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Grounding guys while suffering a shortage of pilots at the same time giving monetary incentives to keep pilots fails to pass any semblance of a common sense test. Which is why you may be correct regarding AF decision making.

Order a leather nametag with just a set of wings. Remove the Command patch and put your favorite squadron patch on. Wear. Leaving it hanging in the closet seemed like such a waste.

I've always thought limits were set for a reason. If anything goes wrong, whether fatigue related or not, extending your day is going to be questioned by just about everybody and will be the first nail driven by the higher food chain CYA crowd.

Steve, After reading your book "Red Eagles", I was visiting a neighbor and discussing your book. His eyes got kind of big and he took me into his "I love me" room with all of his memorabilia from his military career. There was a Red Hat patch on the wall along with a variety of instruments like altimeters, airspeed indicators of Russian extraction along with a couple MiG models on his desk. I hope Doc's family will eventually hear the story of how unique and important his job was to our nation and to the survival of his fellow aviators who may have to face those threats.

I think that pegged the fabulosity meter at full rainbow.

After 30 years and 12,000 hours of flying commercial and military jets, I finally got around to getting my Commercial Single Engine Land rating a couple years ago. Haven't done much with it other than rent a Cessna or fly a friends Navion around the local area. My 175 hour CFI looked at my background and said "Hey, you can probably teach me." My response was, "I know nothing of small airplanes and will probably kill us both." Went fine other than the humorous attempts trying to find the runway in the flare after many years of sitting 10-12 feet off the concrete.

I didn't write it, just did a cut and paste.

WHAT'S THAT NOISE AND WHY IS IT THE FUEL BURN OUT OF WHACK??? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/air-india-forgotten-landing-gear-low-fuel/ Plane nearly ran out of fuel after pilots forgot to bring up landing gear Hugh Morris 28 July 2017 • 12:31pm 3-4 minutes Two pilots have been suspended from duty after their aircraft, carrying 99 passengers, nearly ran out of fuel because they forgot to retract the landing gear after take-off. Air India Flight AI676 was en route to Mumbai from Kolkata on July 22 but was forced to divert to Nagpur when the crew became alarmed by the speed at which the aircraft was losing fuel thanks to the additional drag created by the extended wheels. An unidentified source told the Times of India that the “brand new Airbus A320”, one of the most fuel efficient aircraft in existence, had struggled to climb after take-off, prompting the pilots to settle on an altitude of 24,000 feet as opposed to a usual cruising height of 35,000 feet. The source, who made a point of saying that both pilots were women, said it flew like this at 230 knots - as opposed to around 500 knots - for about an hour-and-a-half, while the extended landing gear dragged heavily on the aircraft. At this point, 90 minutes into a two-and-a-half-hour flight, the crew requested permission to divert to Nagpur as their fuel would have run out before reaching Mumbai. “When preparing to land, they decided to lower the landing gear. At this point they realised that the wheels had been out all the while from Kolkata,” said the source. A playback of the flight from FlightRadar24.com shows it failing to reach an altitude higher than 24,000 feet but put the aircraft’s speed at just over 300 knots. A spokesperson for Air India told the Times of India the pilots have been “de-rostered” and the airline is investigating. The problem is more often experienced in reverse when pilots have difficulty lowering the landing gear during an approach. Such landings are called “belly landings” as aircraft attempt to negotiate a touchdown without wheels. This has been known to occur because crew simply forget to lower the gear. One such incident happened to a light aircraft in 2015 when a pilot, distracted by a moose on the runway in Alaska, forgot to lower the landing gear, meaning his twin-engine Piper PA 31-350 landed on its belly, skidding across the tarmac. The report from the National Transportation Safety Board read: “While on final approach, an airplane that landed in front of him reported a moose in the vicinity of the runway. An airport maintenance person announced on the common traffic advisory frequency that he was attempting to chase the moose off of the runway. The pilot became distracted trying to avoid wake turbulence from the preceding airplane and monitor the location of the vehicle and moose and failed to extend the landing gear prior to landing.” A remarkable video from 2011 shows a LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 767 landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport without its landing gear, grinding to a halt on the runway on only its fuselage. There were no injuries.

Here in Texas, a medal license plate to include the air medal, will get you free parking at the terminal so you don't have to park in the employee lot and wait to ride the bus with the cast of thousands.

Do it. I flew for 21 years out of 28. I would gladly do the first 10 again in a heartbeat. Great people, great times.

Bikini contest to pick the summer intern at a power plant!! https://www.cnet.com/news/power-company-holds-facebook-bikini-contest-to-choose-interns/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0h&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=595035e6a167da00074f55a3&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

That'll buff right out.

Went 105 days without flying last Fall. Flew one trip last month. So far this month, I did a landing currency sim this morning. Not sure I can keep up this hectic pace.

