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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).

Wow. I'm hesitant to believe the 'posed for a picture, thus good friends' argument, just consider how many people a politician is photographed with on a daily basis. But at his daughter's wedding is clearly an entirely different level.

The type 14 was actually a decent pistol. The one shown was made mid-way through the war or later (you can tell by the enlarged trigger guard). Clearly not in the same ballpark as the 1911, but much better than the POS they issued towards the end of the war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_94_Nambu_pistol

https://babylonbee.com/news/communist-rioters-scream-and-run-away-in-terror-as-rittenhouse-emerges-from-courthouse

Unfortunately, if he is found not guilty, the far left is going to argue the same thing. MSNBC and Biden said he was racist murder, so he must be found guilty or the city will burn.

That district 20 looks shockingly like the original Gerrymander district, just rotated and flipped.

Breaking news, congress doesn't care. They might ask 'did the 29% of fighter pilots that took the bonus complete their weekly CBT on transgender anti-racism training?'

The rest may be true, but I don't buy the inability to route due to military airspace. Jax takes airspace away from the military all the time.

Well, I said it before and I'll say it again. Sounds like the reservists and any other IP worth a damn need to take a page from the old airline union playbook and start having a sick out if the leadership does not fix this. 'My neighbor just tested positive for COVID, and we had some beers Friday night, so I should quarantine for a couple weeks.' Then make every flight an NE-WX or NE-MX or anything to put the program behind timeline and draw higher leadership attention to the brokenness of the the unit. If the OG can jump the SQ/CC and demand a Q-3, the WG/CC can just as easily trump the OG and revoke it. Minus not having a barrier available, what good would it do to have the airfield manned as long as the runway is clear? And, the T-38 still needs the net barrier right? Don't recall any net barriers available at any SPS divert. Also, not once has someone on the ground been of actual use to me in the air during an EP. I know that sometimes the SOF or someone else chimes in with some critical info and can save the day, but I doubt a civilian controller is going to be helpful. Fire and crash rescue would be desirable if the EP is serious, but unless I think I might go off the end or something, I'm not going to overfly a landable piece of concrete for that.

Is the German OG the reservists actual legal commander? If there were to be non-judicial punishment (which this is borderline), would a German have actual legal authority for that in the United States for a USAF IP? I've landed a fighter with an EP at an uncontrolled airfield. Everything turned out fine. Bit of a pain to get the fighter out of there because it required ACC/CC approval, but never heard anyone second guess me even though my leadership at the time was less than optimal. If it were me that this happened to, I'd be in the IG office, talking to the ADC, a civilian lawyer that knows military law, and my senator. The Q3 might stick, but it'll be so much work and pain that they would wish they never thought of it. Edit to add: in case it wasn't obvious, this Q3 is complete BS if this is indeed the true story. Also, if it is a true story, the reservists there should all be sick for the next month or two. Get it highlighted all the way up to AETC/CC when the whole base gets a month behind timeline to show that he has an exceptionally toxic commander that needs to be dealt with.

Taliban seem to be making a very smart political move. By hold the ring around the airport, they allow many of what would be the most problematic Afghans to potentially leave, and if the US doesn't evacuate them, they're consolidated for later... Meanwhile, the Taliban gains considerable good will on the world stage and suddenly seems like reasonable rulers. And, they allow us to keep looking like idiots. It's a win, win, win for them with virtually no risk. If they attack, everything changes. Smart move would be to hold the ring and allow us to get out everyone we are able/want to evacuate.

The overnight and relatively surprise shutting down of Bagram was likely a significant part in the collapse and not just because of the lack of force available. If you're an Afghan soldier and you just saw the superpower that has been propping up your government for the last 20 years effectively sneak away in the middle of the night, I'd question my future. If I was intentionally trying to set up the Afghan government to fail on my way out, I think this is exactly the way I would do it.

Many ads have been trying to monetize race baiting, like many of our politicians. I have also noted that I haven't seen NBC put up a SINGLE medal count during the prime time that I've had it on after the kids are in bed. Wonder if they think that would be too patriotic. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the Polo ad. It was unapologetically American and overall very counter to the current political direction of our country. Next time I'm buying church clothes, I'm buying a Polo brand.

The AF puts people through Med school on scholarship and they commission with as much student debt as an average military pilot. But those Drs still get their rock star pro pay while the pilot starts out with a laughably low flight pay. If we're making a purely civilian comparison, the average civilian flight university to airline pilot track likely involves a similar investment. Their school may only leave them with half the debt of a Dr, but the pilot gets paid peanuts for the next decade as he builds time and creds for that airline job. I think the career investment and income are more comparable than you let on.

Far enough out that it's not a big deal for you, but let this be a lesson to other dudes about to hit submit on their apps. Be sure that EVERYTHING is correct. A 'fix it' email is good in that it shows they looked at your app, but it also means that they probably didn't actually score it. They also may not get back around to scoring it until they've scored all the other apps in their cue, meaning that a simple omission on your app could cost you hundreds of guys getting hired in front of you. Guys that will be senior to you until they retire. It takes longer than you would think to get the app perfect, practice for your HR interview, and for Delta, study for the test. Good work getting started 2.5 years out.

Please don't. I could have lived my entire life without knowing that is happening and been better off.

While you get paid less selling it back than you would make on terminal, a transition to a DSG position might be one good case for selling leave (assuming taking terminal doesn't make sense) as it will help you build that savings account up for getting a new job and potentially having pay problems, moving expenses, etc.

Don't worry, we'll just grow ourselves out of it. Luckily COVID didn't decrease our 2020 pilot production, absorption, and experience levels... oh wait. Yep, we're hosed.

I'm starting to think that not only will we lose the next big war, but that we'll deserve to lose it...

While you're right that they look great and go with everything, especially a tucked in shirt and braided leather belt slung low to support the beer belly, I wouldn't wear them because I'd hate for someone to think that I'm pretending to be a captain when I'm really just a lowly flip switching FO.

I've never seen a flight attendant after the shuttle dropping us off. I think it is intentional that the FAs usually stay in different hotels in my airline. Domestically, I had dinner or a beer with the captain probably 2/3 of the trips. Eating healthy is very do-able. As has been said, the first day or two you can bring food from home. Other days I have walked to grocery stores and bought food for the next day. The biggest problem with eating healthy is not necessarily the food you eat, but the volume. You go out to dinner three nights in a row. Almost every dinner I've ordered has been far more food than I would have eaten for dinner at home. Chances are you won't be hungry later if you only eat half the burger and fries at the local pub. I am very deliberate when eating on trips and didn't gain a pound the first year. I also always packed running shoes and any layover >12 hours I used a run to explore the local area.

I've been keeping up my disability insurance just in case something happened that would prevent me from passing an FAA physical. Fairly expensive, but airline pilot income for life in the event I get in a car accident or something seems worth it to me.