This is why American corporations going the DEI route was so poisonous.
They planted the seeds for the general public to not trust who they are putting in the front of airplanes by openly stating they would prioritize immutable characteristics as part of their hiring practices.
The crazy speculation and blow back you’re seeing on social media is a direct fault of their choices and actions in the post 2020 world.
It will take a long time to reverse the distrust; and it may never go away since so many out there still worship at the altar of DEI.
I don’t fly anything with fancy glass in the GA world. But a Stratus providing ADSB in to ForeFlight on an iPad is tremendous SA. Not only do I get the targets like above, but it has their exact altitude readout and callsign and/or tail number.
The last part is the real life saver, as I can hear what ATC is calling them and it’s so much easier to make sure you’re looking at the right target.
Does Garmin not have the ability to show the extra data like callsign?
I’d love to see age 67 get approved with the caveat that they all have to go be regional FOs for those last two years.
If they really think it’s an experience problem, what better way to help to go sling gear for a 29 year old CRJ captain!
https://nypost.com/2025/01/24/us-news/trumps-ice-raids-turn-up-pedos-gangbangers-and-ny-based-suspected-terrorist-as-538-migrants-arrested/
538 arrests so far including various criminals, gang members, and foreign nationals from China and Turkey.
I don’t have AOC derangement syndrome, though I do think she should stick to bartending. But I saw the video and it looks pretty close to a Hitler move. If a bunch of us did that at work tomorrow we’d probably be out of a job, even if we did say “we won’t relent” with the gesture. She should know better, unless of course she did it intentionally.
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Turns out that take sounds just as dumb the other way too.
People are so fucking dumb. Elon is quite obviously throwing his heart to the crowd. He literally says “my heart goes out to you”.
Of course most of the people losing their minds over this have only seen a 3 sec gif of it on Reddit.
My company sent a mass email with a direct tip line to the FBI to report drone sightings, with a special emphasis on the NYC airspace. 🤷🏼♂️
My thought though is how much of this is a self fulfilling prophecy where the same clowns that shine laser pointers at aircraft are now going out and buying drones and sending them up in the sky to really ramp up the hysteria?