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I've flown most Boeing jets and have done a real go around the 727, 737, 757, and 767. Never say never but I can't envision hitting TOGA well outside causing anything dramatic resulting in such an excessive reaction.

What LJDRVR said.

Those FADECS systems can burn anything!

I'll add to that seniority concept. At AA, we've absorbed Reno Air, TWA, and the US Air East/West pilots. Each of these integration's cost seniority numbers. Had my seniority date been 5 days sooner, 270 Reno guys would be behind me and not in front of me, lost another 700+ with TWA, and @2500 with US Air. The guy right behind in my new hire class and therefore the next on the seniority list is now 5 numbers behind me.

I was walking across the parking lot at NAS Fort Worth JRB and "got pulled over" by what passes for security and informed of the new rule saying no walking and talking on my phone. If there ever was a clue that there were too many people making rules without real jobs that enhanced our mission to kill people and break their stuff, this was it.

I did interview with the NTSB when I left active duty but had no desire to move to the LA area but it was an option if a Hawg gig didn't show up. While the NTSB does accident investigation for causal factors and makes recommendations to improve safety, the FAA has the hammer on regulations or mandatory equipment. Just like the AF, politics and money are involved (although those two are redundant) so you really have to have something spectacular happen and kill a bunch of people before changes are made.

Reading Jerimiah Weeds description of a trip reminded me of a comment made during contract negotiations by a former (before my time) American Airline's CEO, Robert Crandall, "There's no money in cargo."

This month was 2 Hong Kong, 1 Madrid, and 1 London which flew into next month. Hong Kong is 44 hours on the ground while most other layovers are 25-27 hours-ish. My second Hong Kong trip cratered while we were in Hong Kong so I got an extra day and a half in Hong Kong, flew back to LAX instead of DFW and had to deadhead home. While that sucked, the extra hours took me over our max and I got paid to NOT fly to Madrid. Last month was 4 3-day London trips (Flight Standards bought one for training) and I picked up a HNL and took the wife. I bid reserve next month because I have vacation and pay/trip strategery favors reserve. You can put these trips back to back, i.e. get in from LHR on Monday and fly to Narita on Tuesday. Time zone changes and weird hours make for challenges getting rest. Some guys can do that but I'd rather have a day or two to relax. Most brutal is to get in from a deep south trip at 6 am and then fly deep south again departing at 9pm that night. Uh....hell no but, again, some guys do it. Most international flights are 3 day trips. Our deep south flights to Buenos Aires, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Rio, etc. boarder on 4 day trips because you depart late, 8-10pm, and fly 10 hours to arrive just after sunrise. Layover is long since you depart late in the evening on the 2nd day to fly home arriving 5-6am. I fly out of DFW and there are many more options depending on which HUB you fly the trip from. For instance, LHR (London Heathrow) is a 20 hour, 3 man crew out of DFW but is flown as a 15-16 hour, 2 man crew out of JFK. 4 man crews flying Asia out of mean you get two breaks inflight. 3 man crews mean you get one break. How long? Take the time remaining between 15 minutes after takeoff and 35-45 minutes prior to landing and divide that time by 3 or 4 and that is the length of the break.

AA started building domestic trips for the 787 and I ended up with one sitting reserve. I forgot how much I hated domestic flying. Jet isn't ready to go, waiting on a ride to the hotel, swapping jets going through a hub while doing the bag drag and enjoying quality airport sit time, and hotels in crappy locations with limited food options. International flying is really a different airline than domestic.

Sitting wide body reserve, I went for 105 days without flying at 76 hours paid per month although I normally averaged 1 trip per month. This month, I'm working 12 days (4 trips) for 91 hours. Just depends on what you want to do.

