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Sua Sponte

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    I'm trying to figure out how giving a Friday or Monday off in conjunction with a three-day holiday weekend does not "support executing the mission with excellence?"
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    You're a North map guy? Those are considered lepers in the KC-135 world compared to heading map bros.
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    It was hard to find a lot of the military mishap reports and data. When I FOIA requested it from the Air Force, they said, "Here's our AIB webpage." The Marines and Navy just blew me off (sts), and the Army said all of their aviation mishap reports were privileged and they don't have a public AIB equivalent. The major airlines didn't respond, except SWA, who said, "Great research topic, but we aren't sending you any data." I did have some older more experienced pilots who were initially committed to being interviewed, but then declined due to fear of their company or organization finding out their identity and having negative repercussions. The only person who knows all of the pilot identities is me, not even my IRB will know. I believe that's a function of your initial training as a pilot. You flew before being introduced to advanced automation that was incorporated into the aircraft you've flown and currently fly. You've accomplished a lot of experience flying without automation, so when it doesn't work correctly or you assume something is amiss, you feel comfortable disconnecting the automation and manually flying the aircraft. Let me ask you this: if you had to tell someone a lot of information, would you text them, or would you call them? I bet you would call them. You have a son in high school, correct? What would he do in that scenario? Would you just send a lot of texts?
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    Thank you, I'll correct it. I've already found some grammatical errors, I'm just skimming through for the 69th time. I've been working on this for two years, and no matter how often I read it, I still find either format or grammatical errors. All of the professors/doctors on my institutional review board are commercial/civilian pilots except one who has to be outside of the program that I'm in.
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    Thanks man, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity had you not helped me out years ago. I’ll always appreciate that.
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    In a few weeks, I travel to Oklahoma State University to defend my doctoral dissertation in front of my Institutional Review Board. This is a culmination of not only four years of studying, research, writing, and editing but also the final chapter of my academic career, which started in 2017 after I left the Air Force. This academic journey spanned three universities, one undergrad and two graduate degrees, one move from Washington to Colorado, two vacations to Australia and one to England, five jobs, one pandemic, four vehicles, and one amazing girlfriend. This dissertation is dedicated to one of the pilots I interviewed, who was tragically killed in a vehicle accident shortly after I interviewed him in his office. I would like to thank everyone here who helped me along the way, thank you. I've been apart of this place right since I started flying as a KC-135 Boom Operator in 2006. We have grown up together in a lot of ways and I wouldn't be the person I am today without the people I've interacted with from the board. 2 Timothy 4:7 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." I present to you my dissertation. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/g8hd0223adxfdnanl36ok/Dissertation.docx?e=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawJeTGJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhLLyfv16g-4NqFWmsH5hUbpJqZ1M-G1gtdhgbsVJW0pLTw3xEXTXd6Uq_zH_aem_YADTZOEkhzOXQP_1zn9mpg&rlkey=t411kwzvuh4chjw2z5s9rt1do&st=ywppe4ea&dl=0
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    Yeah, they're called billionaires. This was their intended plan. Next up, claim the government doesn't work, so let's privatize it.
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    It’s not supposed to benefit our national security, he wasn’t a puppet and that’s why Trump fired him.
