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Indeed. However, it might be a little awkward if they are Alaskan airlines interview… Alaskan interviewer – “Tell me about a time you faced a conflict or dispute with a crewmember in the aircraft and how did you resolve it?” Well ok, there was this one time back in October of 2023 when I was flying for Horizon and we had a jupseater from Alaskan show up…Do you need me to keep going or should we just move on? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Remember how fantastic this son of a bitch was as an Admiral and then President?! Man, it seemed a lot funnier in the Hot Shots movies than playing out, in real life, today. “It seems like only yesterday I was strafing so many of your homes; now I’m begging you to stop making such good cars.” -President Benson In an address to the Japanese Prime Minister.

…JOKING

I cant watch the President speak without wondering if he's still able function without a pair of depends. WWIII is bad enough. We'll have this dude at the wheel. God help us.

Well, the incident happened in 2008; so if the FAA was going to do something about it, they most likely would have done so by now... And nice use of the word 'contrition!'

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Max points

She wasn't in the her early days based at KAVQ (AZ). Her hangar was across from mine (late '80's-early '90's) and would practice twice a day in the box much of the time in crappy wx that kept me grounded. Humble and down to earth in the few encounters I had with her. Pretty dedicated as well....did the local DMAFB show in very windy conditions (the show must go on)....taxied straight back to the hangar after landing and threw up out of sight of the spectators.

You'd think, but there are people still driving in Texas with multiple DWIs! 🙄 My wife was on a jury where the accused had seven! 😡😡 I guess drive-thru liquor stores may be part of the problem! 🤠

She is not. Salt of the earth and a wonderful pilot/instructor. True, luckily no one was hurt. I doubt the FAA comes after her, especially with her contrition and this being a first offense.

Same as @dillonberg92 I emailed the board confirming they received it. They replied they did but I did not receive an automatic email

Did he get "the shot?!?" 🫢

A good buddy of mine works as an aerobatic instructor for her. He has good things to say about her.

Continued, My T-38 IFG CBM. 1986 Remember these were flown at 300 plus knots, with no autopilot, GPS, or VNAV.

There is one aspect to some of the maneuvers we flew at UPT in the past that some of you younger pilots may not be aware of. I am 100% confident that the UPT of the past was not to train young men to be Air Force Pilots, but instead, it was a massive mind-game to weed out the weak. This isn’t meant to demean younger Pilots who went through a kinder/gentler UPT or a boomer’s rant about walking to school in a snowstorm , uphill, both ways. It’s just a fact. Formation Landings, Circling approaches, and intense formation training in the T-38, as well as fix to fixes, insanely complex SID’s and approaches, were all designed to weed people out, as well as determine a students learning curve. Most of us had less than 100 hours total time and we were flying 38’s in fingertip formation and performing form landings. I still have my old T-37 In-Flight Guide. I wince at the approaches and SID’s we flew with 10 altitude and airspeed restrictions in the first 10 miles. They made everything complex and difficult on purpose.

Did someone say something about a light Vegas push on the week of expected results release? Sorry my PC has been tripping all week.

I’d like to thank @Springer for taking the thread from circling approaches to F-4 friendly shoot downs. Impressive.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/friendly-fire-victim-outraged-over-navy-officers-admiral-promotion/ Friendly-fire victim outraged over Navy officer's admiral promotion (CBS News) A U.S. Navy officer named Timothy Dorsey is up for promotion to admiral. Whether he gets it may be determined by something he did a quarter century ago as an airman -- something so bizarre, even he can't fully explain it. But, it changed forever the life of a fellow airman, Mike Ross. This photograph shows Mike Ross when he was a young Air Force pilot. CBS NEWS Ross was a young Air Force pilot flying reconnaissance missions in an F-4 Phantom jet. Grainy video taken by a Navy F-14 shows his plane during an exercise 25 years ago over the Mediterranean. After taking a closer look, the F-14 pilot did the unimaginable. He shot Ross down. "It took the tail off the airplane," Ross said. He ejected at 630 miles per hour causing leg, shoulder and spine injuries, which have degenerated over the years requiring 32 surgeries. Ross said it "ruined his life," and he is still in physical pain. "It basically made me 100 percent disabled by Air Force standards," Ross said. Navy officer Lt. Junior Grade Timothy Dorsey CBS NEWS Insult was added to injury last year when the Navy nominated the pilot who shot him down -- then Lt. Junior Grade Dorsey -- for promotion to admiral. Ross said his reaction was "almost visceral." "I almost got sick," he said. Ross claimed he had been under the impression that Dorsey had been let go. An investigation determined Dorsey had received an order -- "red and free" -- which according to his sworn statement he thought "would never be used unless it was a no-kidder, a real-world threat situation." He interpreted "red and free" as permission to open fire, an inexplicable decision since everyone else in the exercise understood it to mean a simulated shoot down. Dorsey himself admitted "it was a bad decision." He was never allowed to fly again, so he became an intelligence officer. The Navy kept promoting him despite the black mark on his record. Dorsey declined to be interviewed, but Navy officials say he was selected for admiral because his performance as an intelligence officer made up for that one terrible mistake early in his career. After the promotion became public, Ross received a letter from Dorsey saying, "I was unaware you suffered from any lingering injuries.... I am truly sorry for the incident and even sorrier for its impact on you." Ross believes he got the letter 25 years after the incident because Dorsey was nominated for admiral. Ross complained to members of Congress, who have the power to block Dorsey's promotion. He said he forgives him, however. "I forgive him because if I don't forgive him I'll carry him with me for the rest of my life, and he's not worth that," he said. Two pilots whose flight paths crossed so disastrously 25 years ago -- only this time it's Ross trying to shoot Dorsey down.

What was it like to fly a T-38 with less than 1000 hrs on the airframe?

Remember listening to this at Osan back in the day

I think it was an agreement between Beech and the USAF before we had our demo team. Not sure though. We may not have accepted it yet and got it cheaper

HindSight, you're such a dick. But... since you brought it up... https://www.avweb.com/news/wagstaff-says-shes-sorry-for-oshkosh-incident/