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3 hours ago, viper154 said:
It’s going to be a staff of physical trainers, physical therapists, dietitians, dedicated to only aircrew. They are suppose to have their own gym, and biometric equipment for analysis of improvements. Any aircrew on base can walk in and get help, and their services are suppose to be oriented to help aircrew better operate in their crew position. Having back issues being in the seat? Expect them to help get you on a training program to strengthen back muscles and focus on making it more comfortable. They were getting fam rides on the jets to become more familiar with our operating environment to better help us.
That's the first intelligent fitness-related development I've seen from the USAF since 1991.
As a fighter back-injury-sufferer, I could've used a little of that rather than "take some Motrin and get on the flying schedule next week".
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4 hours ago, viper154 said:
If you fly something that makes things go boom and don’t think you could get caught up in the heat of battle and make a mistake you are dead ass wrong.
Among all of the institutionally-biased informed and uninformed opinions on the matter, this is really the bottom line.
War is an ugly business -- and it is meant to be.
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8 hours ago, JeremiahWeed said:
Is there really a CVR in an F-18G? Or are we talking about some kind of mission debrief asset that records comm, tactical displays, etc. at the command of the crew actually in the jet?
Can't speak for the Growler, but when I was leaving the F-15E they were retrofitting the fleet with solid-state digital recorders that simultaneously recorded all of the displays and all the comm for debrief. Sort of a digital super-VTR.
I'm sure that's what they're talking about, and not a "CVR".
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Danerys has needed to hire an ALO for quite some time. Her dragon tactics have been ass for more than just this season.
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On 4/15/2019 at 7:59 PM, nunya said:
I don't think the airlines need a safety down day, if that's what you're getting at.
Every day is a safety down day at the airlines.
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12 hours ago, HossHarris said:
Oh, no, I got your mockery of the post you quoted...I was steering that part of the convo in a different direction.
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2 hours ago, Hawg15 said:
Is it really realistic that they accidentally wound up almost 50 degrees nose low responding to a power increase? I’ve never flown a big old airliner, I just feel it would take a good amount of time to get that nose low without a malfunction, and would be incredibly uncomfortable if you happen to look out the window. But I’m just a guy that knows nothing about computers being involved in controlling a plane.
The speculation that I've heard was that there was a combination of basically spatial D and poor airmanship.
The spatial D was the minor upset while IMC, perhaps with a somatogravic "head-up illusion" where the FO perceived the acceleration as a more dramatic pitch-up than what actually occurred (and requiring a more dramatic pitch-down to counter). It may have also been combined with a flight director commanding something that also didn't add up in the FO's mind.
The poor airmanship was just the inability to fight through the startle effect, turn off the automation, get on the dials, and just fly the airplane.
One of the 767 sim instructors I know said it was like a 4-5 second duration, full-yoke-forward input required to get to 49 degrees nose low. The only way I can see that is with the FO just basically becoming frozen by the startle effect and unable to mentally sort out what was happening.
Sometimes good pilots make huge mistakes. Sometimes poor pilots make even bigger ones.
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2 minutes ago, HossHarris said:
Are they any good?
IMHO all of the AAMP videos are excellent.
Saying so, especially among non-military background airline pilots, is guaranteed to generate a response.
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IMHO, that summary -- if correct -- is grossly under-playing the FO's control inputs that placed the airplane (reportedly) 49 degrees nose low.
That's not just a minor erroneous response to an upset.
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Pictures of neat stuff that ISIS probably demolished.
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Junior Short was a good fighter pilot and a good Squadron CC back when I flew with him. Yet another lost to the General Officer lobotomy.
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1 hour ago, Clark Griswold said:
where there is smoke there's usually fire
Just like two years of Trump-Russia conspiracy theory tv coverage pumping out more smoke than a Saturn V rocket launch.
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1 hour ago, panchbarnes said:
The movie has been out for a while now, but First Man is so underrated in my opinion. Not a typical sexy Hollywood movie, but it features a lot of quality actors, great acting, and many many memorable scenes.
I agree -- under-rated flick, partly because of the ridiculous political-pop culture "controversy" about the lack of a flag-planting scene. Well researched and well filmed, sort of reminds me of The Right Stuff in feel, but obviously much smaller in scope and more intimate.