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    At least Ted Kaczynski was a Harvard graduate. I'm a Georgetown graduate, so unfortunately we have Bill Clinton. I agree; let's rationally discuss this. It wasn't so much as the government breaking the court order; it was their response to the court of "Well, we broke the order due to an administrative mistake, but now he's in El Salvador, so he's out of our jurisdiction, oh well." When an issue, especially a complex one, is brought in front of the court a lot of times it takes a while for the court to digest the issues and issue a ruling, it's not always going to happen via a filed motion or oral argument. If it's a permanent injunction, then due process allows one to appeal to a higher court. Let's not act like the government, both Dem and GOP administrations, don't go judge (really forum) shopping. The current DOJ filed asking for a declaratory judgment in West Texas stating that it should be allowed to terminate collective bargaining agreements between eight agencies and dozens of affiliates of the American Federation of Government Employees. Why in West Texas? Because there was a 100% chance of being (and has been) assigned to a Trump-appointed district judge, and where any appeal goes to the Fifth Circuit. I guess you missed it where I voted for Trump (I'm an independent in Colorado like most voters are; I can vote for either) largely due to Biden's laissez-faire immigration policy that was dictated by progressive NGOs. Both can be wrong; we need to stop with whataboutism. The Signalgate stuff should've been handled by the Trump Admin saying, "We fucked up, we're sorry, won't happen again." But that's never going to happen because Trump doesn't apologize and/or admit fault, and neither will his cabinet. Working across the aisle, being civil, and compromising by being bipartisan largely died when Ted Kennedy and John McCain did. That doesn't "sell" to the voters. It's "us versus them, winners and losers, etc." If the DNC wins the midterms, and especially in 2028, we're going to see the undoing of Trump's changes by the government swinging violently to the left. The only people who are going to suffer are the American people.
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    The rest of the story is a blog citing some random X account that did some “analysis” of court documents where the judge found a preponderance of evidence to deny bond, but to not order removal?
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    That's great, and so was I. By the way, Military RIF =! Civilian RIF when it comes to procedures and weighted categories. The DoD has different RIFing procedures than what OPM sends out to the other agencies. So, do you agree with Paul voting today with the Dems on the Senate resolution against the Canadian tariffs?
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    Which one? I've graduated from a few.
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    Yeah, MAGAats like yourself REALLY expected Coney Barrett to go along with the conservatives for the Trump 2.0 issues already brought to the court. Unfortunately for you, Roberts and her have been handing out some losses to your cult by siding with the liberals on the court. I guess they must be "activist judges," right? Better go on X and shitpost calling for their impeachment, I guess? I don't understand the "if and when" part of your post. Are you assuming you know how the DoD RIF process works or have seen it? I have, and I won't be part of that but continue to spout off about conjecture of things you don't know.
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    Come? Where the fuck have you been in the past few months? Are they legal cuts or illegal cuts? The current administration sure has been taking some losses in the courts for illegal firing, then rehiring, federal employees (which costs taxpayers even more money).
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    Those beers just got more expensive with tariffs those dumbass slapped on Diego.
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    It's called judicial review. Don't like it? Appeal. Don't like the law? Run for Congress.
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    He did, and then a federal judge via due process said he could be deported, but not to where he's from. He was deported to where he's from, thus breaking a court order. An immigration judge gave him due process by a hearing to determine if he can be deported back to where he's from (he couldn't). The government doesn't get to break a court order just because they don't agree with something. It's called due process, so appeal if you don't like the ruling, but that also doesn't mean it's going to go your way. I don't think pilots care about the opinions of judges on how to fly aircraft; judges don't care about pilot's opinions of their judicial review of a case. Don't agree with that? Go to law school and take the bar. We don't live in a Kafkaesque society. Remember, they are "activist judges" when they don't rule in favor of your home team. Funny how you were pretty quiet when the judges were ruling against Biden's student loan forgiveness.
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    I’m going to assume you didn’t read the article? “The filing stems from a lawsuit over the removal of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who in 2019 was granted protected status by an immigration judge, prohibiting the federal government from sending him to El Salvador.”
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    She went to grad school, this retard didn't.
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    You mean the retard Gen Zer press secretary, whose qualifications is that she got creampied by her 59 year old husband, isn't doing a good enough job?
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    It is delusional, which why Trump said this: “NBC News asked about a possible scenario in which Vice President JD Vance would run for office and then pass the role to Trump. Trump responded that “that’s one” method.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna198752
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    Who said he would do that? “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.” He’ll run as Vance’s VP, then once elected Vance will resign. Either way, it’ll wind up at the SCOTUS for an interpretation of the 22nd Amendment.
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    Can't answer the question?
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