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by afcjets
Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:15 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Charlotte Aviation - 2024
Replies: 151
Views: 13915

Re: Charlotte Aviation - 2024

It appears the airport is just making more space for non-AA carriers so AA can take over the old original 1980s concourses. (Concourse A south, B and C). B and C were never used by any non-AA carrier. When the terminal opened on 5/2/82, it had only two concourses, B and C, with 25 gates total, and ...

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by afcjets
Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dodge Dealer screws over US Soldier deployed in Iraq
Replies: 34
Views: 4426

Re: Dodge Dealer screws over US Soldier deployed in Iraq

Why would anyone trust a demon dealer?

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by afcjets
Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:31 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Wildfires in Maui
Replies: 123
Views: 11846

Re: Wildfires in Maui

Sounds like the state of Hawaii did not prioritize wildfire response. It is surprising as this region has had wildfires in the past. https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/us/hawaii-wildfire-threat-invs/index.html This WSJ article explains why. Don't worry about the paywall you can still read the first par...

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by afcjets
Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:40 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: American Airlines Network - 2023
Replies: 4127
Views: 851100

Re: American Airlines Network - 2023

The Shorts 360 was just the box new Twin Otters were shipped in. (Old industry joke.) I was a gate agent on at least one AirCal 737 flight from SMF back to SNA with a pressurization problem so it was a planned flight at 10,000 feet. We gave passengers a heads up and allowed anyone to take a differe...

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by afcjets
Thu May 25, 2023 8:29 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: How can I find an older music video?
Replies: 34
Views: 2789

Re: How can I find an older music video?

The discussion evolving into early days of MTV lead me down a rabbit hole to find this awesome video. It made me wonder what the original airing of MTV was actually like. The first few hours that aired: https://youtu.be/PJtiPRDIqtI This is the kind of video I would expect near the launch of MTV alt...

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by afcjets
Thu May 25, 2023 8:07 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: How can I find an older music video?
Replies: 34
Views: 2789

Re: How can I find an older music video?

Thanks for that, I’m absolutely amazed that a Split Enz from NZ were played 6 times on the first day, I didn’t think they had any success in the US at all. I started freshman year of college in fall of '83 and I can't tell you how many times I heard "I Got You" at parties and such. May no...

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by afcjets
Thu May 25, 2023 7:57 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: How can I find an older music video?
Replies: 34
Views: 2789

Re: How can I find an older music video?

Have no clue what you are talking about, but in the meantime, you can try this one https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?t=84 How dare you! :D Then you'll love this one lol https://youtu.be/VBssFzSx6sI I remember all his songs but this is the only video I vividly remember. She's sexy, and they look really h...

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by afcjets
Mon May 15, 2023 7:11 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: School Shooting in Belgrade, Serbia
Replies: 11
Views: 1989

Re: School Shooting in Belgrade, Serbia

Before anybody throws up the "if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have them," I'm going to point to how many NOT outlaws have been shooting up schools. Yes criminals will continue to have weapons, but criminals aren't going into schools, movie theaters, or malls with the frequency that ...

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by afcjets
Sat May 06, 2023 9:31 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: New York State Bans Natural Gas in New Construction
Replies: 91
Views: 7676

Re: New York State Bans Natural Gas in New Construction

Wait, I thought this was a false conspiracy theory. NY state confessed that it’s actually true? What's the difference between truth and a conspiracy theory? I heard the answer was two months but I think it's longer than that. Good question, lol. Let me try. Conspiracy theory means that regular peop...

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by afcjets
Sat May 06, 2023 5:14 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: New York State Bans Natural Gas in New Construction
Replies: 91
Views: 7676

Re: New York State Bans Natural Gas in New Construction

LCDFlight wrote:
Wait, I thought this was a false conspiracy theory.

NY state confessed that it’s actually true?


What's the difference between truth and a conspiracy theory? I heard the answer was two months but I think it's longer than that.

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by afcjets
Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:24 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

It's in the court documents Dominion released in support of their motion for summary judgement. Those have all been posted here and discussed in detail, as well as being posted and the source of numerous news stories online. Have you read them? Of course not, court documents are very long. Feel fre...

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by afcjets
Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:15 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Also very notably, Judge Davis rightly prohibited Fox from making the claims you are making here, that Fox and Tucker presented the other side, because doing so did not reverse or undo the damage they had already done, and had continued to do, for months. It's telling you say her reason was not bec...

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by afcjets
Thu Apr 27, 2023 10:26 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Tucker posted a video online addressing his departure from Fox and ended it with "see you soon" indicating he's not retiring. This is likely why Tucker had such high ratings: "Carlson quickly transitioned and said on his time off he has noticed how “unbelievably stupid most of the de...

