BFM this

Possibly one of the most compelling, but more importantly balanced treatments on the subject that I've ever come across.

You're able to request a one year extension on your retirement move entitlement. I extended twice, and was told that they were cinching down on the extensions and that I probably wouldn't get another. Worked out; retired in '18, moved the house in '20, about 2.5 years later.

That sucks. WN was my rock solid #1 choice, which was really an emotional position more than anything else due to family ties. Hell, if they cold called me right now I'd seriously consider bailing on my 3yr legacy spot. Unfortunately, while I was updating that application most frequently, it was the least penetrable of all the majors. I had the longest list of contacts on property who were willing to walk my resume into whatever office necessary to get me a call. Unfortunately, HR had (and assuming still has) an iron grip on the hiring process. Hell, one of my senior CA references said that if Rocky himself owed you a huge poker debt there was nothing even he could do to budge the needle. FedEx learned their lesson and course corrected. Hopefully WN follows suit.

No journalist (aside from extreme fringes, and certainly nowhere in the NYP story) stated that HB was "guilty" of crimes, though they were easy to infer from the existence of the evidence. That the evidence existed, having far exceeded the threshold of journalistic verification, was the thing that was suppressed uniformly by big tech and outright lied about by the intel community. No big deal, right? The question becomes "what is influence", and at what level does that influence become direct interference and outright tampering with outcomes? Start with one of the most seemingly benign forms of "influence" that is so commonplace that it is at this point completely invisible though it is in plain sight: search bar autocomplete. Do you think that this feature has any influence on you or your thinking? Of course not, that's silly, besides, I use _____ (DuckDuckGo, Brave, etc.). I'm not nearly smart enough to answer, so I'll leave you with someone who is: Dr. Robert Epstein.

In the fighter squadrons it wasn't written in any regs, but woe be to the SOB that showed up the next day without rest and there was scheduling fallout. The attached guys were typically jonesing to get out of the late debriefs as they weren't available anyway the following day and had meetings they couldn't get out of, so at 0230 they were looking at their watches and bolting for the door, knowing they had to be at their desk at 0700 regardless. But that Lt FNG better not walk in the door before 12 hours later. Top3 during 2nd go: "FNG Slapnuts to the ops desk" FNG SN: "oh yeah I wasn't on the schedule so I was here at 0730" DO: "MF'er you did WHAT?!?!?!" There just wasn't extra bodies around so it was an understood standard (sometimes actually in the standards, but not always).

We literally just watched the AF do a full grunt 360 degree bat turn on retention. Pre-COVID: OMG we have a retention CRISIS y’all!!! O5 for all my friends! COVID: [180] Cut bonus, needs of the AF, same tune Post-COVID: [180] [see meme above] These lessons do not get learned. They simply don’t. Get a line number.

Don't get me wrong, Boeing owns the Max fiasco fair and square. But which is it, 99% Boeing's fault, or it wouldn't have happened here because of our training and proficiency? Ignoring the airmanship (or conspicuous lack thereof) in either Lion Air or Ethiopian is about as valid as completely ignoring it in AF447. Of course, what I really want to know is what the Nav thinks, with two votes on the topic. [popcorn gif]

Shack. I've decided, though I haven't seen any evidence of chicanery, that I'll make it a point just to go sit in on a school board meeting. And make it a point to vote in school board elections. Again, not because I think there is anything nefarious afoot in my little ISD, but because it is clearly important for parents to show up and be visible; if only to shake hands and thank the board members that have taken the time to step up and serve. Message sent.

My kids school has a sign in the parking lot that reads something to the effect of "Staff is armed and will use lethal force to defend students." I'm not saying that stuff isn't at my kids' school. But maybe not.

https://www.axios.com/boris-johnson-ukraine-zelensky-2283122f-3d5a-487a-91df-95eb62d81f5b.html I'm going to guess that some very top-shelf and seldom used UK capes were dusted off in order to arrange this meeting. Ballzy, Boris, ballzy indeed.

lol, yeah, probably not.

You can still land a Boeing...

Ops tested Feb 2021 in TX. Wind and solar make great supplementals, not the main mast of the ship.

Mark the tapes...

While setting the parking brake at the gate on my first IOE leg into ORD, CKA turns to me (still wearing my WTF just happened face) and says “Welcome to O’Hare, world’s largest uncontrolled field.”

https://www.veracityaviation.com/ is where I'm looking at the moment, but I was going to scour the DFW area options before I commit.

Can't help you there. I burned every last month while at school for undergrad. Yeah, that is a phuked up gotcha.

Makes sense now. I received my last semester of MGIB benefit in 2001, so I was ineligible for P911GIB...for the most part. I still have a year of eligibility which I'm planning on using to add rotorcraft to my commercial. Jus for funsies.

Why would you want the MGIB when you should qualify for the P911GIB.

C’mon, could you Nazi that coming?

The dissonance is strong in this one...