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Did he discover the problem while skiing past the Swedish women's team, again? Brilliant. Better to finish there than in 24th place...

Overall, their product has gone downhill considerably over the last 6-9 years. Used to be great and way ahead of the competition. Now it is mediocre at best. All the disadvantages of a virtual bank with almost no advantages over the standard commercial big bank. I'd move everything now, but that's a pain. Once I retire, I'm probably done with them. I also noticed my dividend basically disappeared and everything started the downhill slide about the time they started putting ads on TV. Strange coincidence....

You're right, we are still the richest country by far. And while I don't think we should always be the only cop in the world, if we don't help defend a friend's house when we see someone about to break in, how long until our house is next? We are still richer than we think if we straightened out our priorities a bit. I think we are able, or at least could be able if we wanted to be money-wise. The real question is, are we willing?

Gulfstream is working on a similar concept, except the overall aspect ratio is variable due to basically a large pitot that extends/retracts almost the entire length of the airplane. Retracted for taxi/takeoff, extends in flight to create the quiet boom aspect ratio.

Maybe they need to look up what concealed carry means.

Not even remotely close, but nice try. With the specific regard to classification, the President is the ultimate authority (as I understand it, I could be wrong). Not breaking and entering, not obstruction, not murder, not any other crime. So unique that I can't even think of a reasonable analogy to make about it. Not saying that I agree with it or with the person, but merely an interesting point to ponder.

What ClearedHot said. Breaking the law to get potential dirt on your opponent is bad. Breaking the law to frame a sitting president in order to overturn an election is really bad. If Trump had done this to Biden, we would not be able to see any other story on TV for the next 6 months. Of an interesting academic note to ponder about those records; my understanding is that the executive branch makes all classification decisions. As the President is the ultimate executive authority, I don't think a President can actually break the law regarding the handling of classified materials. If he reveals Top Secret information to the press, he just declassified it. Clearly not a good idea, but if the records were moved while he was President, it would be interesting to see if he could actually be prosecuted for it.

United has a robust training capacity. I don't have figures available, but in the 2018-2019 hiring wave they were training 4 indoc classes a month and were still renting out a fair amount of sim periods to other airlines. And they built a bunch more sims in 2019. There's been talk of 2500 new hires a year coming up and I think they could keep up.

Proof that our future alibis are legit!

Most airlines will ask for something like this. How forcefully they ask is airline dependent. It has been a while, so I don't remember the exact verbiage (which is important), but my airline basically asked for either separation orders, terminal leave paperwork, or a letter from the commander. I did the letter from my commander and they didn't blink. For me, everything happened so fast that there wasn't time for the normal paperwork process to run its course before my indoc started, so that may have been part of them not saying anything about just getting a memo. Law always trumps airline policy; Delta is learning that the hard way with a current lawsuit that they are almost certainly going to lose and lose big. But unless you are willing to throw your job on the table and sue the airline like those guys did, the policy might win.

Not throwing spears, but I've heard many guys say "USERRA requires...." and not be correct. USERRA is a relatively short document, the rules are really pretty general, and it is a fairly easy read. If you are military and have another job, just read it yourself instead of relying on internet pilot lawyers. They won't be out a job if you get fired and they won't be out your two months of BAH, etc if you sell your leave unnecessarily. Probably 1/3 of most indoc pilots are on terminal leave. If it is not terminal leave, have a good faith plan for your transition. Communicate that plan to your commander and the airlines. They will tell you if they have a problem with it. Chances are that if it is no kidding a good faith effort to transition without having to drop any mil leave during your indoc or sims, and just use your leave in a suto-terminal manner, you're probably good. But, just like that reading rainbow guy says, don't take my word for it. Read it yourself and if you don't think that the leave status will allow outside employment, ask your JAG. That would be a military requirement; from what I recall from the last time I read it, it doesn't specify anything about types of leave. https://www.justice.gov/crt-military/userra-statute

Agreed. If you are looking at getting into a flying unit, it might be tough with the relatively bad timing of post-covid, especially if you are picky. Some units are obviously easier to get into than others, but there is also generally a reason for that. Usually either location or squadron reputation/culture or a combination of the two. There are multiple retirement options in the guard. If you just want a paycheck of the month at some point, you can do a min run non-flying guard job and still retire at 20 years total. But you won't get a paycheck until you hit civilian retirement age and it'll be roughly 75% of what your retirement check would be for active duty. Or you can try to do the airline thing for a year and then go on mil leave and finish out your 20 year active duty retirement, but in the guard. Timeline and paycheck is about the same as if you had stayed, minus the year with the airlines. That being said, many guys are trying to do that now, so that is probably the most difficult path to find. Overall, your guard opportunities open up drastically the less picky you are about your job and your status (DSG vs AGR). NGB (the Pentagon for the guard) is almost always short staffed and looking for people. Sounds miserable to me, but if you live near the beltway or can find one that is telecommute-able, that would be a feasible option. Get your foot in the door somewhere and once you do I think you'll be surprised at the variety of random guard jobs there are for someone willing to move or just not fly.

^^^ Option 3 - go to the airlines, then find a guard job to finish out the last couple years. Get the check of the month and be an airline pilot. Drop a trip a month since you have the check of the month and enjoy getting paid six figures (plus retirement) to "work" 10 days a month.

Absolutely put apps in anywhere you would want to work. I know guys that only applied at their dream airline and started within a month or two of the availability date. I also know guys that only applied to their dream airline only to get the "try again in a year". It takes time to build the apps, get references, for the airline to score the app, and then get the invite. Only applying at a single place is a great way to not get hired for a year after your availability date.

