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TreeA10

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  1. 15 hours ago, Smokin said:

    I may have taxied in Ohare from the runway to the gate without ever getting a spare second of radio time to make contact with ground.  Just jumped into the flow and no one noticed us.

    Was long as you are moving and not blocking the flow, I don't think they care.

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  2. I'm trying to figure out how a woman in Minnesota(?) was convicted of manslaughter because she didn't understand the mental problems of her son but was not a psychologist, but a woman can be put on the the SCOTUS that can't define a woman because she is not a biologist but that is okay.

  3. I've flown the 787 for 5 years.  That switch cover is spring loaded closed and the rocker switch is recessed under it so the switch would be difficult to lean on even without the cover.  The seat doesn't move that quickly so having a tray on your lap and not getting the tray out of the way before it contacts the yoke seems fishy, also.  It takes 80lbs of force on the yoke to disconnect the autopilot so you really got to push hard.

    A more plausible scenario involves a crew swap.  Someone getting into or out of the seat tripped, stumbled, etc. and fell into or grabbed the yoke.  That's my guess anyway.

  4. It's got to be doable.  I've done flybys at Texas Motor Speedway which sits very close to the final approach course of Runway 13R at DFW.  We had to fly a dogleg run-in to avoid it.  I didn't do the coordination so not sure how that happens.  I'd call DFW TRACON and see if they've got info.  The Reserve guys at the 301st FW at Fort Worth JRB might have input for you.

    Link to phone numbers.

    https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/acf/media/Presentations/19-02-RD309-CLNC_DEL_phone_numbers-VWatson.pdf

  5. 13 hours ago, JimNtexas said:

    I watched Cold Blue and also recommend it.   It addressed one pet peeve I’ve had for a long time.

    In every movie that has B-17s the pilots enter the cockpit by doing a pull up flip into the belly hatch.   I can’t really see that as something someone would really do.

    In my copy of printed version of master it says occasionally someone would do that to show off.

    In Cold Blue they show several crew members, in full battle rattle going into that hatch.  Using portable stairs.

    Way back when, 1972-ish, , my dad was stationed in England and one of his fellow Chiefs was a former B-17 radio operator in WW2.  I was 9 or 10 and he was talking about the "doing the pull up" to enter the airplane and said it was complete BS.  Nobody did it.

    Side story:  Local English lovers of birds had given the B-17 radio operators messenger pigeons.  Not sure how often they used them, why they used them, etc. but they occasionally used them.  The instructions were to put the message on the bird, put the bird into a paper bag cut down on one side, go to the waist gunner window, and throw the bag with the bird DOWN where the bag would open, the bird would fly out and then fly home.  One day, he wonders what happens if you throw the bag with the bird UP which he does and the bag with the bird splatters on the rudder.  He didn't have the heart to tell the poor guy he killed his bird.  Anyway, that was one story he relayed to me.

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  6. Genocide, man , woman, peaceful demonstration, border control....... Yep, definitions keep changing.  I'm wondering if I need to start using Google Translate for what I thought was the English language. Maybe English 10 years ago to current English.

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  7. 5 hours ago, StoleIt said:

    It makes me feel really safe when I get randomed 96.69% of the time but then my illegal immigrant passengers are flying for free with no ID or background check AND yet I have to show TSA 2 forms of ID.

    I gave up my FFDO weapon since I fly internationally and i truly miss the ease of pulling out the badge and breezing through security.  I'm still the same person with the same background check, etc. but now I'm back to the random BS.  I don't bother with KCM and just do the crew approved TSA Pre-check line.  50% exceeds any definition I assign to the term "random."

  8. 5 hours ago, Danger41 said:

    Do the types of people who do this genuinely think they are helping the cause with moves like this? Not too long ago it was just about “equality” and now…sheesh. 

    I've wondered the same thing.  I've also considered that these people go through life in a constant state of self induced misery and want to drag down rest of humanity to join them in that pit of unhappiness.  Or possibly, they have imagined themselves marginalized and must extract revenge on their perceived oppressors.  Maybe both.

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  9. I'm doing my AA quarterly online training and one lesson describes what to look for to report human trafficking. Who do you report human trafficking to if the government is facilitating the trafficking?