Whatever tax structure is used such flat tax, progressive tax, or VAT combined with ever rate the idiots in Congress decide upon with up to and including a 70% rate recently mentioned, that tax method and rate is completely irrelevant if the idiots in Congress keep spending more money that the country takes in.

https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2019/01/20/harry-reid-exposes-greatest-liberal-scam-of-alltime-n2539256 Harry Reid Exposes Greatest Liberal Scam of All-Time Wayne Allyn Root 5-6 minutes What's in the news day and night? The wall. It's all anyone talks about or thinks about or debates. Have you heard? The U.S. government is partially shut down over the wall. But it's all a massive liberal scam. A Ponzi scheme. Pure fraud. Bernie Madoff couldn't come up with a better scam. Because the same liberal politicians and donors who scream about the "racism" and "immorality" and "ineffectiveness" of a wall all live behind walls. President Trump needs to buy TV infomercial time and run a 30-minute TV show in a Ross Perot fashion -- featuring aerial views of the mansions and estates of liberals, protected by walls, gates, and armed guards. You know, the exact same protections they don't want you and me or our children to have. Exhibit A is Harry Reid, the Democratic former Senate Majority Leader from my home state of Nevada. Please ignore the advertising slogan "What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas." It's not true. Las Vegas is the crossroads of America. What happens here is happening everywhere. And I've uncovered the biggest liberal scam in America -- going on right here in Las Vegas. It revolves around my home community in Henderson. I live in the exclusive Anthem Country Club. There are about 1,500 beautiful homes behind the gates of Anthem. Together, these homes are worth around $1 billion -- in just one country club in one Las Vegas suburb. What's the amazing appeal of Anthem Country Club? It's got a big beautiful wall around it. And thick iron gates in front are protected by armed guards. The result? There is virtually no crime inside walled, gated, armed Anthem. Life is good behind the gates of Anthem. In the rest of Las Vegas ... not so much. In the rest of Vegas ... lots of crime, gang bangers, drugs, car-jackings, and home invasion robberies. Proving walls and gates and lots of armed guards are a good thing if you want your family to be safe. But wait. My Anthem community recently added yet another feature to keep our residents safe. Every vehicle entering our gates must show a government-issued photo ID or they will be denied entry. Guess who's my neighbor, just steps away from my home? Former Sen. Harry Reid. The one and only. He could have chosen anywhere in Nevada or America to retire. But he didn't. He chose the protection of fortress Anthem for his family. There are many lessons we can learn from studying Anthem Country Club. Lesson No. 1: If you want your family and children to be safe, BUILD A WALL -- preferably a wall that is also surrounded by armed guards. The Vatican understands this lesson. Every celebrity in Hollywood understands. All the wealthy politicians in Washington, D.C., understand. All the big-shot media executives understand. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and George Soros all understand. Barbara Streisand, George Clooney, Sean Penn, and Madonna all understand. They are protected by big walls, sturdy gates, and armed guards. Lesson No. 2: Liberal Democrats are hypocrites. All the liberal bigmouths who denigrate the wall live behind walls and gates. None is a better example than Reid, former chief water carrier and bottle washer of President Barack Obama. Reid spent his entire Senate career fighting viciously against a wall. Reid argued walls were terrible and unnecessary things. So, why did Harry choose Anthem? Because he loves his family. That's why we all want a wall at America's southern border. To protect our country and our children from bad people, drugs, disease, and violent crime. Welcome to the neighborhood, Harry. Can I bring a cake by? Lesson No. 3: Liberals lie about everything. Liberals don't just use walls to separate themselves from the very poor and illegal alien voters they count on to elect them. They use limos and private jets and send their children to lily-white private schools where they'll never be around gangbangers or illegal aliens or Muslim refugees or disease. Lesson No. 4: Guns must not be as bad as liberals claim. Because liberals may argue against gun ownership, but at the same time, they have armed guards protect them. Lesson No. 5: The argument against voter identification is a total scam. How do all those gardeners, maids and pool cleaners drive through the gates of Anthem every day? The answer: They all already have a government-issued photo ID. So I guess it's a lie when liberal politicians claim that poor people and minorities don't have a photo ID or that it's too difficult for them to get or that it's "racist" to ask them for it. Voter ID is an issue because liberals want election fraud. They can't win without it. They want illegals to be able to vote by the millions for Democrats. Folks, we're being scammed. But not just any scam. This is the greatest scam of all time. Anthem, my beautiful, safe community, is the proof. What happens here in the suburbs of Vegas, is happening everywhere. My advice? BUILD THE WALL.