Maybe the woman was an entrepreneurial spirit engaging in an old profession in modern transportation and free wouldn't fit her business model.

https://www.ncscooper.com/cascade-shores-family-cited-for-viking-funeral-at-scotts-flat-lake/#.WTnE4d1-NJ6.facebook Family Cited For Viking Funeral on Local Lake Chip Day 5-6 minutes Photo taken seconds after the explosion on Scotts Flat Lake. Cascade Shores, CA — A local family from the Cascade Shores housing development is in hot water for attempting to cremate a deceased relative on Scotts Flat Lake earlier today. The Barstad family recently suffered the loss of the family’s patriarch, Norman Barstad, who had lived with the family at their Spanish Lane home. The senior Barstad, who was 92 years old when he passed last week, requested that he receive a full Viking burial on the water. The family agreed to his last wish. Unfortunately, neither the Nevada County Health Department nor the Sheriff (who answered numerous 9-1-1 phone calls) seemed to think this was a good idea. “Generally, the burning of bodies on an open and public water space is frowned upon,” said Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal in a prepared press statement. “And although there are no specific laws preventing a traditional Viking funeral on Scotts Flat, you can’t just set stuff on fire and send it off into the lake. Especially things as explosive as this.” According to witnesses at the lake, the Barstad family gathered on the shore of the Nevada Irrigation District-owned lake around 11 AM on Friday. A large Dodge truck was towing what appeared to be a homemade pontoon boat. There is some debate about the make-up of the boat. Some said that it looked like a pile of logs; others said it looked like a re-purposed pontoon boat covered in kindling. What is not in question is what happened once it arrived in the middle of the lake and detonated. “Yeah I was fishing,” said area handyman Hank Snow in a Scooper telephone interview. “I saw these guys lower this homemade pile of sticks down the boat launch ramp. I didn’t think much of it because, well, you know, this is Nevada County and I figured it was a back-to-nature type of thing. But when no one got on the boat and then about 200 yards out it exploded into flames, I was like, ‘holy [redacted]’ and I called 9-1-1. There was debris flying everywhere. I think I got hit with a detached finger.” Jimmie Barstad, the son of the incinerated father who organized and built the cremation boat, said that he may have “overstocked” the vessel with too much gasoline and surplus illegal fireworks from the last 4th of July. “Well, I wanted to make sure that it went off and worked,” said a somewhat proud and nervous Jimmie Barstad. “So I really stuffed that thing with everything flammable I could find. I just didn’t think gasoline would explode like that. I thought it would work more like the lighter fluid on my Weber grill. So the explosion scared the heck out of everyone. We’re still picking up pieces of Dad all over Cascade Shores.” Instead of engulfing the senior Barstad in gentle and majestic Viking flames, the homemade barge violently exploded, sending bits of the senior Barstad flying over Cascade Shores. While some of the remains of Mr. Barstad immediately disintegrated from the intense explosion, some body parts landed around the development. “I heard this explosion in the distance,” said Cascade Shores resident Sherry Smith. “I didn’t think much of it at first because we’re always hearing crap like that up here. You know, shotguns and whatnot. It wasn’t until I heard a thump on my metal roof. I went outside and right as I looked up, part of a leg slid down and whacked me in the head. It was pretty horrible.” Other neighbors reported mostly wood debris in, on, and around their properties. One local family was struck by flying fragments while using their powerboat. “We were out there with the family,” said Stacy Grant of Nevada City. “We had borrowed my Dad’s boat and were tooting around the lake. We didn’t see the explosion. We heard it. We were up by the dam, which was kinda far away. We still got showered with a bunch of sticks and things. I hope they were just things.” As for the Barstad family, they have no regrets about giving their patriarch a proper Viking burial. “It’s the Viking way,” said Jimmie Barstad describing the last wish of his now incinerated father. “We were happy to pay the fine to give Dad the burial he wanted. We knew there would be some risk, but this is Nevada County and we hoped that no one would notice or care that much. Turns out we were correct, except for the Sheriff and County officials. I hope to have my burial on Lake Tahoe someday. But that will be a trickier one for my kids to figure out. I’m glad they got to see their Grandpa leave us like this. It was a special day for everyone.”

Very simple, the media has been hounding Trump non-stop. A research group tracked CNN's coverage for a day and over 90% of their coverage/guests were negative/anti-Trump. Obama was a deemed a Saint and above reproach by the media. Regarding Special Counsel, they have never prosecuted anyone for the reason or "crime" they were tasked to investigate but prosecuted smaller characters for procedural errors like testimony inaccuracy. Think Scooter Libby or Martha Stewart.

After reading rancormacs' financial debacle, I think that should be added as an example of what is wrong with the AF. Failing to properly pay your people or making that process incredibly complicated is absolute BS. Step one to good leadership is taking care of your people.

It had to be the Russians!! It could not have been 30 years of shady dealings and "mis-speaking" (i.e. lying). Failing to campaign in critical swing states? The Russians caused that! Set up a home brew server in your bathroom? Russians! Have your housekeeper access and print your classified? Was she Russian? Probably. It's the only thing Democrats and liberals can hang their hat on beside putting that hat on the head of their extremely poor choice of candidate and admitting their error.