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  10. 8 hours ago, tac airlifter said:

    I agree with you in theory.  The best inspection would be auditing a normal deployment or even a blowout to validate squadrons have legitimate processes ensuring trained airman are equipped and mobilized with alacrity towards a specified task. Bonus points if inspectors highlighted support agencies causing mission friction and could provide wing and Hq commanders suggestions on changing the present paradigm where deploying squadrons jump through hoops to accommodate arcane requirements by non-deploying support agencies.

    however, this will never happen. It is unfortunately not in our culture; our culture is preserving stateside bureaucracy who view overseas missions as a distraction to home station status quo.  This has remained true regardless of who the commander is because it's entrenched culture within the organization.  It's sad looking at YouTube videos like the one above postulating our forces are not ready for the big one. Of course they aren't, when have they ever been? Every war has required a waiver to some current process in order to allow operators to meet the task.  Think about that for a minute.  How many new ideas have you seen that made sense and could've helped the mission but could not happen without some multi agency multi year waiver, and the gatekeeper at every increment is some non-deploying homo who needs to be convinced the requirement is real.  How totally fucked up is that? It is an indictment of every level above the line unit, which is one more clue in the puzzle of how we can kick so much ass yet never seem to win.
     

    Given this reality, I am not a fan of no notice inspections because I do not trust the system to do them intelligently. They will be done in the dumbest way at the worst time focusing on all the wrong things.  And fantastic squadron commanders who are prioritizing lethality will get fired because they've been pioneering new TTPs instead of plodding through MICT.

    it's not all depressing, I do have a proposed solution, but it's better over 🥃 . You should swing by sometime!

    Mid-90s and Iraq does some pump fake maneuver to the border. I'm at Shaw working in Stan/Eval and we get tagged to generate and deploy 2 F-16 and 1 A-10 squadron.  The Wing had an upcoming mobility ORI event so we call Langley and ask them to come observe to get the ORI counter complete.  They say "No" because it wouldn't meet their grading criteria.  WTF? A real world event doesn't match the grading criteria?  How inflexibly stupid is that and WTF are you grading?

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  11. The M-1 in the photo shows the blow out panel above the ammo storage blown out which is what they are supposed to do.  There is a sliding armored door separating the ammo storage from the crew compartment.  The picture might be flipped because I recall the ammo storage on the left side. They never let me drive or shoot it but I did learn to load the gun.  (Years ago ALO with armor battalion w/M-1 A1 later A2 tanks)

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  12. Sounds like a CPDLC hack. The re-route was sent but not accepted, certainly not executed.  Pilots asked for further info via VHF or HF.

    For those not familiar: CPDLC is a data link with the regional controlling agency.  You can swap messages, requests altitude or route changes, and more.  Onthe 787, The controlling agency can send route changes and the pilots can ACCEPT, IGNORE, or CANCEL the incoming message.  If the pilots push ACCEPT, the route is loaded into the FMS but you still have to press EXECUTE on the FMS to enter and activate the change.  

  13. 6 hours ago, fire4effect said:

    I put on Ameriglo night sights. Way better than stock. I can lay it on a nightstand with a surefire next to it and even in the dark I can easily find both from the glowing dots of the rear sight. Still way less than a Kimber😁 

    FFDO weapon has the Ameriglo sights. I added those to my personal Glocks since they worked so well.

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  14. I started investing my flight pay as a 1Lt using dollar cost averaging.  Just put money in every month because the market will increase over the long term.  I quit adding money to that account years ago when I was hired at an airline.  That account has had some serious ups and downs over 40 years but is now approaching 7 digits because time in the market usually beats timing the market.  

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  15. And the media does not care about the death and destruction in families. 270-ish people died every day for the last couple years...Every freaking day...From opioid overdose. But, nope, can't control the border, can't stop it, just can't do anything.  

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  16. Capitol One Venture card works like a champ worldwide.  $69-ish per year with the military discount but you can cover any travel expenses with points earned and the card easily pays for itself.  I do have a USAA card but it sits in a dresser drawer as a tertiary backup.

  17. We need someone to pull a Braveheart staff adjustment similar to the king that left his effeminate incompetent son in charge and the sons friends described himself as fully versed in warfare because he studied it. Then gets thrown out a window. That will never happen but it makes me smile just thinking about it.

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