BFM this

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.

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.

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/ 🙄

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.

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.

Masks have become the progressives' MAGA hat.

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...

PF into LGA yesterday Figure I checked the NOT decidedly boring square for the next year at least.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

Mall ninja

Meanwhile, in Ft Worth...

😐🫤😆🥹😅😂😂🤣🥲🤣🤣🤣🤣 had to replay that three times to make sure I heard correct. Quote of the year right there.

That...is the resilience the AF has been trying to develop in airmen. And can never seem to get right.

Or have a set of massive balls with the skillz to back it up.

Couldn't say. Currently flying a 737 so I have no perspective...

Songtan has that effect.

lol, at least the RoK has a sense of humor about that stuff... (s)

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/amc-commander-lays-out-mobility-manifesto/ Long time ago, a former CH-53 crew chief told to me that his training syllabus included a landing. Nothing fancy, here's how you set down if the need arises, nothing more. My guess is that future booms are gonna get some landing practice, just for funsies.

Peter Zeihan suggested several days ago that the energy crunch in Europe is going to have substantial knock-on effects in German industry, leading to an economic contraction over the coming year(s) while they redo their grid. Added to @torqued 's citation, a possible outcome is that the Germans find themselves unprepared (unwilling?) to foot the bill for the next round of austerity.

For some, it makes sense, and they seem to be making the ideal decision. I was fortunate to have a formative commuting experience during my first foray into 121, and it was about as bad a commuting situation as I could imagine, two legs to uncommutable pairings...wife was on board to do whatever we needed to in order to avoid commuting. "OMG you're going to uproot the kids? How awful, they will be so upset!!!" was the chorus from extended family and friends. 🤣 Kids were way more excited to move than we were (probably has something to do with not having to do any of the moving work). My worthless advice, have the discussion, don't cherry pick the data, look at all of the pros and cons of living in base. I can do things living in base that commuters have a difficult time following: In base reserve (the biggest benefit, imo)(eta: coincidentally also topping the list of reasons I left the ACMI sector. I spent six nights away from my own bed last month, and blocked > my best month at my last gig 🤘) Schoolhouse or other HQ staff gigs (if you choose to live near the mothership for your carrier) I can sit around and cherry pick premium/pickup/trade trips at my leisure, without the added tax of looking at loads/wx/connections of a commute, just suit up and drive. My wife's favorite phrase while sitting reserve: "Honey, I got put on a turn tomorrow" I bid a line long before I had the seniority to specifically hold commutable lines. By the same token, if your family is rooted near the extended support network of family/friends/spouse's lucrative job, then that might tilt the equation the other way. My wife's job (home office) was portable in our case.