Everything posted by Butters
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"Cadillac" Health Care Plans and Obamacare
I got 29.5%
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Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)
So, when does the "boom" start? Dude, I am not speculating/wishing, just making fun of the guys that have been talking about this "boom" going on 10 years now.
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A Toast in Remembrance of the Fallen...
You forgot Patriot Games.
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Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)
So, when are they going to release the FY14 ARP/ACP/Bonus? With the 5 guys being hired in the Airlines looks like the boom is here.
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C-17 4-engine flameout/SIB/FEB questions in here
The return was red. The Magenta, for some stupid reason, covers it up on modern WX Radars. Most crews are trained very well how to use it and know to go to WX only mode. it is labeled very well in civilian aircraft. In the C-17 you just have to know to go to manual. It has been address, all C-17 crews now know to go to manual it they are getting to many turbulence returns in the vicinity of thunderstorms.
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C-17 4-engine flameout/SIB/FEB questions in here
You must not have been listening very well. The crew (AC) did run the boldface, the AC called for the 4 Engine Flameout Checklist and as Day Man said he did not run it. The reason the checklist has you turn the fuel shutoff switches "off" is to reset the EECs. Day Man did not do that. The FDR confirmed all 4 EECs were offline. They subsequently relit by magic. P&W cannot explain why, EECs are not supposed to just come back on by themselves. If the checklist had been run, all 4 engines would have restarted. The two that "caught fire" were not on fire, they were is sub idle conditions and overheating. That happens when you have fuel going into and engine with the ignition going and not enough airflow. As for diverting, I believe someone already said it. That radio call is a lot better than the one saying you flew through a level 5 Thunderstorm and flamed out all 4. Yes, the training in the new WX Radar was not the best, but you still knew that thunder storm was there. The CVR has you calling it out the first time you went by it before you turned away from the field. When you turned back and were headed to the field they said winds were 60kts on the field. You holding fix was over the field. No WX radar is needed to know 60kt winds are most often cause by severe weather. Aviate Navigate Communicate! Sound familiar? When you read the SIB the crew’s primary concern was communication. Then you guys were worried about which direction they wanted you to turn in holding. Who cares? Aviating is saying, the weather sucks, the coms suck, I am going somewhere else. I think you guys got screwed. However, the fact remains there were some pretty big screw ups. Not enough for shithead to overturn the FEB recommendation, but they were there none the less. For the record, I have seen the video, so I know what was going on and what was not going on.
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Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/27/united-plane-makes-emergency-landing-after-pilot-has-heart-attack/?intcmp=latestnews Figured this could go here as well as anywhere. Fly till you die!
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What's wrong with the Air Force?
Do I have to do everything around here? You fighter pilot buffoons just need to have some CC calls and tell everyone not to say "so to speak" 6-9 times a day. How "hard" was that? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free
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Saddle up for Kenya? Or Op Deny Christmas '13
Al Qaeda-linked Somali militant group claims responsibility for deadly Kenya mall attack https://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/21/attack-on-nairobi-mall-kills-10-people/?intcmp=latestnews#ixzz2fZJEpDZR Pack your bags, there are terrorists in Kenya! Wait, what? Kenya is in Africa? Never mind.
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Tim Tebow (NSFW)
Because Tebow is a gay homosexual that went to UF. Oh, and he sucks.
- Tim Tebow (NSFW)
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Tim Tebow (NSFW)
I have been watching football for 2 weeks now and I have not seen Tebow. Oh, wait.... There he is, in the UNemployment line!!! Edited, actually it could be called the employment line because you are looking for employment.
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Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)
Thanks, I needed a good laugh today!! Go hiring boom!!!
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US KC-135 Down - Kyrgyzstan
You are right. There are, but if I posted it here someone would get butt hurt.
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Saddle up for Syria? Or Op Deny Christmas '13
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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US KC-135 Down - Kyrgyzstan
Nope, only what you read in the news.
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B-1 crash
They probably heard the engine making sputtering sounds as well... like it was out of gas!
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Latest Movies
This is not the first time a SOF unit had been comprimised. It has happen quite a few times, so many times in fact that there is an established procedure in the ROE. I am currious why they did not follow it. BTW, the ROE is not and has never been to kill them.
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Command Pilot Wings & $840/mo Aviator Pay
Last time I did a long non-flying deployment Flt records coded me so I didn't lose gate months. I think it is a j or k code can't remember, but your Flt records people should know.
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MV-22 supporting POTUS/Marine 1
It is not that is won't fit. It is the fact that it will blow the trees down and the exhaust will burn holes in the nice grass.
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Standing out in ROTC?
WTF is an EA? He said a bad GPA will hurt your career, it will not. It may now keep you from graduating or continuing in ROTC, but once you graduate they do not put your GPA on your OPRs.
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Stop Loss Cometh
Dude, this shit sneaks up on you... like a freight train... that's on fire... at night.
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Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate
Also, for some companies, not only does the SIM have to be certified, but the training program as well. I have seen people have to scramble at the last minute when they found their AF sim time did not count for anything.
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Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)
I opened a brothel. Hookers plus real estate all in one. Winner, me.
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Standing out in ROTC?
Guess you have never been to McChord. We got to march in formation one Saturday. Whatever! I graduated with a 2.6 in basket weaving and it has not hurt my career one bit.