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The ol' "could not duplicate". Nothing more comforting than taking a previous code 3 jet with CND in the forms..

Is the seagull going to be okay?

It's only insane because the training is minimal, but carrying a holstered weapon with a round in the chamber is the standard if you actually worry about having to use it. That's nearly universal. I'm not entirely sure what the huge threat in a pressurized aircraft is, but one more 9 mm hole in the kc-135 would have been very little to change the performance. Maybe if everyone on the plane unloaded every magazine into the same structural spar something would happen, but planes don't explode when you poke a hole in the skin, at least not the big ones. You know there are a lot of people flying around in airliners everyday with rounds in the chamber, right? Suicidal? Do you conceal carry with no round in the chamber? I don't bump into many people who follow that philosophy anymore. Of course a big part of it I suspect is because all the gun manufacturers have been creating guns that won't go off on their own no matter how hard you shake, hit, throw, or beat them. I absolutely love my sigs, and the fire like a dream. They also just look good. But it seems like they really shit the bed here with the 320. It is curious however that everyone seems to have such a difficult time recreating the problem when they're actually looking for it.

Breathalyzers are notoriously prone to false positives. The reason the US uses the .08 standard isn't because we're okay with people driving around buzzed, it's because if you arrest everyone you test who has a .02 you're going to be arresting a ton of people who are stone cold sober. Blood tests are what have actual evidentiary value.

The Charlie just looks better.

Try 4 ocean crossings in 6 days, 2 pilots + FE. Then add a 1200 mile commute home.

He was on my (and others) No Fly list BEFORE the incident but for other reasons.

Real airline pilot talk! This pilot is junior to me so no gain for this guy. 🤣

H&K for life. 😎

So you are or are not moving up a number? Important things first. 😉

looks like the same hat from oshkosh 2003!

I see the gofundme for his sunglasses failed, but at least there’s a hat this time. Small wins.

BFM's drinks

While I understand the sentiment, there's no realistic scenario where you have two drinks, stop for 8 hours, and still have a high BAC. And I have yet to see a single incident of a pilot who drank responsibly, then tested positive the next day. You've never in your life smelled like booze 8 hours after having two drinks. Now, if a pilot is one of the types who has a tendency to turn two drinks into 10 drinks, then absolutely go full Mormon on every layover. But these incidents aren't bad luck or strange biology. Every time it's someone getting hammered on the layover, and not having the sense to call in sick the next day. It's just like credit cards. Some people can use them everyday for every expense because it's an easy way to get 2% of your expenditures back. Other people touch the plastic and find themselves on an all-day spending binge. Know thyself and act accordingly.

Ya latest is that it is fake news that somehow leaked before it was resolved. A friend posted on FB that this pilot doesn't even drink. Hope this doesn't cause to much of an issue for the pilot.

Starting this back up…What’s the latest greatest on UPT (3.0?) these days. Kinda considering doing the Reserve UPT gig thing but wondering what the future of the T-6 will be and then also what’s up with the T-7. Any news?

Unfortunately, from what I've seen, false positive, or BS "drug recognition expert" arrest that ultimately gets thrown out, still triggers certain Fed actions, including grounding and HIMS goat-rope (a valuable program, but if you're stone cold sober it gets devalued as a haze).

If you do international, layovers are long enough to still comply with your double bottle-to-throttle standard. I've stuck with 12 hours and the only problem I've had was when I was reassigned domestically after hitting an Irish Pub in NY and I told the scheduler I wouldn't accept the trip because it is inside my 12 hour rule. Scheduler goes nuts screaming its legal so a Chief pilot calls. He asks if my 12 hour apples to sign in or push. I tell him I'll accept push time and the flight gets slipped. You are right, money is too good to be stupid.

The latest news is this was a false positive but flight already canx. If it really was false pos, I feel bad for the pilot put through all this crap.

He wanted everyone to know he saved them from certain death. I use a modified version of "Never talk to the media" with pax because in essence, they are all now "the media."

My personal bottle-to-throttle is about double the FOM standard. Just too much money in the pot to call that hand. That said, if I ever do get into widebody international again, I will go full Quaker from CONUS coast-out to clearing US customs. Happy to go hit Oktoberfest or a bottle of wine with dinner up the Italian coast...but only on vacation.

Must’ve been an old NorthWest crew dog.

Army carry conditions are tailored to the lowest common dumbass. For some reason the AF carry condition is tailored to the af patrol cop in the hood of base housing.

When I was deployed to Balad in 2005 soldiers would pull the charging handle back on an M-16 and then just pull the trigger when at the clearing barrel. I saw them put a round through the clearing barrel on two separate occasions. The airmen were the ones that were locking the bolt back and visually inspecting the chamber to clear it.

Yeah I think the word is out that these have durability/safety issues now. When I shot at small arms about a year ago people were stoked about the new equipment, and honestly I thought it was pretty smooth. But that could also be because my benchmark was the broke-dick M9's they've been abusing for decades. Shame that we can't even get new stuff that works, all the way down to a f-ing sidearm. The craziest part of this whole thing is the Air Force's insane "duty load" policy that they teach everyone - round in the chamber, safety on FIRE, and holstered. They even tell aircrew to do that which is borderline suicidal to do inside of a pressurized cabin. Sig mechanical issues notwithstanding, the other services think we are absolute clowns when it comes to gun safety and I have to say that I agree.