brabus
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I had a 50/50 shot…put it all on black!
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I don’t think losing the one engine (at least in an airbus) is a huge deal, not even hard to deal with. But, all bets are off when it falls off, likely resulting in ruptured hyd lines and fuel cells. Then throw in the alleged loss of the #3 at 500k GW. Screwed…nobody can recover from that.
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The only applicability of “democratic” in that sense is they were all stupid enough to vote for it via a democratic process, and ironically that currently valid democratic process would soon disappear entirely if their ill-informed plan actually played out fully.
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Do companies know what POS/D-bag/use your favorite adjective they’re hiring with these types and just don’t care, or are they ignorant to it because they only read the resume and heard what they needed to hear in the informal/formal interviews. How is a guard unit so much better at vetting people than billion dollar companies.
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Holy shit, prayers for all affected. So weird to see it post-rotate and not climb at all.
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I’ve done (forced) cop-led active shooter drills with everyone using their M9 (and pointing at each other per instructor direction). Yes they were 2-person checked unloaded, but I still felt it was a dumb idea. We’re not talking highly trained shooters, we’re talking mostly run-of-the-mill shoe clerks. Only two of us in the group had firearms experience beyond basic AF training.
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It’ll be bad for America, not just NYC. Cancer spreads, don’t let it take hold anywhere.
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Socialism is merely a stepping stone to communism, Marx said that (paraphrasing). Yeah they’re technically different in some ways, but they’re also very intertwined. Frankly who gives a shit, they’re both bad - people try to use the technical distinctions as a “look how smart I am/dumb you are,” but reality is they’re not that smart and “you” aren’t that dumb. Bottom line - both bad, capitalism better (despite the problems that capitalism has), history has proven that for 100% of the earth’s existence since these systems originated.
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So failure to adhere to one of the most basic gun safety principles. You can’t fix stupid.
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Initial Pilot Training and Future Pilot Training
brabus replied to LookieRookie's topic in General Discussion
Question for UPT grads from early 90s and before… Along the lines of Lord Ratner’s post, wasn’t one of the reasons for historically much higher washout rates back in the previous century the fact everyone flew 38s, which meant guys washed out for sucking at 4 ship form, etc. - things that were largely irrelevant to heavies, meaning these washouts probably would have been fine to graduate had they fast forwarded to SUPT with a tracked system (flew T-1s). If I’m not off base, then hopefully that is considered when designing a single-airframe UPT program. More hours in primary trainer, maybe track guys in the first third of advanced trainer (e.g. everyone flies the same aircraft, but the syllabus becomes different for fighters vs. heavy track), etc. -
400 FPM passing through 35k…that is crazy. I’m impressed.
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The transfer is “just paperwork.” Your losing unit/AFRC will have to release you to the new unit/guard, transfer your UPT ADSC over, etc. I would tell your SQ/CC you are starting to look into this plan due to the hardship on the family and its long term unsustainability. Any good human should understand and be supportive. Hopefully he’ll also be willing to help you with the search (e.g. reach out to other CCs in your local region to vouch for you, ask for transfer help, etc.)
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Personally I’d find a unit closer to where you live, and consider changing base to ORD. Get both jobs within the “local” region - your family QOL will be much better. Look at the guard too, don’t just limit it to reserves.
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Do you live in base for the airlines? If you’re commuting to both, especially as an O3 with a long ways to 20, you are going to crash and burn with one of your careers or your family.
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Are you planning on trying to get an active retirement? If so, that’s the only benefit I could see in taking these orders (given the factors you mentioned). As a side note, if that is your goal, you’d better move close to the unit or else this will be a long, painful road. If you are good with a TR retirement, then take the airline deal and go heal up at home.
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@Banzai Let us know when a dem introduces the legally required resolution for her to be sworn in by a judge, another not-the-speaker congressman, etc. Has it happened and I missed it? It is that easy, so why isn’t a dem doing it? Did I miss that happening and the GOP shut it down?
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*should*…as in that’s not reality. The point is there isn’t any nefarious politically-driven (in)action going on, it’s simply how it works. Don’t like how it works, that’s cool, and frankly I agree. But, Banzai’s painting a picture that Republicans have a choice and they’ve chosen not to swear a Dem in while doing the opposite for a Republican. That picture simply is not true' and that’s the point of my post.
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The Senate confirmed a federal judge yesterday. On the contrary, the Speaker of the House swears in new members of congress. They are two separate processes, but you are trying to pull the wool over our eyes that they are one in the same. That said, the House could pass a resolution to swear her in during recess. But that resolution must occur before she can be sworn in. If you want to assert Johnson is stonewalling a resolution, then go ahead…but provide evidence that he’s actually doing that other than “your gut.”
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Depends on model and dealer, but 25-50%. It’s a no brainer to buy through blue label. Related note, a lot of shade is thrown at Glock for being “sub par” because owners upgrade a lot of the parts. But, even when I have chosen to do such a thing, my end result is still cheaper than the other guy’s factory gun, and matches, or out performs, its capability. That said, I think the gen 5 barrels are pretty solid and really just the trigger is what needs to be replaced. Meh money spent, especially when you get the gun via blue label.
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I’d be so proud of whoever did it.
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For some reason, @Biff_T was the first suspect name that came to mind.
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Those are rookie numbers!
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AGR-20 has been one of the best weapons we’ve produced in a long time.
