Re: AA Passenger Unable to Stow Bag in Overhead Bin - Gets Offloaded

I presume that no-one of our community was there. Therefore, it is not really correct to throw around this phrase when arguing against opponents. We have very few facts, from which the real picture of the events cannot be rebuilt. We only know that a passenger was denied service and that the plane ...

Re: How Internet Platforms (FB, Amazon, Twitter, Etc) Die

Video streaming services like Netflix, same thing. Go ahead and raise prices. A new streaming service will always come along. The platform itself has only a tiny sliver of value. In this specific example, not necessarily. Last year the major streaming platform entertainment budget (money spent in d...

Re: How Internet Platforms (FB, Amazon, Twitter, Etc) Die

I think "How they Die' is a bit harsh for the issue your are discussing. This is commodotization. They are having to make money on the platform to pay back investors, owners and stock holders. .... Eveything has a cycle, but not everything dies. I agree, 'die' is a bit harsh, but not sure what...

Re: Everything That George Santos Has Lied About (So Far)

frmrCapCadet wrote:

Didn't we just un-elect a president who did similar things with his charity and 'college'?

Re: Everything That George Santos Has Lied About (So Far)

https://news.yahoo.com/george-santos-raised-money-dogs-130052599.html uh-oh.... Anthony Devolder aka George Santos asked a check for charity be made out to him (Devolder) personally instead of the charity. It was then altered to be made out to Devolder before being cashed. So... he's still doing ch...

Re: Trump Says DeSantis POTUS Run Would Be 'Disloyal'

Disclaimer: I’m not from the US. Why does it seem that a country with such a mature democracy struggles to find quality presidential candidates? For what it’s worth, my country has the most useless politicians, but that’s another story. Hegemonic brain drain? Reagan reluctantly gave it over to Bush...

Re: Trump Says DeSantis POTUS Run Would Be 'Disloyal'

Let them fight, I think this is what the GOP needs in order to see whether half a golden calf is as good as the other half of the golden calf. Or is it the wonka golden rotten egg? Desantis can't quite match Trump's charisma and talent for knocking on others, and Desantis actually does rely on quit...

Re: Trump Reinstatement by Meta, with Guardrails

2. If he again engages in behavior that incites or encourages public violence, his account will be immediately suspended again, for a period of up to one year, depending on the severity of the offense. If only they would hold everyone to that rule..... This - I've seen so much content over the past...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *News Feed* Thread

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/us/politics/russia-generals-ukraine.html Gerasimov is back in, replacing Surovikin, as the general in charge. From the no doubt amateur Kremlinologists who don't even speak Russian at DoD comms: Promoting General Gerasimov, U.S. and other Western military officials...

Re: Pelosi Husband Attack Video

From the Salon article, here's his call in to KTVU: https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/1619352946441093121?s=20&t=UfB_SlcBUYaM_s3XmuyExg Sick, twisted psycho, radicalized by the internet. He's sorry he didn't kill more, he "spent all of his time uncovering their corruption on the int...

Re: Alleged police brutality death in Memphis

First very long post on racism and dehumanization. BN747 I think you make excellent points here. I think another important factor is the militarization of the police as well. For the last 20 years Memphis has been one of the scariest downtowns I've ever been to. Crime, drugs, gangs on the streets, ...

Re: Florida GOP bans books in school until govt censor can review them

Ignorant masses are likelier to vote for manipulative politicians... Until they can't vote at all anymore. Once again, the GOP takes a page from every Autocracy 101 lecture. -Taking control of and dictating children education programs... working on it -Taking control of the justice system... in pro...

Re: EasyJet’s reactivated A319s

Seems odd that United would want dual overwing A319s, given their configuration You can probably fairly easily plug that exit, I'm sure the certificate exists. It's been done on the A320 and A321. That they haven't done that, painted it, etc. seems to indicate they never really had or implemented p...

Re: EasyJet’s reactivated A319s

Interesting. I knew United had been hanging on to them, I heard a few weeks ago they were finally supposed to come on-line, but was fairly surprised UAL would want to introduce an Airbus with the wrong engine type for just a handful of frames. I have a feeling these have just been sitting around in ...

Re: Classified Documents from Biden’s VP days found in office

We are talking about 'Classified' documents here. The level of classification is actually more important than the volume. That often seems to get lost in this type of discussion. Do we know what classification the documents were in these three instances?. I’d say the bigger deal is that in the Bide...

Re: Engine Derates and top-of-climb power

I know of at least one airline that effectively derates throughout the entire spectrum (well not descent). They derate in cruise by biasing their FMS software to slow down slightly. The argument is that .01 Mach is negligible with regard to on time numbers, airplane hours, and crew pay, but does ad...

Re: School warned 3 times before teacher shot

Obviously this is a family of responsible gun owners but explain to me like I'm a child how a school needs to be warned multiple times that a six year old is an armed responsible gun owner on the property. Also from the article... "Earlier this month, Newport News School Board Chair Lisa Surle...

