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  1. HokiePilot

    The SHOW: Airlines still a "good gig"??

    The reason I was so dismissive was because he knows the answer to the first and he knows I don't know the reason for the second question. But he asked me. Asking the FAA why they changed their standards is valid. Go ask them.
  2. HokiePilot

    The SHOW: Airlines still a "good gig"??

    Do you have something to add or are you "just asking questions"?
  3. HokiePilot

    The SHOW: Airlines still a "good gig"??

    There is a huge step from "the FAA changed its medical standards" to "they changed it because pilots got injured by the vaccine". Can we blame everything on the vaccine now? If your sports team does not win can we blame it on the vaccine? I thought you were better than bringing up shit like...
  4. HokiePilot

    Bonhomme Richard fire

    What's your problem? The government wasn't able to prove its case.
  5. HokiePilot

    Sen. Schumer gas for electric car trade in program?

    Maybe, but the people who it makes sense for will buy it. And they will continue to get better.
  6. HokiePilot

    Sen. Schumer gas for electric car trade in program?

    I see this discussion very similar to the transition from film photography. Early on film cameras were clearly superior to equally priced digital cameras. But over time, it got to the point where basically no one (except for hipsters) uses film cameras. The same thing is going to happen with...
  7. HokiePilot

    Random Griz Aviation Musings

    Chuck, do you have any knowledge that the pilot flew helicopters or are you just wildly speculating?
  8. HokiePilot

    Random Griz Aviation Musings

    When I was a student in the HTs, we planned a cross country to land there. Unfortunately, the day of, there was a storm system between Pensacola and DC. We decided to go to Austin instead.
  9. HokiePilot

    Navy Reserve COVID Vaccinations by October

    Come on man. Use the right title. You know the president of the senate is a woman.
  10. HokiePilot

    Navy Reserve COVID Vaccinations by October

    I think it is a useful hypothetical to ask if this amendment wasn't ratified, would slavery still be illegal? Do we need to rely on this amendment to ensure its illegality or do we just acknowledge that slavery is inhuman and does not respect the rights of individuals.
  11. HokiePilot

    USN SH-3 Sea King Retirement

    I went to API in April of 2007 and I remember getting picked up in the Bay by a NAS Pensacola station SAR H-3
  12. HokiePilot

    Energy Discussion

    Whatever you say man.
  13. HokiePilot

    Energy Discussion

    ... Says no one who is worth listening to.
  14. HokiePilot

    SWA: Sick out? Work stoppage? ATC? WX? Oppression? Violation of rights? Tantrum?

    You know not everyone can deselect guard right. Every ATC facility is required to monitor it.
  15. HokiePilot

    Bonhomme Richard fire

    You seem to miss the entire point of criminal law. The Navy is out one capital ship. It already lost.. The question is how to proceed from here.
  16. HokiePilot

    Random Griz Aviation Musings

    In DCA, the Mount Vernon Visual or ILS 1 circle to land 33 is a pretty common procedure. I will always brief the audible to 33 if we are landing that direction. And I encourage FOs to do the same thing, but I won't let a FO do it unless I have already seen them land and am confident that they...
  17. HokiePilot

    Letters of Recommendation? How are you writing/getting these?

    I'm in much the same position as you. I have my apps in but haven't gotten a call. I don't have any answers, only questions. I am wondering if internal recommendations are the only ones that matter or do others help. If it is internal recommendations that is going to be harder for helo bubbas...
  18. HokiePilot

    Random Griz Aviation Musings

    Just, wow! Thanks for sharing.
  19. HokiePilot

    COVID-19

    It seems like your argument is we can't be perfect so we should just not do anything. Masks allow us to spend risk elsewhere. They reduce the transmission risk so we can go out and do the things that we want. And yeah, all of those people who pull their mask down should be shamed. They are...
  20. HokiePilot

    Mythbusters to take on: PLANE ON A TREADMILL!!

    The plan is to request block altitudes. Something like 18,000 block FL230
  21. HokiePilot

    Mythbusters to take on: PLANE ON A TREADMILL!!

    Many of the more advanced glider avionics can display a attitude indicator. The club has an aviation attorney who is also a CFI-G and CFII who is leading the charge. I'm not completely sure of the requirements yet
  22. HokiePilot

    Mythbusters to take on: PLANE ON A TREADMILL!!

    It seems to have been within the past year. It has been that way since I have been with the club. But has been a new thing the club has had to deal with. We had a plan had a plan to do a week of training out in Petersburg, WV last month. There is reliable wave in the winter there up to FL230...
  23. HokiePilot

    Mythbusters to take on: PLANE ON A TREADMILL!!

    This past summer, I joined the glider club out in Front Royal, VA. It has a great mix of thermals, ridge, and wave. Unfortunately, we are have issues with our wave window right now. The FAA wants 45 day notice to go into Class A and yeah, no one can predict wave that far out. So right now we...
  24. HokiePilot

    Mythbusters to take on: PLANE ON A TREADMILL!!

    There are fancy ways that a glider could take advantage of the difference in wind between two airmasses, but that is rather hard to do reliably in full size gliders.
  25. HokiePilot

    Supreme Court to review Stolen Valor Act

    There has never been a short shot to the astronaut program. It has always required exceptional pilot expertise (TPS) and/or exceptional academic record. There is no short cut. They don't select people out of high school for the astronaut program.
  26. HokiePilot

    COVID-19

    Its hardly surprising that the Navy wants it's sailors to get vaccinated. So?
  27. HokiePilot

    I pledge . . . .

