BFM this

Spirit: “…so you’re saying there’s a chance!”

Interesting. I wonder if DOJ would have looked at a Spirit - Frontier merger through a different lens. Despite the rent-seeking machinations from government lawyers, my worthless prediction is that a settlement is reached before the appeal is heard.

Maybe. But to her credit, her accomplishment involves a bit more than just standing on stage and smiling: she put in some work on par with collegiate level athletics (reference Caitlin Upton's 2007 performance). I'll go out on a limb and imagine that she will likely show up to UPT with a mature understanding of the terrain and threats, probably light on any sense of entitlement.

This was the standard RoKAF staffing strategy. Go to RoKAF with an idea or need, and they would "staff" it for six months to a year, until the good idea fairy in question PCS'd.

Did flight at University of Illinois, started teaching at the local FBO after getting my CFI in my sophomore year. 'Nother UofI flight grad was teaching there as well, and he had the unique experience of interning at the Anchorage FSDO. According to him, one of the corporate goals of that office was to achieve greater than 50% certification of active flying pilots in Alaska. As he put it, flying in Alaska was something akin to a tractor or combine on a typical family farm; at some point, probably early adolescence, someone taught you how use the farm equipment, and now you were responsible for operating it.

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I'm convinced this is another @General Chang troll but packaged in a retiree theme.

Happily let folks drop their dog's poop bag in my trash bin; grateful that they're at least picking it up. 👏 But then again, I don't wash and wax my trash bin so...🤷‍♂️ As a technique, I take my dog on a "short loop" prior to the full walk, so I can leave his leavings at home before we go.

So someone at USAFA thinks anyone under 30 is still on FB?

Nothing at all, of course… https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1848410/world-war-3-warning-super-ai-weapons

From a WN bro: “The FOs are really happy. The CAs are mostly happy except for the CAs with 3 ex-wives that think they need to be WB pay above $400 TFP ($456/hour) which is a dream at best.”

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-12-22/catherine-arnett-mcas-iwakuni-covid-19-arrest-japan-12435743.html

Informative primer on what’s going on where. spoiler alert: Fulton Co DA might be kneecapping DoJ

Wait,…is that…a T-33? jfc, how old are you?

Actual phrasing I use regularly: ”…after spending five months as a guest of the city of [redacted], she immediately went on a week long bender…”

If such a mechanism were in place, I would consider cutting a $10k check for a plane I don’t intend to start for a few years from now.

Overheard in ops from someone who’s flown both: Guppy is the better airplane, Fifi is the better office

I sat there watching the hangar scene after the Cantina, with Jabba and Han chatting it up a-la-CGI with my jaw on the floor. Immediately wanted my money back.

At some point I had the spare $ to get the Star Wars collection to indoctrinate my youngest. On watching Episode IV, I found that it was the "edited" version. Never have I experienced that level of buyer's remorse.

Rest assured, you didn't waste your money. 1. You skipped the CTP BS class that the current generation is subjected to 2. Your app wouldn't have moved forward at AA without it. At the moment, major's aren't interviewing if you don't have an ATP in your pocket (could change tomorrow) 3. So at the very least you saved the additional $5k that it takes to get the rating on your own, or the requisite touch-and-go at a regional to accomplish same, probably saving 10's, if not 100's of thousands of long-term dollars. I also knocked out my ATP before CTP reared its ugly head (2011 VSP debacle): money well spent.

Recommend you call these guys.

1. Have to go to work in a few hours so, no, not drunk. 2. Posting here, because this is where the target audience is. 3. 20y ago, I was a casual 2Lt waiting to start UPT. 4. -->On reflection, based on a totality of factors, I was dreadfully under-qualified. But somehow, I was there. 5. Pretty sure I blasted Eminem's Lose Yourself every morning driving in from base housing to the squadron, well into Phase 2. Seriously, if you're browsing this forum, my advice is to fight like hell: it's totally worth it!

TBH, he still communicates that way, when the situation dictates. And yeah, it's fun to watch.

Imma be honest: flew the C in UPT and PIT; getting to go back into the A for AdAir was awesome. Loved that jet; they can keep the C and PMP.

Disregard all rumors, news, innuendo, internet conspiracies, about what metal is on which ramp; new metal is just a rumor until you step to fly one that is sitting on your ramp. If your unit has a board coming up, submit your application, interview, do well. There's units that have announced they will lose their metal in the next few years: they are still hosting boards and sending students to UPT. There have been students in the middle of UPT who found that they had no airplanes left on their home ramp...they typically get taken care of, find other units that are happy to have them, etc. Opportunities: if the unit down the street offers you a UPT slot but your unit has a board next year...probably best to take the slot.