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This is proper road etiquette I'd say. Don't interfere in my life, and I won't interfere in yours, or something like that.

Yeah dude, I remember hearing back then (v1.0), "oh the RR engineers say its no big deal"......I don't know what this one involves, but shitting turbine blades out the back didn't seem normal even then......

After having an early layover dinner with a bud of mine who happened to be in PDX at the same time as me, I went to Powell's books on the walk back to my hotel. Got these guys: Book written I guess in 1948, about WWII B-26 Marauder pilots. Seemed like a particularly niche story that isn't...

Isn't there a beta test going on right now? Flew with a CA who had his Model Y auto drive him from Portland up to Seattle for our recurrent a couple weeks back, and he was raving about it. However, when you get your news from 60 year olds, perhaps this is old news? :)

Heard today there is another red stripe :( Hopefully those who this affects have some good plans to go have some fun in the meantime

He was the VAW skipper in my first airwing. Awesome dude, from what snippets I actually remember in the Fallon clerb. Good for him

Among other reasons......

Well, short of remaining incurred/obligated service, I don't believe they can make you stay past retirement eligibility......unless that changed

I think he is full time (what is that, AGR?) so not a bad way to close out a 20 yr active career……albeit with a lot more flexibility and family time than would have been awarded otherwise

Friend and former squadronmatte of mine made the transition from VFA WSO to (Ohio) ANG drone operator a while ago. He seems pretty happy. They even made him a Lt Col recently :)

…..”General, I just need you to confirm that this is tasking? Oh it is? Yes sir, we will give you whatever you want, I just extended all our guys for 365 days and two Christmasses”

At Eskimo, we got a message not too long ago letting us know they were on order. Didn’t think much of it until I was hanging out at the gate in EWR waiting for our plane to arrive, when a 20-something appearing guy approached me and asked if i had the cool trading cards. Fortunately i had read...

Nobody can focus on a book that small bruh What a crock

I think my highlights of that deployment were 1) leading or flying wing with all 4 of my new FNG idiots when I first showed up, by then new level III's and in the level IV syllabus, into their first combat flights in AFG. They did awesome, and that was literally the highlight of my entire...

Haha that was the most ridiculous deployment for all of us in the TO seats (fortunately we all had some pretty solid OPSOs for the most part 💋 ) I remember the nightly SFWT event 8 division DCA, because why not? And all the NCEA (is that the right term? I’ve forgotten now) runs to that target in...

I did CP my freshman year, mainly because I missed the scholarship application window. I had been a transfer student, coming from 2 years at a part 141 aviation/flight school program at another college, with enough transfer credits to make me a “sophomore” upon entry. However i just started as a...

Same thing with concerning regularity on the reserves side, WRT flight pay. The NOSC/NRC has been known to just unilaterally, without notice, for some erroneous NOSC reason, turn it off. And also the bigger continuing issue, I think fleet wide, of nobody being paid the delta of basic and...

Fun story. I was once a Fallon shore tour guy (and have been on det many times since), and I still have never ridden the go kart. Is it awesome?

Not a fan of that either. Haven't really seen it here fortunately, but that is poor form. I occasionally get a question from a Cone about it, but generally not the "I am trying to join the show, how do I?" type. If they did, I'd probably give them the "you have owe about 300,000 hours of...

Sky isn't falling. Like Zippy said, there are "reasons". Also, other airlines have been experimenting with reduced manning over the last couple months, in the form of voluntary leaves of absence. At my shop, it was due to reduced growth based on losing the MAX deliveries, combined with a little...

100% to all you say. And like I think I mentioned, 121 life isn't all green grass, and it also certainly isn't for everyone. Hell, I'm at the start of my second month in a row of "trying to actually fly a full airline schedule" (approaching the end of my second year no less). It is a grind at...

I'm not really big on talking about the airlines with the kids. They have a whole career to have yet, and it shouldn't be (IMO) what they are thinking about. It's a great option when they move on to the next chapter, but it isn't my place to advise them on that decision, and it is entirely...

That all is good to hear, and I'm glad that things have improved. This all being said, I am basing my statement on what a guy or gal *could* (in this hiring environment) be making at a FW 121 shop. Even O-5 compensation doesn't compare, even as a (soon-to-be) yr 3 FO. But for those who really...

I meant to say this, and I *think JTS* is concurring. The greener pasture you want to go to in another 10 years is not rotary wing independent contractor. The pay is garbage. You will have skills for everything else. This isn't to say that finishing out in the CG is a bad move. Just to say that...

