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You would do it the same way the F-16 EGI works with an in-flight align. For an airliner, once you're out of the jamming, you do an in-flight align and the INUs takes the input data from the user and GPS. You input the heading and maintain straight an level flight for a few minutes while the GPS talks to the INUs. It is very possible as there are platforms that have this capability, but the airlines/FAA haven't seen it as a big enough problem to force the capability (i.e. spend the money for it).

B-1 doing SEAD/DEAD "so the rest of the missions could go safely," a bomber dodging a SAM, and the pilot hearing the missile? Sounds like that story might be pushing the 10% rule.

While I understand what you're getting at, any murder charge would almost certainly result in a not guilty verdict. If this were the AFT airport manager case then I would agree, but manslaughter seems appropriate here.

Maybe, but it might also be intentional for him to talk more about abortion. Many actual conservatives in the Republican party are lukewarm on Trump since he isn't conservative. So if Vance keeps talking about the things those conservatives want to hear then they're more likely to show up and vote on election day.

We'll see. Dems are only excited about Harris because she's not Biden. It'll be interesting to see if that lasts or if they'll remember that she was one of the first primary candidates to drop out 4 years ago because she was polling in the low single digits. DEI politics could come back to bite the Dems. Had Biden chosen just about any of the other primary candidates for a VP back then, I'd bet that person would be up 10 points in the polls and would cruise through the election. On the flip side, had the Republicans nominated just about any other candidate, that person would be up 10 points over Harris.

Why would those with mortgages be starting to sweat? If someone has bought a house since the rates went up then the market dropping should cut consumer spending and help with inflation, so rates should drop. The only reason I see starting to sweat during a market drop is if I need money in the near future that I have invested or if I'm concerned about my job.

An additional possibility is that they already have it but currently fear the ramifications of sanctions and or even it impacting the election in Trump's favor and are saving the revelation to the world for when they (the regime) feels actually threatened.

I think we too often underestimate how much to consider what people say about themselves and what they believe. For example, when Hamas says they want to 'kill every Jew in the world' we would do well to take that seriously. However, there are also people that need to basically be watched on mute because they are either playing to a target audience, just like constantly being the center of attention, or riling up the other side to get a desired reaction. Trump is in this second group. Ignore what he says and pay attention to what he does.

A slightly scary but potentially good use of that would be an Amber Alert. Suddenly every recent model year car on the road is looking for that license plate, kidnappers wouldn't get very far. If you are in public, you have to assume you're on camera these days. Even on your own property, there is limited privacy as police can legally sit somewhere else with a telephoto lens or fly a drone over your property. Will be really interesting to see when a drone case gets to the Supreme Court.

Edit to add: the real military equivalent is a WG/CC writing an illegal sup to a reg that violates Constitutional rights of airman. Someone has paper to hide behind and enforce it, but that doesn't make it legal/right. Takes some balls to stand up to him, but it should be done. I agree that politicians are ultimately to blame. They pass laws that are blatantly unconstitutional and face zero repercussions. Like in the case of the California gun laws I mentioned, courts should start holding politicians in contempt for violating the law. Or I'd love to see someone arrested under an unconstitutional law sue the sponsor lawmaker personally. Not the state or city, but the person that was responsible. Might get politicians to think twice about passing bad laws.

They may have just been doing what they were told to do. But that's no excuse. If your commander gives you a direct order that you know is illegal, you have both a moral and legal obligation to not follow that order. You also took an oath of office (as the police did or should) to support and defend the Constitution. A single one hour continuing ed class on the Constitution should have told them that what they were doing was illegal. If they didn't know better than it is due to willful ignorance. We are rapidly turning into a police state and the better part of a dozen cops busting a weed store (don't legalize them in the first place) is just another example. If they really wanted to clean up the city, then go do it. Start with the violent crime. There are cities in third world countries safer than NYC.

I have and if I just did a fairly standard schedule, I'd be home about 30hrs more on the WB. Obviously that is just a standard line and ignores the scheduling games I could play to get out of flying that standard line in the NB that I wouldn't have the seniority to play in the WB.

I'm not sure what is scarier, the fact that her primary (only?) qualification is the person she sleeps with or the fact that you might be right.

Have you read the case? They made a misdemeanor a felony because it was to 'cover up another crime'. One of many problems with that is the other crime wasn't actually a crime. The defense wanted to call the Federal Election Committee Chairman that was sitting during the "crime" but the judge disallowed so much of the testimony that the defense gave up trying to even call him as a witness. He would have testified that the alleged crime was not actually a crime and thus the maximum charge would have been the original misdemeanor, which even that charge is questionable. WSJ had a great article about it a day or so later. There is zero chance this case is not overturned on appeal. I'm not a Trump fan, but this case was absolutely politically motivated and more worth of a banana republic than the United States. It is a black mark on our history of justice in America. In my opinion, it makes Watergate look like a teenage prank.

Thoughts on NB at ~15% vs WB at ~80%? I'm primarily concerned about QOL, but obviously the pay raise with WB is a nice perk. I'm considering sitting WB reserve (roughly 2.5hrs from base) as there are virtually no WB flights that leave before noon or after 8pm. Biggest benefits I see as a NB FO is the ability to basically dictate my schedule. Biggest benefits to WB is more productive trips which equates to more time home or a relatively predictable reserve schedule, which would increase the attractiveness of sitting reserve at home.

Good to hear that this might be a mountain made from a mole hill.

