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I've heard there was an AA CA based at SFO that had so many DO NOT PAIR First Officers that the CA was asked to leave the base and fly elsewhere. In my 23 years at AA, the only thing I've come close to was a call out on reserve for a MD-80 trip. The CA was a former TWA guy and the FO was a former Reno CA and not happy about playing second fiddle. Verbal hostility erupted and the second leg of the trip and the CA booted the FO.

Funny you should post that. Years ago, I'm at Carlos Murphys West in Tucson for a 4th of July soiree. I'm with another A-10 dude and somehow we end up taking to this liberal couple. When they find out we are Hawg drivers, the liberal chick says, "How can you gun down women and children." Well, if ever a softball question was tossed my way, that was it. Just like the movie quote, I replied "It's easy, you just don't lead them as much." The shocked looks on their faces was absolutely priceless. We also ended up drinking with a midget wrestler who was the regional distributor for Coors but that's another story.

And that's the just the " women" but I'm not a biologist so I might be wrong.

I don't think the 30mm API can be sold/given due to nuclear non-proliferation agreements and you aren't punching many holes in a T-80 with TP ammo. I'm not sure of the threat environment but flying the Hawg without SEAD assets would definitely not be something I would want to do. Knock the radar threats back and you might be able to put a workable plan together.

Sitting reserve, I get called out for exactly that same thing but it was the FO that walked.

A little input from Dos Gringos. https://youtu.be/P4Xhx2q_PcM

Not sure if you need to identify as a biologist or not. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10853121/Uterus-shaped-cereal-aims-normalise-conversations-periods.html

I have always said that a good day is learning something new and I have never heard of an oologist. Interesting. So, does this mean that the question "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" can have a corollary question, "Which came first, the omelet or the chef?"

Bullshit. Unless you are a ornithologist, how would you know???

An F-15 from Langley was flown to Maine to pick up a load of "lahbstahs." Lobsters are flown back to VA, cooked, and there was much rejoicing. Moving forward in time, the jet goes in for the big colonoscopy maintenance check, and, lo and behold, there is significant corrosion along the keel of the fuselage and the damage is fatal. After some sleuthing, the trail leads back to the lobster run. Turns out the lobsters were packed in frozen SEA water which melted and ran down through the jet. Scratch one Eagle off the books.

For podcast listening: The Cold War: What We Saw https://billwhittle.com/tag/the-cold-war-what-we-saw/ He also did a podcast on the space program which is also great listening.

With either job, you would get a pay raise just by moving out of CA.

ClearedHot, you are obviously ignorant! You forgot Hunter Biden s business partners, the Chinese! Come on, man! Nothing like trying to get through the Great Internet Firewall of China while visiting that country to drive that point home.

The further we get from 1984, the closer we get. With the recent history of government agencies involved in sketchy behavior with a noticable political bent, what could possibly go wrong?

He has never had an original thought in his political life and parrots what he is told to say. Combine this with the obvious signs of senility and I'm guessing his awareness of the economic condition of the country is close to zero.

Interesting numbers regarding conservative Twitter accounts. Can the minions at Twitter see what is coming? https://nypost.com/2022/04/27/its-about-time-to-crack-open-big-techs-black-boxes-which-suppress-conservatives/

Yep, always the FNG that thought he would show motivation and seriousness by showing up early only to take a verbal beat down while being informed his job is to learn to be a fighter pilot and be ready to fly whether on the schedule or not. Had to explain that to several new guys. RTUs should teach that.

That was attributed to pilot error doing a full rudder deflection swap which caused the rudder to fail. Not that I agree with the findings but that's what they said.

Yes, you can fly it single pilot if the other pilot isn't horrendously incompetent and keeps touching switches. Self induced problems were apparently a trend item with this guy.

https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/legacy-of-a-lie-the-crash-of-atlas-air-flight-3591-519a3a7bd6ec

The conversation is also happening at AA where he was hired.

Ammoseek.com is a website that does internet searches.

I flew the 737, not the Max version, and my understanding was A) the STAB TRIM CUTOUT switches still work and would have stopped MCAS, B) the jet is controllable with full nose down trim but only at slower speeds (w/flaps?), and C) higher airspeeds put too much pressure on the stab and that pressure prevents manual trimming of the stab. Any 737 guys with better info?

Yeah, I don't how someone would fall to do something, anything to stop the aircraft from accelerating uncontrolled. Never say never but I don't think the Max accidents would have happened within US or European airlines.