BFM this

Watched that and had an immediate "GODDAMNIT!" reaction. Then I reflected: there really wasn't a possible outcome where the root cause wasn't going to elicit anything other than that gut reaction. Perfectly flyable airplanes, on a great flying day, should have been on a walk-in-the-park plan. Nickel...

PF into LGA yesterday Figure I checked the NOT decidedly boring square for the next year at least.

It's a close race at the moment 🤘, but I think the airlines are leading; my particular outfit hasn't seen a raise since 1/1/2019. Zero, zip, nada.

Well...neither are any other employers within our career field, if we're being completely intellectually honest about it. In fact, I'm not sure any career other than finance or corporate senior execs are coming close, but I am standing by for correction.

Maybe. I'll be the first to agree that overconfidence, leading to operational hubris, could be crippling if allowed to fester unchecked. Trade show tech. That's what most of what you listed consists of. Trade show tech, without the logistics, training, and integration pieces, leads to a re-run of what history has shown several times, Desert Storm being the clearest example in the past century. Thing is, we don't put our starting lineup in trade shows. Hell, as has been stated in open source articles, we don't even train with it in the open atmosphere... fwiw, I think we left Taiwan to fend for itself back during the "Peace Dividend", we just don't openly state it.

All true, but you're mis-labeling APA as a union. There's always someone right around the corner ready to remind us that it's an "Association". Usually an APA lawyer, but I digress...

Ahhhh, yes. MMT. The gift that just keeps on giving.

Mall ninja

Meanwhile, in Ft Worth...

😐🫤😆🥹😅😂😂🤣🥲🤣🤣🤣🤣 had to replay that three times to make sure I heard correct. Quote of the year right there.

That...is the resilience the AF has been trying to develop in airmen. And can never seem to get right.

Or have a set of massive balls with the skillz to back it up.

Couldn't say. Currently flying a 737 so I have no perspective...

Songtan has that effect.

lol, at least the RoK has a sense of humor about that stuff... (s)

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/amc-commander-lays-out-mobility-manifesto/ Long time ago, a former CH-53 crew chief told to me that his training syllabus included a landing. Nothing fancy, here's how you set down if the need arises, nothing more. My guess is that future booms are gonna get some landing practice, just for funsies.

Peter Zeihan suggested several days ago that the energy crunch in Europe is going to have substantial knock-on effects in German industry, leading to an economic contraction over the coming year(s) while they redo their grid. Added to @torqued 's citation, a possible outcome is that the Germans find themselves unprepared (unwilling?) to foot the bill for the next round of austerity.

For some, it makes sense, and they seem to be making the ideal decision. I was fortunate to have a formative commuting experience during my first foray into 121, and it was about as bad a commuting situation as I could imagine, two legs to uncommutable pairings...wife was on board to do whatever we needed to in order to avoid commuting. "OMG you're going to uproot the kids? How awful, they will be so upset!!!" was the chorus from extended family and friends. 🤣 Kids were way more excited to move than we were (probably has something to do with not having to do any of the moving work). My worthless advice, have the discussion, don't cherry pick the data, look at all of the pros and cons of living in base. I can do things living in base that commuters have a difficult time following: In base reserve (the biggest benefit, imo)(eta: coincidentally also topping the list of reasons I left the ACMI sector. I spent six nights away from my own bed last month, and blocked > my best month at my last gig 🤘) Schoolhouse or other HQ staff gigs (if you choose to live near the mothership for your carrier) I can sit around and cherry pick premium/pickup/trade trips at my leisure, without the added tax of looking at loads/wx/connections of a commute, just suit up and drive. My wife's favorite phrase while sitting reserve: "Honey, I got put on a turn tomorrow" I bid a line long before I had the seniority to specifically hold commutable lines. By the same token, if your family is rooted near the extended support network of family/friends/spouse's lucrative job, then that might tilt the equation the other way. My wife's job (home office) was portable in our case.

It might, but that dude is busy as fuck at the moment.

That seems like a careless statement. I wouldn't go so far as to call it extremely careless...

The Homeless Industrial Complex would like a hit of that budget dust, for sure. Oh, wait, did you mean you wanted to curb homelessness? Sorry, way to lucrative a business for anything like that... https://newrepublic.com/article/166383/los-angeles-echo-park-homeless-industrial-complex Back to the Shenanigans!

OPR bullet?

Wait… Did you just quote Office Space as a snarky reply? That’s actually funny

Doesn’t quite whistle like the 6k# Dog Whistle it was based on, but still looks purty in flight.