My problem with First Man is that Gosling plays Armstrong like a robot in an attempt to show him as intellectual and introverted (both of which were undoubtedly true). Does Gosling even smile once in the movie? I think that really portrays him a bit unfairly, as he is emotive and funny in the public appearances I've seen.
Period interviews -- and even ones from later in life -- show him differently.
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3 hours ago, matmacwc said:
I have friends happy at both, SWA would be a bit like Groundhog Day but I’m just guessing.
Although the "regional airline flying on a major airline pay scale" thing isn't really my cup o' tea, I have a neighbor who has been at SWA for about 8 years now and he loves it.
Lives in base (Vegas), bids reserve, and at least during the non-summer months, doesn't appear to do much work at all. Every time I go running past his house, he is out in his garage restoring a late 60s Mustang. He loves it and makes fun of me for (apparently) only flying nights and working too much, at that.
Different strokes.
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38 minutes ago, JeremiahWeed said:
" due to alleged conduct unbecoming an officer."
If the alleged charge is serious enough, it must be true. Why bother with an investigation?
Ready - fire - aim!
The AF has long since become not just a "One Mistake Air Force", but actually a "One Perception Of One Mistake Air Force."
You'd be surprised how frequently a CDI, conducted by someone basically untrained and containing evidence and information unconstrained by any functional legal standard, is used for quite severe administrative actions under the authority of the Commander -- actions which, too, have such a low legal standard for evidence and justice so as they may effectively be given based on the whims of that Commander.
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14 minutes ago, brabus said:
Pretty sure the fighter world is generally 300-1 once experienced, with OG/CC waiver down to published mins. local sups may allow published mins all the time at home field.
It was 200 & 1/2 in USAFE for an experienced pilot when I was there.
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34 minutes ago, Bigred said:
Is the T-38 considered dual piloted? That’s where I think I may have assumed incorrectly. Navy single seat absolute mins are 200 - 1/2, dual piloted can take it to published mins.
No, there is no such nuanced definition in the AF.
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23 hours ago, LookieRookie said:
The real question is: did you break out and land or have to go missed?
Huggy never goes through dry.
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5 hours ago, torqued said:
Living in a country 10-20 years from now where tens of millions of people have lost their careers due to automation and have become poor, desperate, and angry because we didn't get in front of it would also suck.
Just like when the internal combustion engine but the entire horse-transportation industry, the entire steam engine industry, and others out of work forever...the world was never able to recover.
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4 hours ago, torqued said:
Andrew Yang made some great points
Can't wait for my monthly $1000 check because I've been replaced by a robot.
Yang’s plan is dead in the water being funded by a 10% VAT, without removing any other tax burdens.
Think about your monthly discretionary spending and how close to $1000 a 10% cut of that would be.
Even worse he admits that $12,000/year wouldn’t actually fix anyone’s financial woes, but it might make them “feel better”.
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1 hour ago, torqued said:
Some things to consider. Funny how the FedEx VP is completely dismissive at 6:00.
What do you think the things to consider for someone looking at finding a career flying job are?
For some reason, a lot of people seem to equate the entrant of a new competitor into an industry to damage/destruction of the other competitors.
40 years after Southwest disrupted the passenger airline industry, (and deregulation opened the door to endless start-up airlines) there have and will continue to be fruitful careers in the legacy airlines.
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1 hour ago, matmacwc said:
This whole conversation has been deleted off closed Facebook groups, interesting. Do realize said Captain may be reading these posts.
Well, this must be the first time that someone who reads Baseops.net has been the subject of a roiling speculative discussion about some publicly embarrassing, scandalous event that happened to them, and that person has had to just sit back and watch the spears get baselessly thrown around.
I don't know anyone who has had that experience.
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11 minutes ago, Danger41 said:
That guy sounds like a real fuck face.
Nuthugging fanboy, more correctly.
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The AF has always had bros doing funny stuff that leadership disliked:
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Commanders are dropping like flies this year
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I can honestly say "it wasn't like that" in the places I was in during the mid-late 90s (both as a non-flyer and a flyer). I had CCs who actually attempted to give rudder corrections first, and mete out punishment when they had to to guys who colored outside the lines but were otherwise good folks that wouldn't leave a mark.
Personally, I saw this change between 2001-2005 to the "a good leader is one who kills flies with sledgehammers" that we see currently.