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by afcjets
Thu Apr 27, 2023 10:20 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

As I mentioned, Tucker's status will not be diminished among his loyal followers, who are the true believers. If his own multiple statements, across multiple lawsuits, that he knowingly misled the public on his broadcasts, did not convince them of his lack of credibility, nothing will. They really ...

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by afcjets
Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:53 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

skyservice_330 wrote:
afcjets wrote:
His firing will likely make him more popular. IMO, in most cases whoever they don't want you watching or listening to is exactly who you need to be hearing more from.


Emphasis added. Who is the 'they' in that sentence?

Basically anyone who wanted or tried to get him off the air.

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by afcjets
Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:37 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Tucker posted a video online addressing his departure from Fox and ended it with "see you soon" indicating he's not retiring. This is likely why Tucker had such high ratings: "Carlson quickly transitioned and said on his time off he has noticed how “unbelievably stupid most of the deb...

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by afcjets
Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

His firing will likely make him more popular. IMO, in most cases whoever they don't want you watching or listening to is exactly who you need to be hearing more from. So you're saying you want to be lied to more? The boy who cried wolf wasn't a story about unfair media censorship! There might be a ...

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by afcjets
Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Source for this? Everything I'm hearing and reading is Fox News ratings are negatively impacted by Carlson's departure. Well Carlson hasn't been replaced yet by some equivalent so current ratings reflect that, it doesn't negate the fact they were going down before his firing. To be clear, Tucker wa...

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by afcjets
Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:42 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Aaron747 wrote:
He just had one with Hannity in March (where Trump was ridiculed for looking and sounding stupid), come on now.

Which is why they called it a "soft" ban. The apparent hard ban the NYT was referring to was before he officially launched his campaign.

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by afcjets
Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:26 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Steve Bannon is a convicted felon who tried to grift his MAGA faithful. That article is almost a year old. And I give more credence to the theory of Tuck being fired because of a shitty work environment and a discrimination suit against him. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12013389/Fox-pro...

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by afcjets
Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:39 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

This is tinfoil hat shit here. Can’t believe we’re at the point of quoting losers and crackpots like Steve Bannon and Jim Hoft. Steve says he believes that's what's in the contract but isn't sure, we'll find out soon enough. It makes sense if Fox pays Tucker tens or hundreds of millions to buy him ...

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by afcjets
Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:58 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Carlson was just a cog in th wheel of a corporation looking to get rich off of hate and fear. Fox will carry on. The question is thoigh whether Tucker can command a mutiny of sorts through another channel that takes away Fox's business. If Steve Bannon's theory is correct, that won't be possible. &...

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by afcjets
Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:23 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Then you're willfully ignoring his comments about Donald Trump that were made off the record. A thousand mea cuplas if those were emails and not text messages............otherwise you're just trolling me. And I find it rather boring. It was pretty obvious to me he wasn't a Trump supporter either, h...

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by afcjets
Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:44 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Republican-leaning who like what he may have had to say, but are intelligent enough to be unable to ignore those texts and not be able to take him seriously. His text messages regarding Sidney Powell and election fraud were almost identical to how he covered both on air. He just used more offensive...

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by afcjets
Mon Apr 24, 2023 5:44 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Tucker was a product of a system. The viewers won't follow him to Newsmax. That would be admitting they have gone crazy. Of course we will. Many of us only watch Fox because of Tucker. The writing was on the wall when it become obvious he might be the only mainstream TV show on air that big pharma ...

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by afcjets
Mon Apr 24, 2023 5:28 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Tucker was a product of a system. The viewers won't follow him to Newsmax. That would be admitting they have gone crazy. Of course we will. Many of us only watch Fox because of Tucker. The writing was on the wall when it become obvious he might be the only mainstream TV show on air that big pharma ...

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by afcjets
Sun Apr 23, 2023 5:42 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Republicans in Montana censure and misgender a member of their legislative body
Replies: 11
Views: 3566

Re: Republicans in Montana censure and misgender a member of their legislative body

No, it absolutely doesn't. Forcing someone to participate in your false fantasy of who you are, is coercion. So is it cool if we start treating religious people the same? I shouldn’t have my life impacted by someone else’s fantasy You win the internet today! Um, the founding fathers beat him too it...

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by afcjets
Thu Apr 20, 2023 2:10 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Do you drink straight from the tap?
Replies: 60
Views: 4872

Re: Do you drink straight from the tap?

No, I don't want to drink chlorine, fluoride, and pharmaceutical drugs. I heard reverse osmosis is the only thing which will work and fortunately that's the least expensive type of bottled water and what all the machines where you refill your own bottles use. https://www.epa.gov/water-research/pharm...