Re: Florida GOP bans books in school until govt censor can review them

Gov. DeSantis has committed numerous First Amendment violations, including most recently banning Advanced Placement African-American history high school course since he doesn't like topics on LGBT and prison reform, and also firing the Hillsborough County state attorney over not pursuing gender con...

Re: Incident at PWM?

alasizon wrote:

VC10DC10 wrote:

AirKevin wrote:

The airplane that was stuck in the snow, of course.

Is it a writeoff?

More likely a white-off.

Re: Mass shooting at Chinese New Year's celebration in Monterey Park (CA)

Instead of being a criminal they should try a job. Fantastic, you've solved the crime problem! I didn't spit my espresso on to the screen, but kinda spray-gurgled it all over my keyboard while also listening to a podcast. Employ yourself out of crime :rotfl: Just imagine if Tony Soprano decided to ...

Re: Rep Clark daughter arraigned on cop assault

Even in cases of civil unrest, they don't hit the street with batons and teargas, like Minneapolis did. It's a remarkably safe city and a great place to live. Except when the Sox beat the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS.... To be fair, if it were the LAPD, they'd have teargassed the entire neighborhood an...

Re: Debt Ceiling: Why should the White House negotiate?

If there were no grain subsidies prices might go up a little but as you said it's in great demand so should be profitable, should allow competition to work fine. FYI a baguette in a French supermarket is about 70 cents and in a boulangerie 1-1,2€. I said balanced budget but I also said a "defi...

Re: Your shortest mainline flight and longest regional flight

I jumpseated once on EWR-IAH, XJ E145. 3.5 hours on the "XR" version of the penciljet. Thankfully I got a cabin seat, I can't imagine that long up front with a jumpseater. I was going to see an ex, we spent a weekend together, and that reminded me why I don't go to Houston. Shortest mainli...

Re: Transfer of MBT from US, UK, Germany etc to Ukraine

Der Spiegel reports Germany will send a battallion Leopard 2A6, will approve Polish exports, and Americans will provide "significant" amounts of Abrams. Didn't see that coming. Maybe I misjudged Scholz. Reportedly 30 Abrams. Probably good for training, pending more delivered. If it's just...

Re: Debt Ceiling: Why should the White House negotiate?

I think farm subsidies are a necessary evil that all countries should be taking part in. Ensuring the population is fed is the most basic government role. And importing food isn't a good solution, it should only be for pleasure (exotic fruits) not the staples. With that said, I can't understand how...

Re: Rep Clark daughter arraigned on cop assault

From the police reports, she was resisting arrest by the officers who were trying to handcuff her. She was flailing her arms around to avoid the cuffs, and struck one of the officers in the face. It wasn't intentional, but it was resisting and assault. The first rule of protesting is don't actively...

Re: Classified Documents found at Mike Pence's Home

You know I’m starting to think maybe, this may be a stretch, but maybe the control of classified documents in the White House isn’t that great regardless of party affiliation. I know, controversial take. I said it in the other thread and it got deleted. I think this is an executive branch malaise t...

Re: Transfer of MBT from US, UK, Germany etc to Ukraine

WIth that said, Germany is also part of the problem, ordering F-35s for example. And not pressuring Poland into buying at least some stuff from EU makers. Instead they buy US, with our money. What "your" money? Is Poland French colony? It is called European Peace Facility (EPF), an EU fun...

Re: Rep Clark daughter arraigned on cop assault

From the police reports, she was resisting arrest by the officers who were trying to handcuff her. She was flailing her arms around to avoid the cuffs, and struck one of the officers in the face. It wasn't intentional, but it was resisting and assault. The first rule of protesting is don't actively...

Re: Debt Ceiling: Why should the White House negotiate?

That's being a bit dramatic, NZ hasn't had farm subsidies since 1984, some farms failed, other farmers saw an opportunity to increase there land holdings, smaller farms that needed subsidies turned into larger farms that didn't, nobody died as far as I know and we certainly didn't go hungry. I can ...

Re: Rep Clark daughter arraigned on cop assault

A 23 year old spraypainted vandalism on a statue in Boston? Say it isn't so.

Must be a slow news day. You'd be amazed what happens there after Red Sox games.

Re: Debt Ceiling: Why should the White House negotiate?

Obviously we'll cut all the foreign aid, sorry Haiti, but that's only going to net $6.4b/yr. Let's go to food stamps and farm subsidies next. Can all of them, farms will fail, people will go hungry and possibly die, and we'll potentially cause a little international agricultural crisis as we clean ...

Re: Transfer of MBT from US, UK, Germany etc to Ukraine

Simply, the US has an incredible amount of modern-enough tanks sitting in storage, France and Germany don't. The US military-industrial complex has been working overtime for 70 years to make sure you can put on a US-made helmet and uniform, pick up a US-made gun, and ride a US-made APC to take you ...

Re: Transfer of MBT from US, UK, Germany etc to Ukraine

But just to say it again: Germany is the number 3 weapons donor to Ukraine. Ahead of Poland, ahead of France, ahead of the Baltic States. Only UK (Almosen equal) and US (huge margin) are ahead. Not even talking about finanziell aid. Unfortunately this is not communicated. That is why the MBT reluct...