If walls don't work, how comes is it that so many liberals live in gated communities or in homes with large fences and walls?

Flea, at AA, vacation time increases the longer you are with the airline and tops out at 31 days. The vacation bidding system sucks but allegedly is going to change. You also manipulate the system with PVD (Personal Vacation Days) and trip drops to build time off. Lots of ways to skin the cat to build a window to travel. As far as travel goes, if you can tolerate dealing with the unknowns and frustrations of flying standby, you can easily go places. Over the last year, the wife and I have gone to Ireland and Spain for 5 day visits. For longer layovers, the wife has flown standby with me to Paris, Santiago, and Hawaii. Lots of options on places to go but passenger loads can sometimes be unpredictable.

I've been out for a while, wtf is green dot?

Animatronic animal trainers are in high demand.

If Wikipedia can be believed, 328 girls have been named Abcde between 1990 and 2014. She can change her name but her parent(s) is/are stupid and you can't fix stupid.

Ah yes, the convertible mod. Perfect for those VFR sunny days whilst out sending jihadists VFR direct to Allah. Just make everything is strapped down before releasing the brakes.

Justice Ginsberg is back in the hospital. Democrats are powering up the defibrillator, the machine that goes "bing" and whatever else they think they might need to keep her from flat lining. If she kicks the bucket, can the Democrats kick up the toddler tantrum a notch or are they out of notches?

Это смешно прямо там, мне все равно, кто ты.

Put them on a stick or train type round table out in the open and let them weathervane. Might need a screen for airborne debris. Not perfect but might minimize damage.

The Tyndall forecast is for @ 130mph winds. Ba-reezy.

Imagine the wailing that is going to occur when Ruth Buzzy Ginsberg is replaced. I'm sure Democrats have a "Weekend at Buzzy's" type plan to maintain her seat as long as possible.

This is such a load of horse crap. The Democrats have flung this crap at the wall and are hoping something sticks. If K is innocent, he goes on the Supreme Court. If he is guilty, he not only no longer goes onto the Supreme Court and he loses he DC Circuit Court job which would be like be convicted. So, let's treat this like a criminal case because everyone is innocent until proven guilty under our system of justice. Okay, the FBI isn't a player since it would not be a federal case since it was not on federal property and nobody was a federal employee. The FBI investigated the Anita Hill accusations because of it was federal jurisdiction. They found nothing but Democrats still accuse and call Clarence Thomas a sexual predator. Anything that might have happened would be under the jurisdiction of the Maryland police. Well, the statute of limitations has expired, so they won't take it. Well, since the accusation was made by a woman and therefore must be heard no matter how sparse of facts, let's throw this in front of the circus that the Senate has become. The idiot Ford can't remember where, when, or who and nobody will back up here story. Doesn't matter, she is a woman sparse of facts and must be heard. She has demanded that K can't be in the room. Fine. She has demanded that she can't be questioned by K's lawyers. Well, that will get us nowhere since the Democrat Senate morons will just do more grandstanding in search of a Spartacus moment. Whatever happened to confront your accuser as guaranteed by our system of justice? She has demanded that K must testify first. How in the hell do you defend yourself if you have no idea what "facts" your accuser is going to use and thus be able to refute them. In no court is this miscarriage of justice allowed. Democrats are trying to run out the clock hoping to take the Senate in November. Screw them. Treat this like a grand jury hearing but the accused is allowed to give testimony in his defense. Give her the opportunity to testify under oath, K is already under oath, and if more information is brought forward that lends credence to further investigation that would torpedo K's career, investigate that information or dump K. If all Ford has is the current load of BS, vote K out of committee and put it on the Senate floor.

I think the managed diversity thing has been tried before. "Special consideration should be given to women and minorities for possible past discrimination" is a direct quote of a directive given to promotion boards in the mid-90s. The subsequent lawsuits signaled it was a bad idea.