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This feels like a Berlin Wall moment. Way too much momentum to change it back and if they try, by the time they do, data will probably show no difference. Someone will probably show the executive branch, "look, the people are happy," change it back and you will lose elections.

My general rule for Q-3s was a solid attempt to kill me or the rest of the crew. So, I gave 2. Downgrades were usually reserved for an inability to do something after multiple attempts, so not too many of those any usually happened to studs. Everything else was a debrief. But that was me. I spent more time fighting CC directed Q3s that a solid "mentoring" session could address. But fighting CC douchery was very challenging. My favorite quote, "what's the OG going to think if I don't Q3 them?" and my reply, "that you have the balls to stand up to the OG." Yep, Q3 given for an error, not gross violations. Come to think of it, most of those fights were against Nav CCs!!!!

1st, I like Earth. But I also like gas, so I'll be a self professed racing enthusiast. BTW, hydrogen, the smallest atom, is not easily stored. It likes to escape from sealed containers. And what is dirty hydrogen? And then there's this...

We play our role. We send assistance, enact trade and financial pain, isolate, and gather allies to do the same. We send the message that America will do anything for freedom and we will help, but we probably won't do that. Then tell the rest of russia, the pain stops when Putin is gone, like, "Sorry, we'd love to work with you and do trade and all, but we can't work with a country that invades and is led by a bully."

Concur. And remember, if you change the date, make sure DFAS-Indianapolis (they handle retired pay) is made aware of the date change. Maybe they coordinate better in 2022, or not.

Not to derail, but I got a relative thats into all those conspiracies and so I told him that the russians and chinese have been creating and pushing those conspiracies, getting him to think the way they want. The reaction was entertaining. But yes, russian propaganda is out there. And now its safe to label Ritter as one of them.

Yep, that was one of the biggest learning to operate areas, ground ops at the big airports. Ramps, metering, call or monitor, what's a Porter (the plane that says Porter on the side), and finally, "copy, follow the RJ" and they say that's not an RJ, its an Embraer. Commercial WEFT identification wasn't in indoc. Funny, but when SWA started ops in O'Hare, one would hear a funny comment like, "you ain't from around here, are ya" when trying to taxi.

Apparently Putin has never seen Red Dawn. What I'm seeing is an interesting mix of asymmetric warfare. My suggestions for Ukraine, hit harder and faster every day the during the peace talks... give no time or space to regroup. Every break Putin takes he gets an update on losing more units. Every 10 minutes he has some peon whispering in his ear on another strike. Oh, and as an interesting middle finger to Russian interests, we seize all real estate, boats, cars, businesses, and accounts tied to the russian mob, even if it means pending court cases might get hosed. Arrest as many as possible. Send a few to rot in Gitmo for a year. Then seize everything tied to russian power players. Squeeze them very hard. Create internal Putin enemies. Post hundreds more interviews of Russian POWs, showing humane care, and with them begging for forgiveness of listening to Putin.

My DAV experience was fine, Little Rock if that helps. My dad used the VFW and they didn't do much for him. I ended refiling his claim years later with me as the on-file advocate. Ended up getting him from 40% to 90% for a Gulf War injury (I felt it should have been 100%). Nobody went thru his records, saw the history and explained it to a decision board. It seems some of the VSOs that help with claims just list the ailment and expect the VA to read the records and figure it out. I suppose if someone has some service medical issues and they want to make sure they get a solid rating, maybe paying for a person/lawyer that specialized in this work is beneficial. Next up for dad, maybe a new filing for Agent Orange presumptive conditions. If you didn't know, for Nam Vets on the Agent Orange exposure registry, the VA has been adding medical conditions that can result in a rating. For us, that could mean the Burn Pit registry may some day have medical conditions added to it. Now, strangely, my own initial claim from many years ago was recently reevaluated by the VA and increased. Out of the blue. No idea how or why.

1st Herk I flew shook on takeoff, in the climb, and most of the sortie. And when I say shook, it's wasn't vibration, I mean it shook side to side, and hard. "They" said it might be due to the external tanks and removed them, but it probably wasn't. Plane was grounded shortly after I flew it and was retired, which probably prevented a pending Class A. Same with oldest Herk. 61-2358 was the 1st E-model and they said it spent a lot of it's life as a test bird. but it came to LR its final days with the 62d doing Pro sorties. It's now back at Edwards as a display.

Yep, came here to report the same e-mail. These are proposals and the links above are for public comment. Looks like tinnitus won't get a 10% unless associated with hearing loss. Also, the VA says that a person's current ratings won't change, but if these changes are instituted, one can apply for an increase if applicable.

Convoy!!! Go Rubber Duck!

