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Bud, this isn't that complicated. And you can't just throw quid pro quo around like it's some sort of all-covering Boogeyman. If I pay you to build me a fence, that's a quid pro quo. If instead of giving you money I decide to offer you flying lessons, that's still a quid pro quo. You don't have to like it, but the government is well within its rights to include a certain amount of charity work in exchange for a contract. As long as the law firm has the option to say no, which all the articles you're citing have plenty of examples of law firms that are refusing, then it's not extortion. Where was all the righteous indignation from these law firms when the government was requiring vendors to have a certain number of women or minorities as founders or executives? Suspiciously silent. I have every confidence that a law firm as prestigious as Weiss can survive without federal cheese. And if they can't, like so many other vendors that are about to be DOGE'd, they will adapt or die. This firm chose, voluntarily, to accept the president's offer. His quid pro quo, if you will. 😂 Of course it's not good for the country, but it's just fun watching the progressives roll around on the ground like they're on fire now that their own tactics of the last couple decades are being used against them. They got so comfortable with this one-sided game that they forgot how to lose, and the meltdown has been spectacular.

Don’t give them ideas

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How can anyone have any faith in the system after the last decade + of gross mismanagement. My projection...tons of money spent, not many aircraft, and a less lethal AF. It's already here in a lot of ways.

possibly...

If 90% of the fleet never gets off the ground from CONUS, China can’t shoot them down. It’s a feature.

Being in NCR I really wouldn't worry about it. As you said, I think you'll be able to find something if you have to. With 4 years to play with (2 to pin on + 2 overgrade waiver), I'd go for it. Once you have completed your requisite mouth shut period, I'd start lobbying for them to change a billet or three to O-5.

The two companies took different approaches to meeting the requirements. Boeing came up with a better concept - I don’t know a single fighter pilot from any service that doesn’t share that sentiment. Sorry, can only be vague on the internets. FWIW, it’s badass and a slam dunk…in theory. The pessimist (realist?) in me says they’ll fuck it up and it’ll be F-35 2.0 from a programatics perspective. At least there have been some solid fighter guys involved in the program up to this point, unlike the F-35 where the fighter SMEs of the early days were F-4 guys, who God bless ‘em, had zero fucking idea what a 5G fighter should be like (though they may have carried their balls in wheelbarrows, respect).

Didn't see any link, but it very well could have been the first class bathroom next to the cockpit. Can't do a crew changeover with someone in that bathroom so if a dude was hanging out in there for an extended period of time, that can mess up the FAA required crew rest breaks for an augmented flight.

Purses at dawn!

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I guess when the GCAP nations briefed the US military high ups on their hopeful glossy brochure version of GCAP, people had to contain their laughs from a source. Not 6th gen…5th at best and doubtful it will exceed the F-35 after upgrades in anything except cost. Remember these people developed the 4th gen EF2K while we made the F-22. 1x generation behind. They can’t define 6 gen Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Southwest patron…enough said.

Last year of the Fat Amy-like cars. The rumors of the eventual return of V10s is most likely too good to be true, but a boy can dream... Could not imagine being barely 18 and driving one of these beasts.

Re-created it in the sim today...mostly...weather (snow, vis, gusts), speed, VVI, flt idle, no flare, etc. It took alot to intentionally override my pilot-spidy senses and continue with die-hard, get-there-itis and drive the right main into the runway like a CBR Dynamic Cone Penetrometer test. Didn't red screen, snap-aileron wing-off roll however; poor simulating perhaps? Need to step up my game.

5 years from now on BO… ”Who had 30 billion over budget and no planes yet built?”

Boeing got the NGAD contract before we got GTA 6 smh.

Bet it will combine all the magic of the T-7, 737, kc-46 and rocket programs they've been rocking.

Their specialty is passing gas.

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