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I understand that data. But under the current Governor’s mandate, a white person and a person of color that have not met previous eligibility criteria and have the exact same risk level, with the only difference being the pigment of their skin; the white person gets to pound sand and wait just because they don’t have the right color skin. That’s discrimination. There is of course a legitimate way to handle this that doesn’t segregate shot eligibility based on skin color, and it goes like this, “As the governor of Vermont I am opening vaccine eligibility to all Vermont residents age 16 and up. In addition, I have authorized our vaccine task force to put special emphasis on getting additional vaccine supply to our underserved communities that have been hit harder by this virus. We need as many Vermonters as possible to get this shot as soon as possible and opening up the eligibility to all will accomplish this.” Of course there are almost no real leaders anymore in the political class, so we get race based decision to score political points. Can you imagine if you replaced POC with “white person” in the governors statement? It would sound like something right out of Deep South segregation.

Gov Phil Scott of Vermont says that if you are a person of color of any age you are now eligible to get a COVID vaccine... Based simply on the color of your skin. That is racism. We have literally gone back in time and are a segregated society again. But I guess it’s okay because it’s in favor of people with a darker skin complexion. We are screwed as a country if we don’t wake up and stop this run away freight train.

I'm all for non-towered airports; at least until I started flying GA in the LA Basin. Actually all of SoCal is nuts traffic wise. Get me on flight following and in and out of a Class D airport ASAP please. That being said though, my favorite airport in the area, Agua Dulce, is non-towered. Its an absolutely picture perfect SoCal airport and could be a postcard for GA flying. Tons of interesting movie history at the field as well. L70.com - Agua Dulce Airport (l70airport.com)

You mean Martin Luther King’s actual dream? It honestly an embarrassment to his legacy where we are as a country right now with this whole social justice quest.

An RFI was put out a few weeks ago seeking inputs on the feasibility of increasing IFT to 50 flight hours and also including instrument flight training. Will be interesting to see if it becomes an RFP.

Your COVID vaccine doom porn reads exactly like the clowns that are all in on the "COVID is the worst tragedy to ever strike this earth" doom porn. COVID vax doomers and COVID doomers remind me of the old Communism/Fascism adage; both are so far to opposite sides they actually find themselves back to back in the same spot. I think you should maybe lay off the Epoch Times for a bit. The data I saw showed under 1,000 people had died after getting at least the first shot. However it's already come out that the data includes people who died in car accidents or other causes of death. It's not even remotely surprising either that some have died after getting a vaccine when you consider the massive effort to get the elderly vaccinated. It's not hard to imagine an 88 year old getting the vaccine and then dying 2 weeks later because guess what!? They're old! I've also noticed a hilarious trend of the Vax Doomers. They are often the first to jump and point out that the COVID death numbers make it hard to determine whether someone actually died of COVID or just with COVID, including pointing to examples of car accident deaths or overdoses being labeled as COVID if the person tested positive (which btw, I agree with the notion that our death numbers are likely flawed). But as soon as some data comes out showing deaths after vaccine, the data is all of a sudden gospel truth and proof that people are dropping dead from the jabs and only the jabs. Forgive me while I don't jump on your doom train, just like I didn't jump on the COVID fear porn train. Its amazing if you step back and take an objective look at things for more than a few minutes how often you find yourself in a nice middle ground.

Also had the log-on error. Upvote option still doesn't work either.

You mean Biden didn’t actually join the senate 120 years ago? Lol

Yep, that was my reaction too. I also heard some other RUMINT on this guy but I’m not sure I should be the one to share it on a public forum. FWIW it also seems the Air Force did do an investigation into his claims and came up empty.

I asked a buddy who flies 38s with the Raptors if he had heard any rumblings about this guy. “Oh yeah, everyone here says that guy was an awful pilot.” And... ”Apparently he Q3’d an evaluation up at Elmendorf so they sent him to IFF” So yeah, there’s more to the story.

Predictable

I get an error message when I try and upvote posts from Safari mobile browser on my iPhone. Just started today, had no issues yesterday.

The border situation is a literal shit show and this administration has done absolutely nothing other than tacitly, if not openly, encourage the rush to the Rio Grande. https://www.aei.org/op-eds/a-man-made-disaster-at-the-border/ It’s obvious to anyone with half a brain that this is not even incompetence, but a deliberate long game strategy of obtaining a super majority of voters for one political party.

Yep, that is the assumption. Just like when the creepy white dude shoots up asian massage parlors, it’s automatically “WHITE SUPREMACY!!!!” Turn out this dude actually had some weird sexual/religious stuff going on in his effed up/disgusting brain. Meanwhile, actual targeted assaults on Asians (happened in NY and CA, surprise surprise) that were committed nearly 100% by black Americans, have barely been mentioned on the news.

