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Yup. It's also funny (not funny) that he is doing this because he fear the weaponization of the judicial system. Wow...

No surprise there...

Ah yes, this ole' trope. If you put your hands in your pockets, you will screw up the TO and a plane will crash for sure!

Awesome! I just lost an hour looking at all the other photos that thing has taken. When people ask, can the government really see that from space, I'll refer them to this site. Then let them know that this is just what a civilian company has access to lol.

Absolutely perfect revitalization of an older post. I went single and had a good time, but would have been just as happy if I had been married. The wives were like mother hens to the single guys and some were great wingmen at the bar by sending girls your way lol. If you stay single, just remember that when she's walking out and stops to do a double take of your flight suit hanging on the door...she's probably enlisted. This is why you never ask what they do at the bar. Whether she gets invited back depends on how good it was and how dangerously you like to live. Wisdom from uncle Sociald. 🤣

That's one of the reasons I generally like this guys content, he's not afraid to call himself out. Though in this case, I wish he'd have gone into more detail on what made him jump to such a drastic conclusion so quickly. I was waiting for a follow up from him, glad he ate crow rather than moved on.

Despite how this dude looks in this short clip, he posts some great content where he hunts down an calls out mis/disinformation. Former Army intel guy/current cyber security guy. Anyway, just another data point and context for the dude Ryan is interviewing. https://www.instagram.com/p/DEYkTNsMtEL/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again https://www.youtube.com/@RyanMcBethProgramming/videos

The good ones all leave because they're scared they won't be backed up by their leadership. We have lots of LE on our Guard base and many have left their gigs for full time Guard for these reasons. They all say the same thing, I'm one well edited video away from being fired, or worse. These are great people who I imagine we're great cops, trying to be good public servants to their community. Just like active duty experiences, most of the good ones bail and your left with what's left. The good ones who do stay, have an uphill battle. Side note, I could never be LE... I'd be fired, or in jail for excessive force when dealing with some of the assholes/bad guys they deal with daily. I'm very thankful we have those who can keep their tempers in check.

I mean, he didn't break the spar, did he? Thought I heard he was a union rep at AAL? That could be someone else though.

LAS Vegas Bomber was a Army SF guy. Graduated from a high school not far from where I grew up. 19 year SF guy who "was very patriotic and an ardent Trump supporter." Something seems really off.

I remember flying with fighter pilots from a particular middle eastern nation, where the pilots spent the entire debrief trying to save face, rather than actually learn. From talking with some guys who have been sim IP's at various Asian airlines, their culture seems similar, with the added bonus of not wanting to challenge authority. If I remember correctly, the FO on the Asiana 777 that smacked the seawall in SFO, knew it was going bad, but didn't challenge the Captain. Hopefully this isn't the case, but I'd honestly be worried about that flying on Asian carriers.

I read them as well and got a good laugh. I expect nothing less from young, steely eye warriors. As an old washed up, has been, I'm super thankful for these guys quick thinking under pressure. I know there are some very happy parents/wives/gf's/side hides/kids back home as well. Hope they peel back the onion until they've extracted ounce of lessons learned.

It looks like they were flying with the throttles. Makes sense if they lost a HYD or whatever else from the FRAG. Horrible situation, it seems like the crew did a great job saving as many lives as they could.

Some Navy Commander right now...probably.

What makes them amazing? I'm in the middle of researching different banks, after being with USAA my entire adult life, I'm bailing on everything.