Re: Transfer of MBT from US, UK, Germany etc to Ukraine

I think the article about Germany worrying about US arms sales is valid. WIth that said, Germany is also part of the problem, ordering F-35s for example. And not pressuring Poland into buying at least some stuff from EU makers. Instead they buy US, with our money. Now isn't really the time to worry...

Re: Debt Ceiling: Why should the White House negotiate?

Look at the tax trends after 2020, when revenue really took off after all the tax changes worked thru the economy. It’s not just one year. The true “tax” burden government imposes is the spending, not taxes. We need spendingbto decline as a percentage of GDP. Okay champ, I'll bite. We've tried the ...

Re: Debt Ceiling: Why should the White House negotiate?

Our country is 31 TRILLION dollars in debt. Both parties should be dragged behind a truck. Any one who tries to absolve either party is a moron. What do you understand of the debt ceiling? Do you know how modern capitalist economies structure debt? Noted liberal Dick Cheney quipped "deficits d...

Re: Flights between cities with the same name

If you're not being too picky about it,

SBP-STL-SLP
San Luis Obispo - Saint Louis - San Luis Potosi

PVD-PLS
Providence - Providenciales

Re: Transfer of MBT from US, UK, Germany etc to Ukraine

If these countries (and others) send MBT to Ukraine, how do they backfill in their own armies?. Can they build new Abrams, Challenger and Leopard or do they introduce a model, if so what?. The US would have virtually no need. We can sell them thousands of M1A1s and M1A1HCs - estimates are over 2300...

Re: Breeze Spent $2 for Every $1 of Revenue Last Year

"Operational performance has continued to improve, too. Over the Christmas-New Year holiday period, Breeze canceled just two flights, and 24% were delayed for an average of 46 min. in the fourth quarter of last year, according to FlightAware" I call BS. I was in Nashville the day after Ch...

Re: Debt Ceiling: Why should the White House negotiate?

The debt ceiling has to be raised to pay for what Congress already passed into law. Why do certain politicians always try to hurt the economy by grandstanding on spending after the pigs have left the pen? There should be no negotiation on lifting the debt ceiling. The discussions must be made when ...

Re: Everything That George Santos Has Lied About (So Far)

Well, if all the fake resume and stealing from veterans and lying about college and using different names will not get him kicked out of office, surely this will https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/19/george-santos-drag-queen-brazil-new-york-republican https://www.out.com/news/2023/1/18/so...

Re: Everything That George Santos Has Lied About (So Far)

Oh here we go, another news dump: The woman he swindled out of thousands, drained her bank accounts, and stole her jewelry: https://nypost.com/2023/01/14/brazilian-homemaker-claims-george-santos-ruined-her-life/ Used a fake Jewish name on a GoFundMe because "Jews will give more [to another Jew]...

Re: Runway Incursion at JFK 1/13/23

AA106 were probably still monitoring ground as they crossed Rwy 4L on Juliet on their way to the departure end of 31L If this is correct, then AA106 did not hear tower cancelling takeoff clearance or Delta's "rejecting" and "oof" response. AA may have been unaware of what had ha...

Re: Everything That George Santos Has Lied About (So Far)

https://forward.com/news/532350/george-santos-congressman-lie-about-9-11-newly-released-documents/ Another lie about George Santos's mother...she wasn't even in the United States on 9/11. I'll be totally honest, this one wasn't on my bingo card. About 7 years ago, pre-Trumpworld, I think you'd be d...

Re: Near-Incursion at JFK 1/13/23

Not sure why AA would have to cross 4L in this situation. I’ve never seen a departure off the right side, and they’re not going over there to park. Wonder if they missed a turn, hence the confusion? They could have been given 31L full-length for weight. It's not out of the question and can happen i...

Re: Classified Documents from Biden’s VP days found in office

Biden White House faces transparency questions as document drama continues https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-white-house-faces-transparency-questions-document-drama/story?id=96483493 There are still several outstanding questions the White House has not answered. One primary question is why wasn...

Re: Runway Incursion at JFK 1/13/23

I also wonder if the American Crew really didn't appreciate what had just happened. Otherwise, I have no idea how you could consider yourself fit for Duty. My brain would want to spend way too much time thinking about every aspect of what just occurred. And how could American's legal department or ...

Re: Will Boeing ever redesign the 737 considering the challenges they faced with the MAX

I think within two decades you're going to see Boeing get forced into a redesign. Either the FAA will simply inform them that they're going to stop grandfathering new-builds, or Airbus will decide to replace the A320 and Boeing will be forced to follow suit. The other thing that might factor in her...

Re: British government to block Scottish law

It's an abrogation of their sovereignty. Legally speaking I think it’s been established that it’s not. As a devolved nation in the UK their sovereignty only extends so far. Again, it’s yet to be demonstrated that this episode at all moves the needle as to the question of independence among the gene...