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by afcjets
Wed Apr 19, 2023 5:17 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 339
Views: 31988

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

victrola wrote:
petertenthije wrote:
scbriml wrote:
The total meltdown in the comments on TGP is hilarious.

What’s TGP? I’m game for a bit of schadenfreude.


Please. Someone tell us. What is TGP?


The Gateway Pundit

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by afcjets
Wed Apr 19, 2023 1:09 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Steak Steak Steak
Replies: 44
Views: 4167

Re: Steak Steak Steak

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I remember posting a similar thread years ago and just found it. Here are a lot of past steakhouses recommendations in the US from a.net...

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1357857&p=19412131&hilit=Favorite+steakhouses#p19412131

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by afcjets
Wed Apr 19, 2023 12:34 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Robert Kennedy running for President
Replies: 32
Views: 2317

Re: Robert Kennedy running for President

Yikes! I don't want to even contemplate a Trump vs Kennedy election, with two equal but disparate conspiracy groups going at each other. The nation would totally and inevitably lose. You wouldn't have to under Roger Stone's proposed "bipartisan national unity ticket" ;) https://www.vice.c...

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by afcjets
Tue Apr 18, 2023 2:16 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Robert Kennedy running for President
Replies: 32
Views: 2317

Re: Robert Kennedy running for President

Seems to me to be a money grab, If he was serious , he would be running as an independent. Good luck to him and all the blessed souls that donate to him. It might be smarter for him to run first as a Democrat since that's his current party affiliation and the party that uses his uncle's name like R...

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by afcjets
Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:45 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Robert Kennedy running for President
Replies: 32
Views: 2317

Re: Robert Kennedy running for President

Any chance he could be selected as candidate? If not, what's the point of running? While a foreigner, I would like to see some candidates of substance emerging to contest the 2024 presidential election. I don't count Kennedy as one. I would also like to see younger candidates coming to the fore. Bi...

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by afcjets
Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:49 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Robert Kennedy running for President
Replies: 32
Views: 2317

Robert Kennedy running for President

It's being reported Robert Kennedy, Jr. will announce he's running for President as a Democrat on Wednesday in Boston. It will be interesting to see if the DNC allows him to debate in the primary. I'm assuming they won't and will treat it just like the governor's race in Arizona and claim they can't...

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by afcjets
Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:33 am
Forum: Site Related
Topic: Restrictions on Political Discussion discussion thread
Replies: 172
Views: 19605

Re: Restrictions on Political Discussion discussion thread

ltbewr wrote:
Over time, non-av has become even less popular and may be of minimal need now.

It became a boring echo chamber as all too often it seemed a double standard was applied.

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by afcjets
Mon Apr 17, 2023 2:14 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Nearly 20,000 dairy cows die in explosion in Texas Panhandle
Replies: 41
Views: 4480

Re: Nearly 20,000 dairy cows die in explosion in Texas Panhandle

Need only look at any of their other articles... they are wild opinion pieces not even trying to masquerade as factual. Half of them are linked Epoch Times articles, a well-known source of disinformation. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/technology/epoch-times-influence-falun-gong.html This takes...

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by afcjets
Sun Apr 16, 2023 10:01 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Nearly 20,000 dairy cows die in explosion in Texas Panhandle
Replies: 41
Views: 4480

Re: Nearly 20,000 dairy cows die in explosion in Texas Panhandle

You're welcome to explain what about that article is wrong! Ditto for the one I posted. Need only look at any of their other articles... they are wild opinion pieces not even trying to masquerade as factual. Half of them are linked Epoch Times articles, a well-known source of disinformation. https:...

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by afcjets
Sun Apr 16, 2023 9:15 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Nearly 20,000 dairy cows die in explosion in Texas Panhandle
Replies: 41
Views: 4480

Re: Nearly 20,000 dairy cows die in explosion in Texas Panhandle

Newark727 wrote:
You're welcome to explain what about that article is wrong!

Ditto for the one I posted.

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by afcjets
Sun Apr 16, 2023 8:50 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Nearly 20,000 dairy cows die in explosion in Texas Panhandle
Replies: 41
Views: 4480

Re: Nearly 20,000 dairy cows die in explosion in Texas Panhandle

Unsure why the posts discussing the likely cause of this were deleted...? Makes no sense... but the link below explains the issues with storage of methane and how this can happen. https://www.dairyreporter.com/Article/2014/02/03/cattle-methane-explosion Makes a lot of sense, delete the factual disc...