Initiating an IG investigation on his own is also a predictable move. If it's his IG, it gives him the ability to relatively control it while defending his organization from outside looks. An ongoing investigation allows him to tell any interested member of Congress that "it is under investigation" knowing full well that he'll edit the results before they're published or slow roll the thing until everyone forgets about it.

"It's factually incorrect"... "It's all rumor"..."It lacked context" ... "Singling out a fellow service member for public abuse is bullying and harassment" Deny, deny, deny, counter accuse. Classic and predictable response. I'm sure much of it is rumor. However, if even 10% of that letter is true, the entire chain of command needs to be fired. I'm not sure which is worse, the likelihood that it happened or the fact that I'm not even remotely surprised. Kinda funny how differently whistleblowers are treated depending on if their report upsets the social agenda. Had it been the other way around, that the SOF community was preventing a qualified female, some of those generals would have already been fired. Finally, if the dude that wrote that letter somehow reads this board: 1. Good on ya for publishing this. 2. Change your writing style if you ever need to submit anything in writing to the AF or even emails. I guarantee they're hunting you.

I would think that a ten year old could look at the available data with airline hiring and the lower production than desired and realize that a maximum bonus would be the only sensible decision. But, if the AF made sensible decisions all the time, then the bonus wouldn't be as vital to keeping people in anyway...

I'm glad it hasn't hit heavies as bad, but I have seen it in fighters. While most of the young guys seem to be capable mentally and eager to learn, they just haven't had the reps to get the depth of training that guys of my generation had. Many young pilots are showing up the squadron with literally half the flight hours that I had at the same career point. The training has simply shifted to the CAF, which just hasn't had the time with the ops tempo that most of us approaching retirement have known for our entire career. So you end up with CAF IPs (who generally have less experience and specifically less experience teaching the most basic blocking and tackling) filling in where the B-course has left off. Not a knock on either the students or the IPs, they are just being set up to struggle through it and hopefully not fail. If you have safety access, go look up the Class A from Shaw a year or two ago and tell me that those guys were not set up and it cost the student his life.

It is pretty senior for United, but pretty senior is relative these days. If you got hired today, I would think you could hold IAH as reserve 737 within a year. I would also imagine considerable movement in IAH in 10 years as all the CAL guys start hitting 65. For example, 50% of the current IAH 737 CAs hit 65 within 8 years. Also, while it is advisable to live in domicile if possible, not a bad idea to move to the domicile you want to live in even if you can't hold it yet. Lots of flights between the hubs, so commuting shouldn't be too difficult. Most of the flights I've flown to/from IAH had the jumpseat open.

I have previously been of the mindset of ammunition simplicity for logistics purposes. I had a single caliber of handgun, a total of 4 calibers of rifle, an only 12 gauge for the scattergun. The recent ammo shortage has actually pushed me in the opposite direction, so I've doubled my calibers. That way when the store is out of 30-06, I buy 6.5 Creed. When they're out of both, they usually have some for my AK or 300 blk. So, short story long, might be worth picking up the rifle if you're even considering it as maybe there will be the 22-250 when there is no 223.

Just because our country has survived before doesn't mean that we are destined to survive this time. Just take a look at how many other developed countries have changed governments multiple times since 1789. I'm not saying that we are going to lose our country in the next couple years, but if we are not careful, we just might.

I hope that article is right. What worries me is that our education system is so dysfunctional that the majority of Gen Z people are becoming habituated to brainless compliance rather than seeing the absurdity for what it is. The brainless compliance has somehow melded with what should be an opposite concept of individual relativism to an insane degree (they as an individual pronoun is now ok?) is a remarkably strange combination that could very well end our country as we know it.

Just type up something. The airlines are not looking for a reason to remove you from consideration once you show up for an interview; they're looking for an excuse to hire you. There was a guy that no kidding forgot his entire flight records folder at home and the airline bent over backwards to try to work with him. Asked if his wife was home to scan and email it, SARMs could fax it, or anything to give them a copy. I was floored. I fully expected them to tell him to pay closer attention to details and that they might call him back in six months. Obviously don't rely on this, but also don't stress if you have exhausted all possible fixes and just can't get the exact numbers to cover a small gap. Your flight records summary should have your total, so combined with the line by line of the before and after, I'm sure you'll be fine. Your interview and skills test are where they're looking to weed anyone out, not the fact that the AF switched how they keep records a couple years ago. The airlines all know the AF flight records system as well as the average SARM anyway, so I'm sure you won't be the first one that shows up with this issue.

So basically, you think you know what is best for my kids and anything that doesn't agree with your opinion is "poor risk decisions". No wonder this country is on the path it is on.

But that's a choice I get to make on the risk/reward. I know the risks of car crashes as they are well established and generally not altered to fit some political objective. My kids wear a seat belt or sit in a car seat because the risk of a car crash, while minimal, has a realistic chance of death. The cost/risk of wearing a seat belt is hearing them complain about it. The cost/risk of my kids getting the vaccine are not established. Could be nothing, could be a lethal blood clot; no one can really say for sure because they won't release the "science". The risks of serious consequences due to COVID for my healthy kids are basically zero, so why take any risk at all to avoid what is essentially no risk? If we were facing an Ebola outbreak with a 90% mortality, my kids would get the shot. Instead, we're facing a virus that I personally know multiple people that were sick and never realized it (based on positive anti-body tests).