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Also, in the warmer months in FL, there is always WX, EDTs, etc. Ops should always understand and anticipate those kinda delays. No other airline meltdown last week.

The SWA schedule problems are due to the Chinese trying to take over Taiwan. Or is it because gas prices went up 1% which caused crews to go bankrupt at the pump. or space noise interfered with ph calls to skeds, or rising ocean levels caused more thunderstorms in Orlando and FAA Controllers at Jax didn't show cause the moon didn't align properly with Saturn. My special interests are X, and I will make any event in the world line up up with my interests. To my SWA buddy's out there, taxi fast, fly faster, and make bank on the ineptitude of ops.

If only there was a huge facility being built in the US that had different initial plans (LCDs) that could be redirected towards chip production. I introduce you the the Foxconn factory in SE Wisconsin, which isn't doing much yet. Initially slated to build LCDs, the infrastructure buildouts should enabled it to build pretty much anything high tech. In the USA.

Allow myself to quote myself. It was in response to "how come people test positive after getting the shot" mongering.

You think 'Rona is just gonna sit still and get killed? Nature fights back. Some call it evolution.

Until the top takes responsibility and takes it off the crews hands, this is probable... and even then. How some of these CCs/Gens are still in charge is beyond me. I've seen Sq/CCs fired for waaaaayyyy less. Navy COs that hit another ship, fired. But these guys??!!!?!!

Man, what a flashback. I was introduced to Dr Hook as a kid as their greatest hits record was one my Ma would play frequently. She played everything from Uriah Heep to Eddie Rabbit to MJ's Thriller. Thanks Ma!

Nah. The "What else don't they know about it?" is not an argument, it feels more like an assumption generator that's feeding into a mass hysteria. Here's an argument. Covid can kill. Facts. 1. Lots of people that got covid died. Prove me wrong. See, that's an argument. And you did it as well, just tossed out some talking points on effects to reproductive health, something about lies, coercion, and missing data. If this is 1st hand, I hope your cycle returns to normal soon. If it's from a study of 10K women in Israel, cite your work. Next, what data is missing? Let us know and maybe someone can find it for you. Pfizer is no longer experimental, and wasn't experimental when shots were approved under Emergency Use. The experiment parts were the 40K+ people taking shots during the phase trials. Now if you feel apprehension for taking a new vaccine because there's a pandemic and wondering how they made it so quickly and so on, talk to a doc. Lastly, I did my research and got the shot, specifically choosing Pfizer/BioNTech as they were the pioneers of mRNA R&D. I got my armor and feel I should be able to go about as I please.

A few years back, I had a 60yo in the jumpseat, commuting to training at a regional. While she had hours flying in her youthier days, this was her 1st Part 121 job. Hired at 60! So, two years to go, start now. Private thru Instrument, CFI by retirement is very doable time wise. Then what DirkD said...

Well, I think that when we receive an immunization, it only works once the bug is inside our body. That means we got to be infected. Now that vax should have taught our system to mount an assault based on enemy recce, building of offensive forces, and deployment into battle. So, for your fighting forces to work, you gotta get infected, you gotta get invaded. When you take that test, "Was I Invaded?" it will say yep, you got it. Will you have symptoms, yes, you're infected. Will they kill you, chances are much more in your favor because your systems used the vax as an early detection system and the vax installed plans for your military industrial complex to rapidly build that fighting force. Now sometimes the enemy changes uniforms, or learns new commando tactics. Your body needs to know how to build new fighting forces to counter and that comes with a vax booster plan with with new recce cards and new MIC plans. Sure you could try to tough it out on your own, and maybe those new bug commandos damage your lungs.

The winning Powerball numbers for this week. The ratio of unicorns to leprechauns was probably off so that may be a factor. I seem to recall during vax development that boosters was put out as likely. Like yearly. Like forever. Anyway, I'm coming in hot because all I see these days is spouting of some podcast as fact, some media guy as gospel, etc., and people looking around at each other, hey, I heard something, do you hear something? Did your something come from a lefty or righty cause I only trust talk radio people that say they got covid and say they drank blue urinal cake water cause that shit kills anything. Try going to the sources; perhaps a peer reviewed journal and published scientific papers for example. I mean if you want to quote me as fact, try 8-12-22-53-62 PB 11 And by god if those are the numbers.....

Like a Combat Aerial Port. With Combat State Dept Reps for the people verification. PS. I learned that putting "Combat" in front of words makes it sound more capable. That and "Combat Showers" means you're in "Combat Conditions" and thus qualify for Combat Pay.

Ah, hostages for negotiations. How much?

Not an AWACSer either, but here's a crazy idea. Get a handful of ATC types (like previous Kabul tower controllers), give them a flight suit and a console on the E-3. Then say, you are going to control the airfield from the sky. You may not have perfect radar, or perfect comms, and will definitely need to be agile, so do you best with what you have and fall back on procedural control/slotting. It'll be like the wild west. NOTAM forthcoming, what do you want in it? But again, this might have been an idea to a possible problem if THERE WAS A PLAN!!! Would it have worked? Probably. We can be pretty crafty with problem solving as long as we can get out of our own way. Those ATC guys did it with Twitter and DM.