To be fair, most Air Force bases stateside aren’t dealing with 9,500ft density altitude issues and a 215hp SR-20 is more than enough for the mission we’re talking about here. But I see your point. I think you inadvertently bring up a great point though as to why this idea is likely never going to get off the ground in today’s Air Force in the first place. Having had direct insight into the acquisition process, a suggestion like going with an SR-22 vs the SR-20 is going to be met with so much requirements creep at each level of Bob that you’re either going to end up with something so expensive and beyond what was originally intended that it will get cut within a few years or it will never get approved in the first place. Bob1 is going to see an SR22 and say that’s great but I need something that operates in the flight levels and is at least a turboprop. Bob2 is going to agree and also say he needs something that pulls Gs. Bob3 is going to say he agrees with Bob1 about operating in the flight levels but doesn’t need an ejection seat. So we’ll end up at the T-6 and T-1 as suggested companion trainers (which isn’t a bad idea) but the reason we were considering GA aircraft was we already knew that the T-6 and T-1 in this role was going to be deemed too expensive in the first place.

Interesting. I can see it on my phone but not my computer. Can’t seem to fix it either. Honestly, who knows what the actual guidance really is. So many different things out there. Ridiculous regardless that you would stop someone for wearing a light purple, medical grade, surgical mask. Imagine having so little to worry about in your normal job that is what became your focus.

That was a moronic decision to target for his opinion piece. Especially when there are so many other legitimate things you could target about our lack of mission focus as China seems to strengthen theirs that have nothing to do with making it easier for pregnant service members to come to work every day.

Oh I definitely agree a Cirrus SR-20 is not actually a toy for the rich. But I’ve already seen when local and state level politicians try to garner support against an airport by accusing the owners of a bunch of ratted out 152s and PA-28s as being rich guys just making noise on your beautiful Saturday mornings. So it’s not hard for me to see a politician try and go after a low hanging budget fruit of SR-20 companion trainers to try and prop (lol) up their own *insert shitty political agenda here* and also convince a constituency that knows nothing about aviation. As you stated, the benefit is real. I would hope there are leaders in the Air Force and other politicians that could effectively communicate that.

Of course! He stopped me so fast, you would have thought I had a mask with a naked chick on the front or something.

The Air Force did just put out an RFI in the past few days seeking inputs on an IFT 2.5 where studs would get 50 flight hours, including instrument instruction. So that very well could happen. I also think the T-53 idea is solid. Affordable, good performance (for a GA aircraft) legs to actually get somewhere, and a chute to satisfy the Bobs. My only fear is down the line when you get the commander in there who thinks small airplanes are stupid or a politician like AOC who runs to the press about Air Force officers flying around in “rich people toys” and not their main assigned aircraft.

Is there a Vegas line on when the first press conference will be?

On base this morning and realized when I parked the only mask I had in my car was a purple surgical mask and not one of the “approved” mask colors. Joked to myself that I’ll probably pass the wrong person and get lectured. Literally the FIRST person I pass is a Chief who stops me, “Sir, just so you know, a purple mask is not authorized.” “Yeah, understood but it was the only one I had in my car and I’ve gotta get to my desk.” He probably sensed my give a crap level was zero and followed it up with a “when you are in uniform Sir you’ve got to meet all of the standards.” Ah yes, you mean this stupid piece of cloth that was never ever meant to be a part of a military uniform and is actually allegedly being worn for the safety of me and you? Unfortunately I don’t have the balls to say that last part. Just moved on with a “copy” and walked away. Just for shits I looked up the approved mask colors again, and literally the most common surgical mask color you can find (the light blue) is not approved for use in uniform.

Not only has he been a clown his entire career, he now likely has legitimate cognitive decline on top of that. To be honest I do feel kind of bad for him at times. I certainly am not a fan of Biden politically, but no one deserves to be propped up like this man is being, when he should be enjoying the latter stages of his life in peace and quiet with his family.

To be fair, there is a pretty massive difference between saying you are going to boycott a product, service, person, sports league, etc.. (even if some of the reasoning seems silly or ridiculous) by not buying or partaking in what they are offering; vs a concerted effort to smear and ultimately remove and destroy a person, business, idea, symbol, tv show, book, movie, etc... Example: I personally do not watch a second of NBA basketball and have not for years now. My reasoning is based not only on the ridiculous woke, political, and pro Chinese crap the league has spouted in recent history, but also the fact that it’s absolutely garbage basketball. However, my choice to not watch is my own and I don’t give a shit if someone else absolutely loves to watch the NBA, that’s their choice and they have every right to do so. By choosing not to watch, I don’t have to see the stuff I don’t like (imagine that!) and if enough people ultimately start to feel like I do, it will hurt the league in its pocketbook and they may actually make a change that adjusts to the demands of their customers. Which btw, actually seems to have happened with the NBA when their ratings went in the absolute toilet last year, and magically this year they’ve reduced a large amount of their political messaging. Maybe the next move they can make is raising the shot clock to 30 seconds and making them play defense. I digress... What you won’t see me doing is throwing a temper tantrum through social media and interviews on CNN about how the NBA doesn’t prescribe to my cultural norms and needs to be removed from the face of the earth, damn the rest of you!

Thanks gents for the detailed info. Definitely some more research I’ll need to do on my end before heading in this direction. Glad to know it’s feasible though and that’s is something fairly commonly done.