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I don’t know what clearances you have or don’t have. But I do know from your long and distinguished history of laughably incorrect, half baked posts that you do in fact have zero clue on the topic of this thread. I’m sure there’s things you’re smart on and well informed on, but this ain’t it.

It never ceases to amaze me how much humans will run their mouths on things they have zero actual knowledge on. But, I guess egos are going to ego.

“Health passport” is a great idea. The positive way to look at this is screening for 30+ is certainly a step in the right direction (and as stated, not nearly enough…but it’s a start). I’m not seeing a negative, at least a logical one. I am 100% against forced therapy/drugs, but that isn’t happening, so it’s a moot point.

Frankly the mil should be testing for a shitload more things. The fact I have to pay hundreds out of pocket every year to get full blood panels to track health is dumb. But then again, the mil hasn’t given a shit about my health in over 20 years. It would be awesome if the mil started doing yearly blood panels for every service member - that would be an immensely good thing…and something some people would still lose their minds about for some illogical reason.

This just in, No One asserts an objective exists that never did (100% destruction of BM capability) and he’s aghast that Patriots don’t have a 1.0 pK. Oh no, it’s all over folks! Is going full retard your professional job, or just a hobby?

Well you made two false claims and an extremely hyperbolic one. It’s out of character, so that’s why I ask.

Sarcasm?

Swing and a miss. Zero people are forced to do TRT. It’s screening/informational only, with any follow up TRT being 100% voluntary. Also FWIW, TRT is very mainstream and not some far out in left field thing. Not saying you or anyone else should want to do it, but screening for it and docs recommending TRT is common these days. So no , this whole thing is not remotely as big of a deal the media is making it out to be (which some on here are apparently buying).

While probably not a large % of the pilot pool, the public has no idea how many of these 60+ CAs are way past their prime and it’s the FO that is the saving grace getting them to their destination safely. The trapped errors by the FO “mafia” (while anecdotal for me and my airline friends), is very alarming. Yet, nothing happens, the company won’t do shit, and these boomer pilots will continue to argue their “experience” is necessary. Concur with the GA guys, actually never had a bad older CA who was into outside flying.

@Lord Ratner Yep, the LEPF/67 crowd is another prime example.

Biff moved to Florida?

It is incredible how much that generation refuses to let go/understand that they are far less qualified than people in their 50s and younger. I see it in every aspect of life - refusal to even consider someone in a younger generation may actually know more/be better qualified in a specific role, job, etc. Politics at all levels is a primary example.

I get where you’re coming from Sketch, but I think the energy should be directed at the dudes in the know who spill the beans (whether fully or through aggregate “partial” comments, eye winks, whatever). There’s nothing wrong with Steve’s passion, there’s something wrong with dudes opening their mouth on stuff they shouldn’t. Should I be mad at the Drive, or should I be mad at the douchebag who completely ignored the requirements of his security clearance and NDAs and gave info to a member of the press? I’ve enjoyed Steve’s work, even if I have a problem with people he has interviewed.

Let’s recap on what Pooter’s arguing: AIPAC is evil/a conspiracy/aligned with foreign actors/etc. because they oppose candidates who don’t share their values/desires and they support candidates who do…like literally every lobby group and PAC in America. It’s a sign some dark actor is controlling our government. If you want to make a credible argument along these lines, then feel free to say all the same things about every PAC out there. At least you’d show a consistent viewpoint - care to do so? Israel has massive influence and control in our government because we give “the most FA” to them. Except that number is 4.7% cumulatively since 1948; yawn, doesn’t even reach the level of “weak argument.” Giving FA to the only ally we can rely on with shared objectives in a region, so we can advance our agenda in said region is crazy, fraught with dark motives and definitively means this ally is controlling us. So for consistency, you should be against FA entirely. Are you? That’s the highlights anyways.

Oh, you mean cumulatively. Got it, well in that case they’ve cumulatively received 4.7% of total US foreign aid since 1948. Greater than 95% of US foreign aid has gone to non-Israel countries since 1948 - wow, super compelling numbers to support your super compelling argument that we’re subservient to the Jew government. And again, providing aid to a region where we want things to go a certain way is normal foreign policy - should be easy for even you to understand. They’re all shit politicians who are anti-conservative and support bullshit things from a conservative perspective. So, a conservative group lobbied against them. Wow, shocking, it’s impossible to make sense of that one. I assume you’re ready to also attack every leftist lobby/PAC for working against conservative candidates, because that too can only be explained by wild conspiracy theories.