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If you go early enough that the issue is still minor, maybe. For significant issues, I don't think there is a ton of trust from the aircrew side. ...there are plenty of alternative options, fortunately.

Generally agreed. For things like security clearance investigations, I don't think reviewing public associations and posts for indicators of compromised personnel is going too far. Those are valid, imo. They should be on a schedule, known to the personnel being investigated, and strictly limited in use. Nebulous "monitoring" of all social media for administrative and punitive purposes is almost guaranteed to generate abuses.

Let's extend that argument to it's logical (and historically practiced) conclusion:. You are free to say whatever you want, but if the government doesn't approve, it may fine, imprison, or kill you. ...does that sound like "freedom of speech" to you? I'd say your argument is dead nuts wrong. The 1st Amendment is PRECISELY there so that you can voice opinion without government punishment.

CDC says vaccinated people don't need masks. ..and the talking heads explode. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/05/13/health/covid-cdc-mask-guidance-vaccinated-wellness/index.html

I really don't want the government telling reporters what they can say... That said, perhaps changing the libel standards would help. I think you should be able to sue against companies that intentionally report false information. (I don't think there is a good legal solution for slanted reporting, as it is so subjective.)

Indeed

That's a good turn around. My form 4 for a can has been sitting since Aug...

The market will go down at some point. The question is more how deep and how long? (Sts) For retirement savings a 10-20% dip for a year or two should be recoverable. If you get a decade of negative returns, that will hurt people's plans a lot. If you are about to retire, it may be a good idea to have a couple years worth of money in super low risk savings/funds. That way, you don't have to sell at a loss during a temporary crash.

Ding!

Assign everyone to Laughlin. That should fix your "over manning" problem right quick.

The formula of basic, primary, and advanced trainers has worked since before WWII. I don't see any serious arguments as to why it should be scrapped. As to whether you should have a T38/T7 split with T1s, I can't speak to that very well, although introducing a CRM habits to those going to crew aircraft earlier makes sense. Having all fixed wing students go through a universal set of training also makes sense. Helo only track is a bad idea. The AF already doesn't understand helos, and further divorcing them from fixed wing aircrew won't help. Also, siloing helo students from the start will limit the student pools on both sides.

Hopefully they'd send a link to Ceelo Green's "Forget you" right back. ...but that would suck (sts).

I mean, I appreciate dying less. That said, losing a war because your 100 high-tech things got destroyed by 1000 middle-tier weapons isn't acceptable. We are failing to maintain the "high/low" mix we occasionally talk about.

One can argue we won WWII because we had a vast quantity of decent quality. The Panther and Tiger tanks were better than the Sherman or T34 in many respects...but not when facing 10 or 20:1 odds... We seem to have forgotten that lesson. 187...

If you have an extra $300-400k for a new GA aircraft, you probably sit in the upper brackets of income levels. That's more than the average US house price. Let's not kid ourselves about how rich one likely is to be able to afford a new production GA aircraft. I wish GA was a middle-class hobby, but it isn't if you shop new.

The long term side effects of the vaccine (if any) are still unknown. The COVID risk to a 18-42yr old person in good health is fairly low. Given that the .gov will probably deny coverage for any longer term issues ("hey, you volunteered for a non-FDA approved treatment, that's on you"), is the hesitation that unfounded?

The H-1 doesn't have RNAV-x or RNP certification. It can do RNAV and LNAV/LNAV+V/LPV approaches. ...or at least that's my current understanding. Without much range, wx radar, or anti-ice, IMC isn't something we do very much, just go SVFR to class G, when able.

Having some air sense and basic skills will help. If you get stuck in old habits, it will hurt.

Suppressed .22 bolt actions always make me smile. I like them for rifles too, as it is basically an extra set of ear pro. (Actually, even better)

So, once this guy is arrested, what do they charge him with? Insurrection and revolution are terms people like to throw around...but when some idiot actually tries it???

If the Dems win by a narrow margin, the conspiracy theorist will go nuts, and have a lot of Republicans following them. We already have some polls showing a majority of Republicans saying the Nov election is untrustworthy...what happens when the race goes to the Dems after many people on both sides said it favored the Repubs? It might get ugly.

If one dude masters the internet and makes $5trillion, while the rest of us get a 5% increase...we still gained 5%. Good for him and good for us. The "folks on the right" aren't asking the government to "give" tech billionaires more billions. We all just do that because we use social media and like stuff delivered to our door two days after we buy the random thing in the internet.

I moved to Minot just after the oil boom/flood ruined their market. I made bank as a single Capt. When I left, I was making almost as much BAH as the married LtCol who just got there...and looking at 2020 numbers, more than married O-6s now! ...then I PCSed and lost $10K a year in disposable income.

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