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Having the time of his life…until reality sets in the morning.

Who said it came from the PRC mainland…

Just when he got his PTSD under control, you opened it right back up!

2014, Bundy ranch in Nevada. Armed citizens won a standoff with the feds - the feds finally just quit and walked away (I think because they ultimately knew another Waco would be really bad for them).

Looks like they did it, found the video…

Does the NDAA change the concept of prorated incentive pay to one day = full payment?

It’s almost like we’ve known these things for years now…weird.

I don’t see how there is a single correlation between flight pay amount and effort at work. Higher flight pay is one tool to make the overall compensation higher in an attempt to keep guys from jumping to the airlines, that’s all it does. Rand took a massive swing and a miss on this one.

You forgot to also ask which BUDS class he was in (that’s classified by the way).

I should not have read this right after taking a drink of bourbon. Best laugh I’ve had in a while!

Devotion the book is great, the movie fell well short of the book (which is fairly common I suppose). A ton of just OK CGI and green screen, tons of detail missing from the story, not that many actual combat scenes considering the length of the movie. It’s worth a free watch when you’ve got nothing else to do, but I wouldn’t prioritize it or spend money on it. The book is definitely worth picking up.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, where the fuck were these teachers when I was 17!

Yeah, totally comparable situation (/s). Not to say the history tie isn’t cool in a way, but let’s not pretend this is the same thing. Reference Waveshapper’s post - that’s how this would have likely turned out, and that’s not me giving any shit to the raptor bros.

From FAA order 7110.65… ”Separate an arriving aircraft from another aircraft using the same runway by ensuring that the arriving aircraft does not cross the landing threshold until one of the following conditions exists…” 1. “Landing aircraft is clear of runway” 2. “The other aircraft has departed and crossed the runway end. If you can determine distances by reference to suitable landmarks and the other aircraft is airborne, it need not have crossed the runway end if the following minimum distance from the landing threshold exists…” And it goes into the distances required based on aircraft category. But, the point is the tower controller couldn’t have seen any landmarks due to RVR, so no way he was in compliance with this order. So, ultimately he fucked up by clearing SW onto the runway with FDX on 3 mi final. That said, this is a good lesson learned for us pilots - what kind of separation from an aircraft on final are you good with? What separation will allow you to operate normally and safely without pressure to “make it happen?” Clearly WX plays a factor and there isn’t one right answer. Good things to think about.

Got to get that inverted spin training in somehow!

Put a few 20mm holes through it and it still drifts quite a ways (international waters complicates recovery), get closer and you give it potentially more chance to capture data from the F-22, and gunning an object going that slow is incredibly difficult with low probability of success and increased risk of midair (and at 60K I can’t even imagine, even in a raptor).

Had a SEAL in the backseat puke his brains out, but did a good job of getting it all in the two bags. However, 6.9 min later he’s flying and slams the stick forward into more negative Gs than I’ve experienced in my entire life…both puke bags and my maxed out piddle pack slam into the canopy, all three explode like water balloons and shower the entire cockpit in a rain mixture of chipotle burrito puke and gelled piss. Wiping off my visor was fun. Flying fighters ain’t all glamor!

9x makes complete sense.

@ATIS So when are you moving back to America where the 2A applies?

I agree with your overall premise, but this statement gets thrown around a lot. I have experienced the opposite for nearly my entire career. Don’t violate a reg (e.g. a “must/shall” or “prohibited/don’t” statement), and you’ll be fine. A is always good to go if it doesn’t explicitly say you must do B or cannot do A.

God I hope not, but I don’t think you’re crazy for saying any of that.

And on top of that, Ronna got re-elected. The DNC is pure hammered dogshit of the highest caliber, and should be simple to crush. And yet, the RNC is embarrassingly incompetent and living in a fantasy world. The only hope is someone like Desantis or Paul wins the primary, but the GOP establishment is just as corrupt and corrosive as the Dem establishment, so won’t be surprised to watch them “take the competition out” like the Dems did with Tulsi. Fuck! I need a whiskey.