Re: White woman sues school district; claims Critical Race Theory made son lazy

I suspect this mother-son relationship isn't going to be rosy in the future. From the article, she thinks her son looks "Hawaiian", even though the father is African-American. She rejected an attempt for her son to join a mentorship program geared at young African-American males. The lady...

Re: DL adds MCO-AMS for NW22

A winter seasonal flight is geared very much to a European point-of-sale; Delta must be counting on the USA making it easier for those travelers to come here (i.e., a relaxation of Covid restrictions) before this flight starts.

Re: Rand Paul delays $40 billion Ukraine package

$40 billion to Ukraine is very cheap compared with the ongoing cost to the US defence budget if Russia takes over Ukraine and a much heightened security posture is required to deter further aggression. :checkmark: :checkmark: :checkmark: We and the rest of the west should be ashamed of turning our ...

Re: Delta Network Thread - 2022

Hearing through an internal event in LAX that DL will launch LAX-PPT this winter In addition to the already served LAX-PPT by Air France which already is between 3 to 5 weelky (depending of the time of the year) ? Weird. Since AF's PPT route is considered a continuation of the CDG-LAX flight, this ...

Re: California High Speed Rail running into difficulties

HSR works in countries like China because of the vastness and distance between cities and lack of airlines willing to do short hops like WN. It's never really going to work here and the prices will just drive people to low cost airlines. You obviously aren't familiar with the successful HSR service...

Re: Supreme Court is preparing to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

I beg to differ in regards to the Right. The Right hasn't shifted nor moved to the right. In fact we have moved to the left. We have had to accept gay marriage That is patently false. I go back a long way; in the 1960's, I was a part of the original "Draft Goldwater" group, and we were pi...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

So, with all that has happened since the beginning of the war, and the constant "cry wolf" use of nuclear strikes rhetoric from Russia, is it time to take the gloves off ? What if the US/NATO/a "coalition of the willing" sent troops in ? A "special operation" to rid Uk...

Re: Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion

The right has been in control of media an content for the past few decades. This is patently false. The media is dominated by left leaning networks like NBC and CNN. Look at the WH press corps. What % of they are right wing? Your statement is "patently false". Fox News - despite its admis...

Re: Florida Votes to Remove Self Governing Status for Walt Disney World

luckyone wrote:

Suggest locking this thread. Some of us, me included, have been following a troll down the non-sequitur trail.

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Fact is that all countries who are delivering weapons to the Ukraine have supported the Putin regime after 2014. Making money was more important than political ethics. Almost 200 civilians from the Netherlands were killed by shooting down MH17, still we made deals with Gazprom. For eight years, too...

Re: Delta Network Thread - 2022

Adding a bit more context here, DL's presence at LAX really fluctuated in the 90s and early 2000s. Service had been significantly drawn down in the early 2000s, but then DL made another push at LAX circa 2006 using a lot of capacity from ExpressJet flying intra-west and niche routes into regional M...

Re: American Airlines Upgrading To Business Class With Privacy Doors

They could take a couple more inches out of economy pitch and just have the passengers stand so that there is more space in business. Don't give AA any ideas; their current economy cabin is almost "standing room only" already... Most international economy class cabins are very crowded now...

Re: Projected Q1 U.S. Airline Earnings -- Big Losses

So wages and salaries were greater in 2022 with 16000 less employees? Having read previous topics about the extensive overtime and huge bonuses the airlines were offering to employees willing to work extra hours. I would be willing to bet there were some employees taking home at least twice their u...

Re: CDC plans to extend mask mandate

Masking is not political - for the umpteenth time. It is either deemed necessary or not by the demands on the healthcare system and consensus of public health managers. Unfortunately, some people - I can't resist calling them demagogues - have made it political, and that's to the detriment of our h...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

I am not a fan of Boris Johnson, but I am impressed that he has has traveled to Kyiv to meet with President Zelenskyy. Say what you will about this being a "photo op" or a political move, it should mean a lot about Britain's commitment to support Ukraine's efforts to stand up to the Russia...