Dude, I don't mean to be rude, but this is an elementary understanding of him and the war. Any claim that the Germans, the US Army, and the overwhelming consensus of historians are all wrong should be backed up by a few more facts. He did not have overwhelming material superiority for much of the Africa campaign, early in the campaign he was outnumbered and outgunned as often happens in an amphibious invasion. He did not have complete air control, eventual superiority yes, but supremacy was not achieved until late in the war. The Germans did have a fuel problem, but the fuel problem is vastly overstated in the initial parts of the African campaign. The real fuel problems started when we were able to bomb refineries, which didn't happen for a while. The physical assault motivation claim is absurd. Slapping one dude in a fit of rage can hardly be considered "his sole idea for motivating". I also said "in many regards". He had some crazy bad character flaws; he was vain to a absurd level, he saw war as his chance to gain glory, etc. Not to excuse those character flaws, but often the greater the man, the greater the flaws. Everything can get magnified when you have someone that is almost larger than life. As O Face said, the enemy's appreciation of a military leader is a great indication and the Germans feared him more than any other man. That alone should tell us what we need to know about his abilities. As for his role in WWI, making any comparisons between that and Afghanistan is absurd. WWI: 53,000 US combat fatalities in about 18 months, Afghanistan, less than 2,000 in roughly 20 years. Leaders in the world wars were promoted based on their actual capabilities on the battlefield far more than we have seen in the last 20 years. That's how we ended up with a basically all-star team by the end of WWII that out led and out thought the enemy and now we're talking about open ranks inspections while we are at serious risk of losing the next world war. I'm not some Patton fanboy, but his results speak for themselves. I'd rather be led by a dude that slaps a guy for not fighting than led by a dude that thinks some lint on your uniform is indicative of your military ability.

Sorry, should have been more specific, meant the story Danger41 talked about. I agree with that guy that will not be named at risk of his coming back to this board that the new 'standards' focus is dumb. It's like a E-9 from the height of the Died suddenly put on a bunch of stars. Que their favorite Patton quote of 'if you can't get them to wear their uniform right, then how can you get them to fight right' or something like that. Patton was a brilliant leader in many regards, but either this quote was made up (highly likely) or he had Biden moment. Patton was a serious history buff and clearly knew that uniforms were a relatively new invention in warfare, so clearly not something that was truly necessary to combat. Plus I doubt he would have ever passed a uniform inspection himself. Ivory handled pistols, a sash, swagger stick, and custom non-authorized pants were clearly not in reg. Just look at the Civil War and how the Rebels consistently had abysmal uniforms, far worse than the Union, yet man for man outfought the Union at pretty much every battle. Rebels were often shoe-less, in tattered pants and a jacket, maybe a hat maybe not, a beard that hasn't seen a razor in months, and hair to match, yet those same guys stood out in the open 40 yards from the enemy for multiple volleys perfectly following orders. Obviously there is no relation between fighting ability and uniform perfection, so why the newfound focus on uniforms? We must be doing so awesome in preparing for war with China that we can now focus on things that have zero impact on our ability to defend our nation.

Haven't read that story because, well, I just don't care. But if that recap is even close, he sounds like the kind of guy that won't delegate anything because he's worried the guy he would delegate to isn't as capable and would screw it up. So, in the process, he screws it up himself and the junior guys eventually take over as commander having not had any real responsibility. And guess what they do? Screw it up. But in the meantime we've risked talking about him 3 times...

As has been said, the hiring decrease is purely due to aircraft availability not demand. A problem on the supply side will drive ticket prices up and the airlines are going to max fly everything they have to capitalize on those high ticket prices. That will likely take more pilots per aircraft than was the previous norm. Plus, the mandatory retirements alone will force hiring unless the airlines want to shrink considerably. The big three are going to average losing around 500-800 pilots per year to mandatory retirement each year for the next 6-9 years. I recall hearing the furlough math during COVID that most furloughs have been around 13% of the total pilot pool and that if the furlough is less than 18 months, the airline is better off just paying people to stay home. Even if Delta wants to shrink by 13% (which is highly unlikely), all they have to do is wait a bit and retirements will take care of that in a much less disruptive way. I don't think any of this will happen. Hiring will slow with occasional pauses, but I don't see it stopping for a long time and I highly doubt a furlough. We've had an entirely unprecedented hiring wave, it had to end sometime. I think United's current hiring is back to their historical norms and my money is on it picking rapidly back up once the aircraft start arriving again. As long as demand is high, the airlines want to meet that demand.

Where's the puking response? It is amazing that so many people are eager to become vegetarians, constantly tell you about it as if that make superior or they project that you care, and then they go to extreme efforts to still eat "meat". If I give up eating vegetables because they're far more likely to give you food poisoning than meat, you won't find me making pretend broccoli out of my deer burger.

I am also concerned about the potential ways that the libs will try to push this doctrine, but one saving item for this is that there is a court hearing in order to issue a violence restraining order. The part I'm worried about is how the libs will try to set up kangaroo court hearings for "violence" as a restraining order is a temporary measure so the evidence threshold is pretty low. A liberal city or state could set up a special court system to handle these requests and pack those courts with anti-gun judges and use that for their gun confiscation efforts.

In a much more likely scenario that starts WWIII, China used axes and spears against a Philippine ship, wounding one sailor. Significant escalation from previous water cannons and such. Would be very easy to imagine the US being called on to honor the mutual defense treaty with the Philippines if a sailor is killed. If stuff like this continues then its only a matter of time until someone dies and then tough decisions to be made. https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/only-pirates-do-this-china-wields-axes-and-knives-in-south-china-sea-fight-c2467248?mod=hp_lead_pos9

As well as someone that signs up for a 10 year pilot commitment and then wants out 3 years later. You can apply the same 'chick at a frat party' to that scenario.

No, but I'm still trying to find parts to turn my existing Form 1 guns into this. Looks like the perfect truck gun.