The FAA is going to allow single pilot ops? You mean the same FAA that just recently allowed WiFi to be used forward of the cockpit door despite it's common use for how many years? The same FAA that required the iPad to withstand a FL600 decompression? I wish I could remember the iPad G load requirement but I don't recall the number. I do recall thinking that the iPad surviving if we encounter such a G load would be the least of my worries. Never say never but I'm doubtful. Odds favor cargo, if at all.

When he jumped out in front of cameras last summer and provided the list of criminal acts regarding emails by Clinton and then stated no reasonable Prosecutor would file charges based on intent which doesn't even exist in the statute, he should have been fired within 6.9 minutes. The flail that has been generated by his office is doing nothing but stirring up hate and discontent on both sides of the political spectrum. Laws should provide clarity, not confusion and he has certainly fanned the flames of the latter.

Statistics don't lie, only statisticians do. Could the 11,500 hour pilot be a part timer Guard/Reserve type that was flying with a regional until hired by Delta? I've not encountered any animosity in the cockpit regarding mil vs civilian. Heard lots of "I'd tried" or "I wanted to" regarding getting into military flying, however. Most of those guys are 10+ years as wide body Captains so I'm not hearing too much regret in their voice, though.

The original Hawg going old school medieval on jihadists. I give it two tusks up!

Let's see.....you sort through scads of people looking for both mental and physical attributes that will make them among the best aviators in the world. Once you find these people, you train them to use their mental and physical talents to operate high speed, sophisticated machinery. Among these skills is the always functioning, never ending risk versus benefit cost analysis. Is the weather good enough to get in? Can I get to my alternate? Do I have enough energy left to put my nose on the bandit and kill him? Does the AF really care about my future? How do the hoops required to get a shot (but no guarantee!) at that future weigh against the hoops required for an alternative path outside the AF? I find it rather rather amusing that the AF management (notice I didn't say leadership) is surprised at the departure of their prized masters of cost benefit analysis. So, as opposed to Chang's happy talk pile of BS, I would suggest that the AF needs to make the path to a successful AF career very transparent. You want to fly? You can fly. You want to drive the bus? You have a drive the bus path. Rated and non-rated are not equal. Hence, the terms "rated" and ""non-rated." Not everybody gets the same trophy. Move the risk versus cost benefit analysis further towards the benefit side of the equation, make it easier to get there with fewer hoops, i.e. BS, and fewer unknowns.

It's a type of gambling machine in Glasgow, Scotland. "Ah lost a wee bit ina sloot machine."

bbc.com Indonesian man's body found inside python - police - BBC News Image copyright West Sulawesi Police Image caption Police said they had cut the snake open and found the man inside A missing Indonesian man was found dead inside the body of a python, according to local police. Akbar went missing on Sunday on the island of Sulawesi, after leaving to harvest palm oil. In the search for the 25-year-old, police told BBC Indonesian that they had found a huge snake they suspected had swallowed the man. The reticulated python, reported to be 7m (23ft)-long, was cut open and the man's body was found. Video shot by police showed the snake being cut open with a long knife, slowly revealing the man's clothed body. How can a snake eat a human? Reticulated pythons are among the world's longest reptiles and suffocate their victims before swallowing them whole. Pythons rarely kill and eat humans, although there are occasional reports of them swallowing young children or animals. Image copyright West Sulawesi Police Mashura, a spokesperson for the police in West Sulawesi province told BBC Indonesian that villagers reported to police that Akbar had been missing for 24 hours. Police then conducted a search and found the snake near the family's palm plantation. "They didn't find him (Akbar), but the villagers saw an unmoving python in the ditch. They grew suspicious that maybe the snake had Akbar. When they cut it open, Akbar was inside the snake," Mashura, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, said. Village secretary Salubiro Junaidi told The Jakarta Post: "People had heard cries from the palm grove the night before Akbar was found in the snake's stomach. "When the snake was captured, the boots Akbar was wearing were clearly visible in the stomach of the snake. "Resident cut open the belly of the snake and Akbar was lifeless." Nia Kurniawan, from Brawijaya University, told BBC Indonesian that a python of this size would hunt for large prey, such as boars or wild dogs. While they normally avoid human settlements, they would see palm oil plantations as a good hunting ground, he said, as they attract animals like boars, primates or dogs. The reticulated python (Python reticulatus) Is the longest snake in the world Is believed capable of reaching over 10m (32ft) in length The longest in captivity is held in Kansas City, US, and measured 7.6m (25ft) in 2011, according to Guinness World Records Lives in forestry, is normally fearful of humans and is rarely seen Is often treated as a sacred animal in parts of Indonesia when caught Is one of dozens of python species, which are found in sub-Saharan Africa, Australia, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, China, and Southeast Asia