Re: Trump's Truth Social App Taking A Spectacular Nosedive

In a surprise to almost nobody who follows tech, Trump's Truth Social venture is on the fast train to total evaporation. In a surprise to almost nobody who follows Trump, another of his business ventures (using other people's money, of course) is on the fast train to total evaporation. That's proba...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

I don't know, but did Russia try to recruit any countries to join a new Warsaw Pact post-USSR disintegration? Putin doesn't recruit countries; he invades them and/or undermines them. Think Georgia... Moldova... now Ukraine... :roll: I don't get it. Does NATO go around forcefully assimilating countr...

Re: Condor launch new livery

I can picture the Condor Board of Directors when they were deciding on this: "Okay, guys, we really want to so something like Braniff did, but we only have half the budget. Any suggestions" Between this, Icelandair's livery, Play's bright red planes, and WN and NK arrivals, the internation...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Big chunk of the Western population don’t want to be dragged in a war which isn’t theirs. I would whole heartedly agree. probably a majority of the Western population do not want boots on the ground nor no fly zone. The lack of pro-intervention mass demonstration shows this. If there is no major de...

Re: Trump seeks help from Putin ... even now.

Same story with left wing FBI. I'm pretty sure those are for most part the same people. I mean at least i hope so! Hunter Biden is the son of a very powerful man that was in the spotlight for a very long time. There's no questions they were approached all the time with favors, question is which of ...

Re: Trump's Truth Social App Taking A Spectacular Nosedive

I quote "TRUTH Social is America’s “Big Tent” [...]". Circus tent? With the clown owning the circus... I am quite sure Trump and a few others have already skimmed off millions for their personal use, to pay debts. This was just another scam by Trump. :checkmark: :checkmark: :checkmark:

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Putin is so KGB he connived all of this? It makes me wonder if the KGB is as incompetent as Russia's armed forces. Maybe they, too, foresaw all of this and hence why their top officials haven't been seen in public for three weeks. Or maybe they're too busy scenario-planning the next 50 years of the...

Re: Updated ITA/Alitalia News and Discussion Thread

seat1a wrote:

livery growing on me. are the subtle shapes decal for the tail not on the a350? so sharp.

Re: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China

Sorry to repeat myself, but has anybody seen a weather radar depiction? A severe storm could also cause structural failure. That's well impossible. Sudden changes in wind speed (and direction) is only a concern on approach. Severe hail or rainfall? That could impact the engines, but wouldn't cause ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Various news sources are reporting that Komsomolskaya Pravda accidentally just posted the Russian Ministry of Defence's 'real' Russian casualty figures - 9,861 dead and 16,153 injured. The article was apparently rapidly pulled and replaced by a version not containing any figures. Link in the Indepe...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/few-facts-much-speculation-as-explosions-heard-in-belarus/ Does anyone have any ideas/speculation as to what this could be? The comments I saw (from another source I can't find now) suggested they could be sonic booms. IDK what sonic booms sound like, bu...

Re: Delta Network Thread - 2022

That's a reasonable move as long as the core hubs are profitable, but who knows how that will work out when ULCCs continue to grow at the pace they are growing. Those ULCC's probably pose more of a threat to the niche players like AS and B6 than they do to the legacies, who have long-term loyalty p...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

https://mobile.twitter.com/Global_Mil_Info/status/1502667894764752899 We all knew this was going to happen. So this spells the end of military aid ? It’s clearly what you want to happen, but I suspect you’ll be disappointed. Let me know what size “Putin is my hero” t-shirt you want. Or perhaps a &q...

Re: DL pilots protesting at ATL over work schedules

Don't worry, pilots. You're about to get what you wished for: a lot more rest. Agreed kind sir... But it's sad if we look at it... Joint Venture flying making sure our US based Pilots/Crew get there fair share etc... It's just sad cause we all want the Industry to grow... We've all worked our fair ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

When your next door neighbor is an authoritarian regime that is so heavily armed that no nation will stick their neck out and risk starting a war for you, not to mention one with a long history of committing atrocities against other nations as well as their own citizens, sometimes appeasement is th...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Oh, those randy Russian boys! ;) It seems British intelligence was able to use a gay dating app to contact an undetermined number of Russian soldiers, who spilled the beans about upcoming troop movements and invasion plans: "British intelligence services helped to monitor the Russian invasion o...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread