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I absolutely agree. I live in Texas just down the road from Fort Worth. Numerous neighbors work for LM, one is a test pilot (flew as a Red Hat, too) and just did the first F-35B hover in Fort Worth. I'm sure the Senators from Texas are not going to shut it down. It'll be the LGPOS II. Jack of all trades, master of none. I just don't want to leave our ground troops settling for 2nd or 3rd best or worse... "just be happy that something flew by and made noise."

I have no problem with the A-10 being replaced. All great aircraft at some point are relegated to history My problem with the F-35 is it a massive compromise of epic proportions. It isn't the best at anything other than soaking up dollars but, like the ugly chick at closing time, somebody is going to take her home.

RAND paper on F35. I think it was linked before but it's a good look at why this Joint Fighter concept, while highly overrated, at least it is very expensive. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1225.html

Sneeze droplets do not carry ebola although the CDC says they do after they said they don't. Regardless, you are safe from such things on a jet since you aren't licking the tray tables. Good article in how droplet travel is modeled on aircraft. https://www.popsci.com/article/science/how-sneeze-particles-travel-inside-airplane

Glad you liked the story. I'll save the $12,200 medical experience for another thread.

Keep track of how often you touch your face during the day. Had an encounter with a rabid fox last year in my back yard. This thing is snarling, growling and charges me 4 different times. I'm wearing just a t-shirt, shorts, no shoes with not much time to do much about it but I manage to wail on this thing and emerged from the engagement with no bites, no scrapes, and no cuts. The fox retreated and was gone before I could get into the house and back out with a shotgun. 45 minutes later, the fox attacked a woman 1/2 mile away and her husband killed this thing and the animal tested positive for rabies. So, I start calling various health experts and they all ask the same question, "Did you have direct contact with the animal?" This led to the "If you touched your face, you may have transferred the virus bearing saliva from the animal to yourself." They all mentioned it was slim odds that I picked up a virus but there were lots of maybe's, if's, it's possible, etc. But it all finished with "This disease is 100% fatal and it's a horrible way to die." Great. So I did the rabies vaccine process. So, it's one thing to read what someone thinks might happen even with slim odds and entirely different when you are faced with that scenario. I'm willing to bet your stance on this would dramatically change if you found yourself in near contact with a person testing positive for ebola but I doubt we'll ever find out so I'll just accept your "freedom or death" stance.

3 feet away is a safe distance or is that considered danger close? What exactly is the seat pitch spacing on an aircraft front to back and side to side? Do I need the Captains initials before I sneeze and send droplets danger close? We can play Google fact badminton all day long. When presented with a lot of unknowns and changing facts, the logical course of action is to take the safest course of action. If I recall, even the medical profession (that kills 100,000+ per year through accidents) says, First, do no harm.

Hate to keep beating a dead ebola ridden horse, but it seems the experts keep moving the goalposts regarding the transmissibility of this stuff. Looks like it can survive in droplets, like sneezes, and on surfaces for for some time. Let ebola freedom ring! https://nypost.com/2014/10/29/cdc-admits-droplets-from-a-sneeze-could-spread-ebola/

Okay, there you are, traveling somewhere on a commercial jet with your wife (partner for Eagle drivers), kids, infants, parents, brothers and sisters. Also onboard is a guy that recently handled a dying Ebola patient showing no symptoms plus a person that treated that person and has a low grade fever but her boss says she is good to travel. Your family will be seated in front of, behind, and directly beside these people. So you guys are telling me that you see no problem exposing your loved ones to these people?

That 36,000 number keeps coming up so I found this. Statistics don't lie, only statisticians do. I think 500 sounds low but 36,000 is certainly too high. https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/lawrence-solomon/death-by-influenza_b_4661442.html We limit activities all the time when those activities might endanger others and erroring on the side of caution when dealing with a 70%Pk (30% and dropping quickly in the US) seems wise.

“Don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs. You know that old theory, trickle-down economics. That has been tried, that has failed. It has failed rather spectacularly. One of the things my husband says when people say, ‘What did you bring to Washington?’ He says, ‘I brought arithmetic.’ - Hillary Clinton Sounds to me like the "who or what" she mentions as not creating jobs is corporations and businesses, period, end of sentence.

Imagine just flying VFR reading a map to from point A to point B. That is LATN. As a new guy learning this skill, I was once given a dead cow in a wash as a turn point. Your map reading skills get very good.

After someone posted the Ace Ventura link, I keep getting the image of USAFpilot yelling at Rainman, "Laces out, laces out!"

If you are this guy, maybe too often:

Exactly. "It's not communicable unless you are in a confined area with a person exhibiting symptoms so don't worry. Uh, unless you were on that flight from Cleveland to Dallas, we really need to talk to you."

While not inflicting fatalities, I will agree her music has made more people sick that Ebola.

The study was done by an engineer, not a medical professional, so he is wrong.

I'm sure his Squadron buds will be looking for opportunities to meet her friends. Ought to be a packed wedding chapel.

No. We know where they've been, they know what to look for. The best treatment facilities in the U.S. are limited but here for a reason so, if a military member contracts ebola, they have to come back to the U.S. Great guidance from the Expert, Mr. Frieden. He has actually said both of the following sets of statements. "Amanda Vinson shouldn't have flown on an airplane. But passengers on that airplane are at no risk. You can't get Ebola on a bus. But people with Ebola shouldn't ride on one. Cutting off all flights to W. Africa is a bad idea. But we're now recommending that all non-essential travel there be cancelled. Any hospital can treat Ebola patients. But maybe special Ebola hospitals are a better idea. We know how to handle Ebola. We just can't seem to figure it out when it's for real. Our protocols will stop the disease. But maybe we need to take another look at our protocols.

The number of facilities in the US designed to handle Ebola is in the single digits, the total number of beds in all those facilities is south of 50. Haven't heard anybody say shut down airports, just entry into the country by persons that are from or have traveled to areas overwhelmed with a very deadly disease.

I'm not ready to panic yet but tempting fate with this potential wildfire of a disease is just plain stupid. Good article on why this should raise more paranoia. I like the people who listen to experts and parrot the "this disease is not easily transmitted". Two experts caught it in Dallas. This article details a report by 58 epidemiologists regarding Ebola and 5 of them died of ebola before it was published. IF experts are being killed off, the rest of us are screwed if this gets a foot hold. https://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/six-reasons-panic_816387.html

If driving to work had a Pk of 70%, I doubt too many folks would allow cars in their neighborhood.

A Tops In Blue uniform mod?

His requirement to abandon his jet was a screw up of his own making. Stroll into the Intel shop for more answers. From that point he successfully ejected, landed, survived during E&E, and effected his rescue. He made errors but was ultimately successful despite his best efforts to screw his situation up further.

There is far more to O'Gradys act of buffoonery than just punching out.