee classic

Iran's ambassador to Lebanon injured by pager explosion | Reuters As some have pointed out. Why was the Iranian Ambassador holding a Hezbollah pager? 🤔

The GAF factor of the Israelis never ceases to amaze me. What an awesome group of people. Glad we continue to support them over these medieval jackasses.

I wonder how they’re dealing with seniority…staple or integrate based on DOH or some other criteria? I hope I’m never in the middle of that kind of a potential shitshow.