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by afcjets
Sun Apr 16, 2023 3:44 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Nearly 20,000 dairy cows die in explosion in Texas Panhandle
Replies: 41
Views: 4480

Re: Nearly 20,000 dairy cows die in explosion in Texas Panhandle

Seeing all the conspiracy-driven reactions to this on Twitter, I'm constantly amazed by how many people have never heard of methane or chemical burnoff. :faint: And so even if it was possibly nefarious, where's the beef? And of course course labeling something a conspiracy theory is all that's requ...

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by afcjets
Fri Apr 14, 2023 3:22 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Texas Gov Abbott seeks pardon for Perry
Replies: 52
Views: 5532

Re: Texas Gov Abbott seeks pardon for Perry

The problem is, you're still trying to make an equivalence between the two cases, and the method you're using to do so, is reductionism. If you reduce the issue to the hat they were wearing, or their political beliefs, that allows you to claim they are the same. You should be able to understand, th...

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by afcjets
Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:07 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Texas Gov Abbott seeks pardon for Perry
Replies: 52
Views: 5532

Re: Texas Gov Abbott seeks pardon for Perry

No reasonable person would see these as equivalent. And the inflation of the Sandmann story, is yet another falsehood on the part of Fox. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Lincoln_Memorial_confrontation You're missing the original point completely. As I said, things are so polarized today the MA...

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by afcjets
Thu Apr 13, 2023 12:50 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Texas Gov Abbott seeks pardon for Perry
Replies: 52
Views: 5532

Re: Texas Gov Abbott seeks pardon for Perry

We're already there, which IMO was likely a factor in the Houston jury returning a guilty verdict. Things are so polarized today all many people see is this is this guy shot at BLM. Similar to the Nicolas Sandman incident, all CNN and the media needed to see was the MAGA hat and the kid was guilty ...

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by afcjets
Thu Apr 13, 2023 2:53 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Texas Gov Abbott seeks pardon for Perry
Replies: 52
Views: 5532

Re: Texas Gov Abbott seeks pardon for Perry

I worry about where this could be taken or how others may be empowered by it - tacit acknowledgement that you can kill someone and claim 'stand your ground', even if you provoke the situation, as long as the political views of the person aren't in line with the Governors. Scare stuff. It will be co...

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by afcjets
Fri Apr 07, 2023 2:24 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Mississppi Declares Officially Confederate Heritage Month
Replies: 46
Views: 3945

Re: Mississppi Declares Officially Confederate Heritage Month

Every time the GOP clutches their pearls in outrage over being labeled white supremacists or nazis, they turn around and prove everyone right. It's nearly a weekly occurrence by now. Meanwhile TN is expelling black lawmakers almost to the day of the 55th anniversary of MLK's assassination. Just CAw...

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by afcjets
Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:28 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Airlines naming aircraft
Replies: 54
Views: 6423

Re: Airlines naming aircraft

American - Luxury Liner. On a side note, AA removed the "DC-10 LuxuryLiner" titles and replaced them with "American Airlines LuxuryLiner" after AA191? Did they actually think that was going to make a difference in the public's perception? Of course. Most people don't know what k...

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by afcjets
Mon Apr 03, 2023 6:46 pm
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Airlines naming aircraft
Replies: 54
Views: 6423

Re: Airlines naming aircraft

bohica wrote:
Western DC-10 - Spaceship.
Eastern 727 - Whisperjet.
Eastern L-1011 - Whisperliner.
American - Luxury Liner.


Actually American, similar to Eastern, named widebodies LuxuryLiners and narrow bodies LuxuryJets. Eastern also had Whisperjet painted on the DC9s and called A300s Whisperliners too.

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by afcjets
Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:59 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Florida: Head Teacher resigns over David statue row
Replies: 80
Views: 6559

Re: Florida: Head Teacher resigns over David statue row

He's white and has a penis. There's a good chance he would have been Catholic too (or his offspring). When I see David I don't really see diversity and inclusivity, sorry. How can a statue of a person have diversity or inclusivity?. Even if it was of a group, how many figures would be needed?. Afte...

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by afcjets
Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:55 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Florida: Head Teacher resigns over David statue row
Replies: 80
Views: 6559

Re: Florida: Head Teacher resigns over David statue row

A crumb of oppression for afcjets, everyone. Don't worry, your conservative buddies are canceling non white history too, in order to make history great/white again. It's ironic the BBC article shows a picture of the statue without showing his penis, yet the article is about showing the statute to 1...

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by afcjets
Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:39 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Florida: Head Teacher resigns over David statue row
Replies: 80
Views: 6559

Re: Florida: Head Teacher resigns over David statue row

A crumb of oppression for afcjets, everyone. Don't worry, your conservative buddies are canceling non white history too, in order to make history great/white again. It's ironic the BBC article shows a picture of the statue without showing his penis, yet the article is about showing the statute to 1...

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