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None of the above will ever happen unless we have leadership with the balls to do it, and a national will that what's them to.

Two crowds in here talking past each other: First: We can't beat china right now because of lots of reasons. This is true. Second: The American way of war is to get kicked in the balls and then fight our way to victory through overwhelming superiority of innovation, ingenuity, and inherent individual initiative (oh the alliteration!). Also true.

Even when your patron is an 80 year old bumbling shell of a human?

Wait, dude had a heart attack and still can hold a FC1? It thought heart attacks and strokes were the kiss of death for an FAA physical.

Imma need pics

You're not wrong.

Nailed it. Twice.

I hold fast in this: We would smoke them. IF and only IF we have a national will that wants us to.

Nailed it. Good work. No problems with V1 cuts, thanks anyway. For future reference: Herc dudes do a lot of V1 cut work. It's kind of a thing for us...but I digress. I worked at brand Y first and my RLA indoc was brutal and a steep curve. Our union actually had 5 different unions inside it. It was a warzone. I would have been better served at least knowing what the hell a union is, which I didn't, before I showed up to ride that trainwreck. For reference, I would more appropriately equate it to a stud showing up at the B-course not knowing what BFM stands for. All the 121 trained guys knew what was going on, whereas we mil dudes were clueless. Should guys care about it before getting hired? No. Absolutely not. After they get hired? Definitely worth a shallow dive into what union relations are like at your new company. The deep dive is for the long haul flights with salty captains though. I'd never expect an ex-mil new hire to be an expert on the RLA. That would be useless, and time is much better spent focused elsewhere. However, I'm sure your indoc class instructor were really impressed with your knowledge of V1 cut dynamics as they asked you if you wanted to join the union, or perhaps take that nice management job. In some companies this is a bigger deal than others, but regardless, I would have been blindly ignorant if offered the choice at my first event. Purportedly the guys with the most mechanical and CRM problems transitioning to heavy jets, according the the sim IPs at brand X and Y and my own firsthand experience, are dudes arriving straight from a pointy nose single seat...and they invariably clean that up the mechanics portion in a couple rides. Some never clean up the CRM problems. In contrast, stepping on the union crank during indoc can easily have career long impacts. Just sayin' BL: Mil-airline transition duds should actively seek a basic awareness of the minefield that is union/management at their new company so they don't shoot themselves in the foot on day one. "Flying the Line" is an easy read in that direction. TLDR: Hey Mil guys going to the airlines, there's a landmine called union/management relationships. Don't piss off the union.

Quoted for posterity.

I think you're mis-hearing it. After you get hired, but before you show up, it's a good idea to actually know what the RLA is and generally what it does. Showing up to training completely ignorant is not an excuse.

Standing By for the national will to stand up for ourselves, governance in that direction, and a national leader who believes America is worth fighting for.

Your 2A753 is showing.

Ok. Who let Hunter on the forum?

aren't these standard issue for loads and booms?

I'm with Prozac on this one. 'Analyze the situation' comes before 'take appropriate action'. Understanding the foundations of the environment you are about to jump into is incredibly helpful. Just like you wouldn't interview with a company without reading up on that company, don't join a union without understanding why it's there. It's definitely not step one, but it's definitely step beforeyoushowupatyournewhireclass. That's coming from someone who didn't do that homework and had to learn the hard way.

Find me any politician anywhere without baggage and skeletons. I wouldn't be surprised to see Gavin in it in two years. He's got charisma and tactical prowess...though he does suffer a terrible track record. It all depends on how the next two years shake out after the upset over the cheating/election denial ends post 2022 elections.

Great, ya'll referenced that ridiculous monetary theory three times, thereby summoning Random Guy. Stand by for inane drivel...

oh yeah, that was definitely a beer rant right there.

So BQZIP's mom is Rosie O'Donnell?

She's a pitcher?

...and this is how the new Defensive Egg was born...

Why do you think the 'trans' movement has begun as it has? So the "under 20" somethings can have their "NON-COSMETIC" mandatory 'gender affirming' surgeries that were "affirmed" by their parents who would be criminally liable if they decided not to affirm said surgery. Have you heard what heathcare is like for those transgender individuals post-op? At all? Yeah, not so great...and completely un-funded. Enjoy your new wedding tackle. Be careful with that "non-cosmetic" phrase my friend. Let's not ignore responsibility though. If you're a boomer and you're reading this: THIS IS YOUR FAULT You raised a generation to think they could be whatever they wanted without any price...and guess what...they're asking for it No doubt, m'fing' F the F out of the F'ing BOOMERS who voted themselves...and themselves only...into social security. In case I'm being vague: I SINCERELY DISLIKE THE BOOMERS WHO THOUGHT SOCIAL SECURITY WAS A GOOD THING FOR AMERICA That team had absolutely no regard for demographics or facts. BTW (for the boomers: that's By The Way), the generation you raised is now incapable of working the hours demanded by your social security, and are unwilling to pay the taxes deemed by your generational voting habits, and are completely against...well...ALL your values because of...you probably didn't guess it...YOU The sad part is that your values could save America. Dear Lord Ratner: You claim to be a conservative liberal. Will you please start acting...and more importantly AVOCATING like one?

Tanker pilots who take command of tactical airlift wings and vs versa, and Phoenix crossflow airplane tourists who become squadron commanders in airframes they have 100 hours in without ever being squadron DOs. Specialization and actually being a professional in a single mission set is obviously a bad thing in AMC. That mentality has even crept into the Reserves.