Scheller's video seems like his version of a "Dear Boss" letter. Or he wargamed the shit out of this move and has umpteen branch plans ready to fire. Now if this does go to Courts Martial, can he subpoena and introduce evidence to back up his statements? Dispositions? Witnesses? If a CM happens, betcha a beer he tries to turn the table and make a circus out of it. He'll probably also get plenty of free, high power, legal help as this represents a target to take a shot at the Biden admin. Make some popcorn, this might get interesting... PS, if only CENTCOM, and those up higher, had wargamed the Afghan retrograde plan.... wait, that's right, no plan to game out.

As I preambled, my opinion. But I don't live there, just land and takeoff from time to time. Negatory. But those propping the dude up must be feeling the extra weight and getting tired. They shined a turd to the people but more are seeing that he smells like shit.

Desantis is a bully (my opinion) and I despise bullies. And the next President should be under 60yo. Biden is done. 1. He is incompetent and I'm being kind with my words right now; probably well into dementia. He will get heavier and heavier to prop up. Any decision he makes is dangerous because he lacks the mental ability to make them. 2. The fucked up AFG exit will stick to him and his administration forever. There isn't a story or image available to paint a better picture. From people falling off the C-17 on takeoff, to the picture of the Marine holding a baby that was then killed in the Kabul attack, to the story of former operators going in on their own to rescue people they worked with and promised a better life, this complete and utterly inept group must go. Every time I see Bidens picture ...... When he said he will make them pay in regards to the Kabul attacks, he should include himself. 3. No leader of any country, organization, company, or political entity will, nor should they, ever trust Biden and his inept administration ever again. He is completely ineffective. Zero influence, or more accurately, zero positive and most likely just negative influence. Out

None of us are Olympic level, multi-gold medal winning gymnasts with the pressure to win it all again hanging over our head, and flipping ourselves over 10, 20, 30 ft in the air, and thus can't compare this to #23 in game 6. So we don't get to judge her decisions because there's no way we can fully comprehend what the fuck she's going through. None of us are in this situation, so we don't get to say she cowarded out or had courage to withdraw. You think she did this so that medias would make her a god? Or a villain? Does anyone seriously think those were the motives?? JFC, this planet is full of a bunch of dumbasses. Out

3AM. Klaxon, 0.69 secs later, C-RAM engages, startling me wide awake because its fucking loud and I'm in a tent, so my thoughts go.... big ground theory, big ground theory, big -- BOOM. The middle east can suck a dick, and I hope I never see any of it ever again.

I'm assuming this is all your stuff. One thing to consider if storage will be a decent amount of time is having the moving company deliver it to a storage unit and only you have the key. One base I was at had a deal where I could store X lbs for free at a moving company (lack of storage space in base housing) so I used it. When it was time to move, I went to get it and saw the stuff was in an open warehouse, stacked up, and sorta roped off. Thats how stuff goes missing; a worker moves something out of the way, 5 finger discount, etc. All this to say is that SIT or moving company storage is not always in standard storage units. Bekins, etc charge a high amount because the govt lets them. One last bit of advise for the next move. You can DITY your whole move and even use a commercial company. It takes homework and you take on risk, so have good insurance. The key is the multiplier TMO uses, which fluctuates on demand. Compare that to an estimate or 2 and decide. One move I was looking at was going from base housing to base housing, no wait, 1.8ish multiplier over baseline allowances (summer, busy, higher rates). Could have made a few thou but too many flaming juggle sticks to handle and just needed a turnkey move.

A few of us co-workers all about to retire did some maths and we concluded that SBP was worth it. But none of us were dual mil. For those that aren't dual military, here's what we did. The comparison was with term. I don't have the spreadsheet anymore, but we experimented with 1 Mil policies (maybe 2M) and used a cost index adjusted monthly payout of SBP as the rate of use. The term policy payouts eventually ran out, even with using a few low risk investment interest rates after payout; unless you died young, had a high value policy, and spouse was able to use mostly interest only. But you had to die. Also, unless you get inflation/cost adjusted policies, the effective payout decreases. We saw that the money paid in to SBP paid for itself after a few years. Quick math using static current year numbers, if you pay in for 20 years, spouse would get that amount back after 29 months. I just looked up how much I pay and what 55% of my monthly check would be, and SBP would pay back 70% of 1 year's cost with 1 month of benefit, so that may be a better cost adjusted benchmark to use. So we felt it was an easy way to help take care of the family and not deal with insurance companies. And there's a reason SBP is govt subsidized. You won't find a similarly priced product commercially. And there's no health history to affect rates. Or being a pilot. Or etc. All this to say, do the homework.

ERBs are great and well done. This one is my favorite; Darth delivers the best line ever.

One guy I know got hired at a job fair Kalitta was at, but that was about 6 years ago. I know a few folks that went to Atlas, as well but they all jumped to UPS/FedEx when their number was up. About 7 yrs when I asked, Atlas started with an internal rec. When it came to the flying, 747/767 flying and types were cool, the long trip length worked for most, but liked the shorter trips in the majors a lot more. Commuting was positive space, but imputed income. Nutshell, not a bad place to start, but many look for better. I do think that jumping to a major from an AMCI has higher chances than a regional. The worldwide experience just seems more competitive. If you have a connection, go for it. If you want to continue the brosepher-ness, rush an ANG unit too. I've know a few dudes that did ACMI/ANG. And I've known a few folks that did Avenge to build time/experience. They joked that they called it the future airline pilots group with just about everyone there working on time, building resumes, and perfecting the apps. A contract or 2 and you're set. My info is old, so try to find someone more recent. Keep talking to friends, make the contacts, and get the info.

Side note, I watched some vids on the Bugatti W16 engine.... fascinating piece of machinery and engineering.