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    The new airline thread

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    In other news, flew with a CA yesterday that does interviews.  That made for some fun cruise conversation.

    I finally had to stop the endless string of stories, many on par with GoT Red Wedding, of bad interviews of late.

    Asked: "Ok, are there any positive interviews you've had lately?  Ones that give some hope for the incoming generation?"

    "Oh, yeah, mostly the .mil folks.  Anyway, then there was the one with multiple DUIs, lost all their tickets, and then..." 🤯

    F-35 Down in Ft. Worth // Pilot Ejected

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    20 hours ago, Bigred said:

    The Marines need something capable of being able to provide air support to the ARG/ESG, both overwater and overland, natively from the amphib. The Harrier is getting long in the tooth and the only option the Marines have is the F-35B. Is it overkill for the mission? Probably, but what else is there?  

    The Marines need something that no other service would touch with a ten foot pole and oven mitts.  Thereby justifying their own air arm iaw the Key West agreement.  The “austere” capability, Harrier popping up through the trees on a recruiting poster…it all looks good on paper, but ends up being a break-glass-in-case-of emergency type scenario.

    B-17 down @ Wings Over Dallas Airshow

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    On 12/9/2022 at 10:12 AM, Blue said:

    At the same time, "in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king" holds true.  Chuckleheads like Juan Brown and Dan Gryder race to post on YouTube with a video collecting the available footage and data from an accident.  They present things in a digestible fashion for the general public.  But then they jump off the deep end and add their wild-eyed editorializing.  When they're wrong, there is no penalty.  When they're right, they get to tout to the online masses about what great aviators and detectives they are.  There is almost no downside for them.

    They both found this new niche of "YouTube Aviation Accident Investigators," so I think a lot of their popularity is that they're first in the space.  I can only hope better competition comes along.

    Can't argue with this or other posted perspectives on Juan or Dan; to clarify I just assess Juan is the attention whore with better manners, for what thats worth.

    There are better alternatives, namely AVWEB and AOPA's Air Safety Foundation.  Unfortunately they don't compete in precisely the same space, as their immediate incident reporting is much more succinct and limited to details released by official sources.

    B-17 down @ Wings Over Dallas Airshow

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    I'll try to dig it up.  

    The gist was McSpadden had been the TClone/CC when the Mt. Home mishap occurred, therefore did not measure up to Gryder's standard as worthy of his position with ASF.  All delivered in a breathless spittle laced diatribe, Nancy Grace style.

    Worst I can say about Juan is that he tries to collaborate with DG, but that's a common YooToober tactic, to collaborate and do crossover episodes within subject spaces to share viewership with other content producers.

    The rabbit holes that a google search will lead...  https://www.ajc.com/news/local/delta-suspends-jailed-pilot/kNz1A9uDMWVK106R6xOPnL/

    🙄

    B-17 down @ Wings Over Dallas Airshow

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    I find Juan Brown's approach to be:

    -These are the known facts.

    -For the lay person, this is the definition of what those facts mean, in plain english

    -Tries to avoid speculation beyond historical trends.

    Dan Gryder just can't help but go balls deep within the first 30" of any video.  He really lost me when he went after the AOPA Air Safety Institute director Richard McSpadden in a Nancy Grace style hit piece.

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    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

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    3 hours ago, nsplayr said:

    Yes, 100% agree with this. Masks help stop the spread of a lot of respiratory illnesses…it’s partly why they’ve been worn in medical settings for decades!

    The protocols in hospitals, even before COVID, for wearing masks, when, what for, who's being protected, etc., has precisely ZERO resemblance to public masking.

    Public masking (any old piece of cloth strapped to the face) is not only ineffective, it is unhealthy for the wearer, and possibly for those who come in close contact.

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    B-17 down @ Wings Over Dallas Airshow

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    Watched that and had an immediate "GODDAMNIT!" reaction.

    Then I reflected: there really wasn't a possible outcome where the root cause wasn't going to elicit anything other than that gut reaction.  Perfectly flyable airplanes, on a great flying day, should have been on a walk-in-the-park plan.

    Nickel...

    Regret leaving

    in Squadron Bar

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    On 11/29/2022 at 5:53 PM, Prozac said:

    & the flying in the airlines is decidedly boring (that’s a good thing in the 121 world)

    PF into LGA yesterday

    Figure I checked the NOT decidedly boring square for the next year at least.

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    Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)

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    4 hours ago, hindsight2020 said:

    Said it a dozen times but I'll say it again. The USAF can and will always play run the clock offense. Certainly much better than the airlines ever could. 

    It's a close race at the moment 🤘, but I think the airlines are leading; my particular outfit hasn't seen a raise since 1/1/2019.  Zero, zip, nada.

    Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)

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    20 hours ago, hindsight2020 said:

    Frankly I find the failure of two FY NDAAs in a row to address inflation parity, a bigger source of retention woes than the bonus offering, going forward.  

    Well...neither are any other employers within our career field, if we're being completely intellectually honest about it.  In fact, I'm not sure any career other than finance or corporate senior execs are coming close, but I am standing by for correction.

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    World War III Updates

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    1 hour ago, archer said:

    First, I created this list entirely from unclassified sources:

    Maybe.

    I'll be the first to agree that overconfidence, leading to operational hubris, could be crippling if allowed to fester unchecked.  

    Trade show tech.  That's what most of what you listed consists of.  Trade show tech, without the logistics, training, and integration pieces, leads to a re-run of what history has shown several times, Desert Storm being the clearest example in the past century.  Thing is, we don't put our starting lineup in trade shows.  Hell, as has been stated in open source articles, we don't even train with it in the open atmosphere...

    fwiw, I think we left Taiwan to fend for itself back during the "Peace Dividend", we just don't openly state it.

    The new airline thread

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    7 hours ago, Doc said:

    Union 101 for new hires:

    1.  The #1 priority of the union is to protect the union (protection of the members is somewhere near priority #69)

    2.  The #1 priority of the Prez/Vice-Prez/ST/BoD/MEC/LEC/etc is to enrich themselves; you are an afterthought

    Lesson complete.  You now know 90% of union knowledge required for a 20-30 yr career. :beer:

    Only kidding a little 🤮

    You're welcome! 😎

    All true, but you're mis-labeling APA as a union.  There's always someone right around the corner ready to remind us that it's an "Association".  Usually an APA lawyer, but I digress...

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    Money and Finance

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    16 hours ago, torqued said:

    I believe the end result is the same. We can take the medicine now or try to experiment with MMT and kick the can down the road at greater cost. 

    Ahhhh, yes.  MMT.  The gift that just keeps on giving.

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