If you want more demanding RW flying, I'd imagine CG would be a good IST. If you want to fly professionally outside of RW jobs after the military, it might not be the IST you want though. Also, last I remember, you lost a pay grade in the transaction with them......or maybe I am remembering an...

I remember reading "Thud Ridge" as maybe a grade or middle schooler, borrowing it from the school library and finishing it in one sitting during school. Not really sure how I found it, in the dewey decimal system of drawers and cards, but I did. I think I've read this one too. I think I've read...

Yeah, you're telling me. And probably lots of kids on the flight deck too. Really lucky! Side note, I seem to remember that they ended up putting a C-2 outer wing on it.....is that nonsense, or a real thing? This was an E-2D. Either way, they had it back on the boat in about a week I think...

Shouldn't this be "eyes in the boat"? My academy friends say it should anyway

I think you were there this night, but I remember launching as tanker king one night, hearing delta on approach, and asking departure what was going on, only to be met with really cryptic answers. Asked offgoing tanker from our squadron (the other team training jet), and they said the E-2 wiped...

Is one a more obsolete adversary than the other one is? :)

Haha love this

1000%. It isn't like Navy Whidbey is the crown prince of Naval Air Stations, but the facilities and family stuff here make Oceana, let alone Lemoore, look like trailer parks. I don't know if it is growler money or P-8 money, but IMO, they made this middle-of-nowhere (it isn't really, but that is...

haha of course our two old guys come out of the works for this one...... Good luck to you, I have and continue to feel that sticking around in the reserves after I "quit" was the best decision I've made, maybe in any career of mine.

Not sure if you guys drop into miramar, but do you ever use the "octagon" hot pits there? I can't remember if I ever saw any RW fueling there or not

This looks like a really nice thing that Airbus has going on for itself :) No we do not have those things. But we do have these huge switches to do things like turn on generators (not automatic), and you know, like pressurize the cabin with bleed air. But don't let that distract you from the...

I imagine there are a lot of good stories from VX-4 in that timeframe

Very random question. What is the deal with the trailing edge flaps on the Harrier? The inboard flaps look like they are damn near 90 degrees down in the takeoff/landing configuration. How is that beneficial for forward flight?

I'll be honest, if there is one, I am unaware of it. Maybe the P-8 guys can confirm/deny? Though they may have dual HUDs on those things, not sure.

haha that was a softball......I'm glad someone swung :)

Not even “long haul” per se, but this reminds me of my landing after a recent transcon. As we set up for descent, I adjusted my seat back to the flying position. Unfortunately I think I had my rudder pedals further forward than normal, and I ended up putting the seat a few clicks forward of...

to be fair, "investors" (whoever the F "investors" actually are?) don't give 1 F about the product, or even the long term viability of company X. They are gambling, and that is their mentality. They also think they are smarter than everyone else because they have the dollars to "invest". It...

Was the 2xFOS prior to your IST and O4 promotion? Or are you talking 2xFOS for O5, now in a different service?

Also this

E-2 guys go during their sea tour, but VFA goes at the beginning of their shore tour. For us, the timing is the same as CAEWWS for you, and it is a bit more career enhancing than just doing the TG AIC/controller course is for you all. But I agree, a masters is a real thing on the outside. I...

Dude, it has gotten seriously absurd since the door blew off one of our planes. Like every incident involving an airliner at all, must be prefaced with "Boeing". These pathetic 20-30-something wannabe journalists, who can't even proofread/spellcheck, are comedic gold

So you’re telling me that the experiment of stuffing 100 lbs into a 10 lb sock that used to be a 50 lb sock, wasn’t a success? :)

Haha, people have such a tenuous grasp on how many SEALs and VFA people end up at HBS. It’s like all of them

Same for me 15ish years ago.....Dalewood was where most of the single folk lived. I lived out in town, near the strip of restaurants on the north end of town, whatever that was called. Easy commute in. Can't remember how long it was, but couldn't have been more than 15-20 mins. You guys still...

The image in the quote is funny, because I'd argue that the "skill gap" is a symptom of the same thing that the "wage gap" is.......undervaluing labor to boost earnings. Eliminate the competitive, high paying "skilled" jobs, replace them with cheaper replaceable un-skilled workers.

haha oh gotcha. Yeah, you can't be a dick in PDX :)