I thought so. I worked until the retirement date minus PTDY date. I sold back the rest of my leave. Airline job start date was 5 weeks after retirement date. Another job. If you don't have another job to work while on terminal, then all you're doing is a regular AF salary paid vacation. Then you're out, no leave to sell, while you wait for the other job to start. That's where working to the last day and selling leave works out to a pay advantage. But if you have another job while on terminal, then yes, don't sell the leave. But you can get retirement pay and regular pay at the same time, ask me how I know. Ok, I'll share. I set a retirement date but interviews were kinda slow at the time, so I pushed it back about 5 months (easily approved). Well, the AF DFAS told the retired DFAS my 1st date, but didn't tell them about the change. The DFAS's don't really interact with each other I guess. So 2 months after that original retirement date, I start getting weird deposits and duplicate allotments to my IRAs (yep, they can transfer from one DFAS to another, but not supposed to). I called the only DFAS I knew, our AF one. They had no record of the deposits, no idea where they came from. I tell the companies getting th duplicate allotments to return the funds, they're not mine. Then I get my 1st Retirement DFAS statement 30 days before my new, actual retirement date and see the issue. I was getting retirement backpay and distributions to my IRA. I called to tell them to stop. No, they say, we can't stop paying you retirement pay even if you're not retired. I shit you not, that was the first answer. The resolution to fix the pay, calculations, and oh we overpaid you and now you own us and btw we're charging you interest for our mistake, and such, took a whole year! I'm not kidding here, its a classic office space thing where you can't talk to the people that make changes to pay accounts. It took multiple letters, scathing online feedback forms, and a handy e-mail to an upper DFAS mgmt gal to get a fixer involved. Oh, and try doing taxes on a screwed up 1099-R.

Don't Look Up was fine. You're just falling into the traps of critics. They're bandwaggoning the hate and I don't know why. In the tone of Jen Lawrence, What the Fuck Is Wrong With You???? I loved the lampooning of billionaires. I loved byline of the gaslighting politics. They didn't preach to you, they just tried to reveal the absurdity of politicians and gazillionaires. Don't skip it. You will thank someone, especially when you think, "we can't be this stupid, can we?"

So folks tuning in, there's an SWA advantance over others, especially UAL. At UAL, most can't drop their entire line. And if you can, pick is only premium if advertised on that trip; which if there is sufficient reserve coverage, premium ain't happening. 73 or Airbus, the premium is mostly during crunch times like holidays or summer. But working my ass off isn't my plan, so I try to coast with working as little as possible.

But it's unAmerican.

And here I thought Texans love freedom more than anything. Not very freedom like, if you ask me.

FedEx wants LAIRCM on a few jets. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/14/fedex-anti-missile-lasers-cargo-planes-527119 Gotta get those packages delivered no matter what!!!

My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with a girl who saw Ferris pass-out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious. He was going to visit his granny and decided to take a test, come to find out, negative. Just some sort of teenager, get outta school, cold. (Last part is true. Know a person, got sick, thought rona, fam visit with olds coming up, got a test. Just a cold with cough. Shit, thought colds were extinct these days.)

This stuff is great for adding HEAT to anything. Mix some in with your season salt and done. A good alternative when you're out to peños or don't want the mess. Any Kroger brand store, like Pick n Save has it.

I used humor to suggest that masks and vaxs won't eradicate covid. And mask policies are like reflective belt rules. Wearing one is not a force field. Tell you what. You do you.

Read the recent airline thread? My local union council entertained a proposal to attempt to increase the age 65 rule (it failed, no surprise). One of the points, there is a "pilot shortage." Really, its a shortage of specific kinds of people, but they will take what they can when the preferred category dries up. A mil pilot is a well known quantity and usually produces well. They also tend to be mission hacking oriented. That said, I know numerous people that got out at 16, 17, and even 18 yrs of service. I know the check of the month club is very enticing, and it made being on min pay thru covid no big deal (thanks, Uncle Sugar!!). No OPRs, no 1206s, no PT tests, no uni-nazis (yep, nobody cares if I'm hat-less) or whatever beef o' the day in the Wrong on the AF thread. The job takes me to interesting places with breweries to try out. At United, there is need to hire 1100ish by this summer based on the last vacancy. Anyone with min Capt requirements could have gotten it at SFO, LAX, EWR, and IAD. I just heard Delta doesn't care about a degree. These are called hiring signs.

Everyone MOPP4, vaxed, taxed, and boosti-vaxed, and a few million crews like this cleansing the planet. There, done. Just watch out for that passive carrier that can zombify the world. (Courtesy of 28 Weeks Later)

That guy sounds like, suppose the Wright Bros told everyone to never fly on an airplane. I understand he came up with the idea, but it took a huge number of people to develop the idea into a product. Now he just sounds like a qwack.

Keep the receiver unless you don't like it, and just get a pair of quality floor/bookshelf speakers. Don't really need a sub if you got decent woofers. Just ask my neighbors. If you want to impress your friends with $$$$, just get a set of the revitalized JBL L100. About $2K each. If you want vintage, a great source is goodwill.com as they auction off all the best donated stuff. I got a 2nd Sony receiver for the garage for under $25. Some get speakers off there as the crossovers are great and refurb them with replacement speakers.