    This is much to do about nothing.
  28. HokiePilot

    Coastal Riverine Squadron

    I did my dissociated sea tour as the Admin Officer at a CRS squadron. We were getting the Mk VI patrol boats as I was there and we were sending people all over the country to get crews trained up on them. They were neat platforms, but I'm not sure what the Navy really wanted out of them. There...
  29. HokiePilot

    Preventing Credit Card Fraud / ID Theft

    That's what I use and I recommend it. I pay for it. I think that allows syncing across devices. I use it on my phone, laptop and iPad with no problems. Lots of good features. The important thing is using different passwords on every site You don't want one site getting compromised compromising...
  30. HokiePilot

    Consequences for Veterans and/or retirees in the 2021 DC Riots

    Agreed! A half hour of news is all you really need. Local news is important. You want someone reporting on the city council meeting. Its easy to get wrapped up in national politics, but local politics in important too. I happen to prefer text based news, so enjoy local newspapers. My local...
  31. HokiePilot

    Cunningham pardoned

    Yeah, If anyone needs to be reminded, ex-President Trump stands with corrupt officials. Randy Cunningham will never get his dignity back. He sold us out.
  32. HokiePilot

    Consequences for Veterans and/or retirees in the 2021 DC Riots

    The Supreme Court in general and this Chief Justice in particular have long followed the precedent of not getting involved in non justiciable things. I fail to see why he would express an opinion. I know you want him to get involved, but that doesn't mean he wants to.
  33. HokiePilot

    The SHOW: Airlines still a "good gig"??

    Yeah, it would be an understatement to say that we were surprised when the company told us this yesterday. They must no something that we don't. Also, on Thursday the company sent out an upgrade bid for 135 pilots. We were expecting some, but not that many. I should be in that group. I will...
  34. HokiePilot

    Consequences for Veterans and/or retirees in the 2021 DC Riots

    I'm not so sure. Parler may be able find some offshore host. It will take weeks or months for them to migrate their code from using the AWS protocols to what ever new provider they can find. Who is actually going to do that conversion. Are they going to be able to attract programmers who want to...
  35. HokiePilot

    News thread, but not about quarantine news

    You know, I just spent more time looking at that chart. It is obviously a great way to get a quick indication of how reliable a media source is. One thing struck me though. Some could look at that chart and see most of the high quality news sources slightly left of center. You also could look at...
  36. HokiePilot

    News thread, but not about quarantine news

    Oh, I think that chart is great and was going to reference it. In fact I looked at it while writing my last post. I was trying to ask his opinion on more central, reliable news sources.
  37. HokiePilot

    News thread, but not about quarantine news

    You say you think Fox is far-right, and CNN and MSNBC are extreme left. If things are at the extremes, there must be things not so extreme. In your opinion, what's a center left news publication? How about a center right?
  38. HokiePilot

    COVID-19

    And that's the problem. You have picked sides. Finding the origins of the virus is not a team sport. By picking sides, you are now trying to find justification for your beliefs. That's not how you learn. I truly hope that you don't have the same attitude at your job.
  39. HokiePilot

    COVID-19

    Fine, the talk about the origins of this virus is productive. But it is hardly surprising that people are talking about the closest alligator to the boat.
  40. HokiePilot

    COVID-19

    You were the person that posted that NY Post article. It was nothing but clickbait. There was no new evidence in it. I find it amazing that you think that would convince anyone who read more than the title. I'm open to hearing evidence about the origins. That is important to prevent another...
  41. HokiePilot

    COVID-19

    HW. I have the feeling that you have come to the conclusion that the virus was man made and you are looking for things to justify your opinion. That article starts off by making a glaring error. Matthew Pottinger is the Deputy National Security Advisor, not the National Security Advisor. The...
  42. HokiePilot

    Quarantine Activities

    I'm glad you are feeling better. I hope your wife improves soon. I had it earlier this month. I probably got it from a flight attendant I worked with the weekend before Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, I spent Thanksgiving with my parents. I started to get symptoms when I was with them and did my...
  43. HokiePilot

    Am I a Mod now?

    Yeah, that seems to have fixed it. And I fine with leaving it that way unless you want to do more troubleshooting.
  44. HokiePilot

    Am I a Mod now?

    No, but it seems that I can edit peoples posts there too.
  45. HokiePilot

    Am I a Mod now?

    I seem to have gained access to mod features. It seems to be limited to the Other U.S. Navy Communities and Specalties part of the forum. I also see to have lost access to the PNA section.
  46. HokiePilot

    SECDEF fired

    I know the "serves at the pleasure of..." But I would love to hear justification of this. Why? Why now?
  47. HokiePilot

    Random Griz Aviation Musings

    One of my flights from a few years ago.
  48. HokiePilot

    The SHOW: Airlines still a "good gig"??

    I agree with you mostly. Cars are way harder to automate. There are lots of improvements in efficiency that can be made if all the planes are automated too. You don't have to guess when the base turn will be. No long finals with flaps out. Much easier to get the best altitude in cruise. What...
  49. HokiePilot

    Hot new helicopter/rotorcraft news

    Can we maybe get a change to the thread title or a split thread. I think the talk of a new Navy training helo should be split from Rucker.
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