Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-04-05 Thread Darin Steffl
Yes, they messed up. Why even mention DEI? The requirements to be a commercial pilot are the SAME for all races and genders. Stop parroting what the alt right is saying. There will be an investigation. They probably check for intoxication, enough sleep, distractions, etc. If they're both straight,

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-04-05 Thread Dev
Women are quite often better pilots from the ones I’ve tried to train, more intuitive. Whatever the situation, if the mountains and the earth attached to them suddenly get very large, the plane doesn’t care who’s flying it, or used to be. Dirt matters. > On Mar 21, 2025, at 10:06 AM, Darin Stef

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-04-05 Thread chuck
Yep with two or three aircraft landing on the same runway at the same time. Much easier if you file IFR. From: AF On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 11:54 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation Fly to Oshkosh Wisconsin during the EAA Flyin, and

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-04-04 Thread Robert
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation Women are quite often better pilots from the ones I’ve tried to train, more intuitive. Whatever the situation, if the mountains and the earth attached to them suddenly get very large, the plane doesn’t care who’s flying it, or used to be. Dirt matters. On

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-27 Thread chuck
types of women pilots. I would not want to face the first in a dogfight. From: AF On Behalf Of Dev Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 11:11 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation Women are quite often better pilots from the ones I’ve tried to train, more

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
Maybe they both had the fish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkGR65CXaNA From: AF On Behalf Of Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 12:14 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation Yeah, runways are pretty obvious at airports with

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-26 Thread Adam Moffett
ave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation Yes, they messed up. Why even mention DEI? The requirements to be a commercial pilot are the SAME for all races and genders. Stop parroting what the alt right is saying. There will be an investigation. They probably check for intoxication

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-24 Thread chuck
All NCOs so far. I worked with one former lt Col once. He was not terribly bright and he was a bit of a liar. From: AF On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Monday, March 24, 2025 8:16 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation My experience with vets is that they are

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-24 Thread Ken Hohhof
: Monday, March 24, 2025 9:16 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation My experience with vets is that they are comfortable with following established processes and procedures, and they are accustomed to following orders without complaint. That can be very good. If you need

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-24 Thread Adam Moffett
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation Yep, I worked at a company once that hired a bunch of people just out of military service. They were referred to as the “hut hut hut” people. But echoing your comment about former NCOs, during the first year or

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-24 Thread Adam Moffett
NCO. -Adam From: AF on behalf of Chuck Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2025 6:39 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation My vets are my best people. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 23, 2025, at 4:17 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > &

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-24 Thread Mike Hammett
But also, then it would have to be fair and not punitive. - Original Message - From: "Bill Prince" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 1:45:11 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation They attack "DEI" because no one knows what it's about. If they

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-24 Thread Mike Hammett
People haven't figured out how to dampen the pendulum. They'd rather attach a rocket to it. - Original Message - From: "Ken Hohhof" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 1:07:49 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation Peop

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
: Sunday, March 23, 2025 4:43 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation But also, then it would have to be fair and not punitive. - Original Message - From: "Bill Prince" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 1:45:11 PM Subject: Re: [AFM

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-23 Thread Mike Hammett
;AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2025 5:16:33 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation EEOC has been with us since 1965. I first became a hiring manager in 1980, and went through corporate equal employment opportunity training. I worked for a division of Rockwel

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
, and Roku Channel. -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2025 5:39 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation My vets are my best people. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 23, 2025, at 4:17 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-23 Thread Chuck
nd one black engineer I hired who was ex Bell Labs, who turned > out to be totally worthless. But hiring is not an exact science, who amongst > us has never hired someone and regretted it. DEI or otherwise. > > -Original Message----- > From: AF On Behalf Of Mike Hammett >

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread Ken Hohhof
There’s an emoji for it, I’m pretty sure. From: AF On Behalf Of Darin Steffl Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 4:28 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation "Tongue in cheek" is a new phrase for me. I'm 33 so maybe it didn't make it

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread chuck
Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation Yeah, runways are pretty obvious at airports with commercial traffic. Heck, I can tell when I'm on a runway as a commercial passenger. You occasionally hear reports of small private aircraft landing on a taxiway.. that I could at least

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread Bill Prince
M *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation Fly to Oshkosh Wisconsin during the EAA Flyin, and everything (including taxiways) is a runway. bp On 3/21/2025 9:46 AM, ch...@go-mtc.com wrote: How in the hell do you mistake a taxi way for a runway? Red vs Yellow signs

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread Darin Steffl
; > > Dept. of Energy should have pivoted to Dept. of Nuclear Weapons. > > > > Didn’t work for Voice of America though, it had America right there in the > title. Maybe they need to move their HQ to the Gulf of America. > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Bill Princ

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread Bill Prince
They attack "DEI" because no one knows what it's about. If they had called it "fairness in hiring", they would have a tougher time attacking it. How would it sound to say you're against fairness? Similar (but different) with Antifa, which was shortening of anti-fascist. If they said we're in f

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread Ken Hohhof
: Friday, March 21, 2025 1:45 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation They attack "DEI" because no one knows what it's about. If they had called it "fairness in hiring", they would have a tougher time attacking it. How would it sound to say you're a

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread Bill Prince
5 11:07 AM, ch...@go-mtc.com wrote: Yep with two or three aircraft landing on the same runway at the same time. Much easier if you file IFR. *From:*AF *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince *Sent:* Friday, March 21, 2025 11:54 AM *To:* af@af.afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation Fly to Oshkosh

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Yeah, runways are pretty obvious at airports with commercial traffic. Heck, I can tell when I'm on a runway as a commercial passenger. You occasionally hear reports of small private aircraft landing on a taxiway.. that I could at least a bit understand if the pilot wasn't used to full sized air

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread Ken Hohhof
phrase would be “Thanks, Obama.” From: AF On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 12:14 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation He was joking about DEI. That's what tongue in cheek means. It's an old phrase, and honestly I don&

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread chuck
I just learned, in the comics this morning, that “/s” means sarcasm. From: AF On Behalf Of Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 11:51 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation I'm sure the dei statement was sarcasm...

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread chuck
You are familiar with “tongue in cheek” , right….? From: AF On Behalf Of Darin Steffl Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 11:06 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation Yes, they messed up. Why even mention DEI? The requirements to be a commercial pilot are

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread Josh Luthman
DEI has been a target for Trump + Republicans the last few months. They don't really know what it means, just that DEI is 100% to blame for every plane situation for the last few months. On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM Dev wrote: > Women are quite often better pilots from the ones I’ve tried to

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread Bill Prince
Fly to Oshkosh Wisconsin during the EAA Flyin, and everything (including taxiways) is a runway. bp On 3/21/2025 9:46 AM, ch...@go-mtc.com wrote: How in the hell do you mistake a taxi way for a runway? Red vs Yellow signs? Big assed white center stripe vs small yellow center stripe? Big N

Re: [AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm sure the dei statement was sarcasm... That said, it wouldn't surprise me to find that some of the recent issues are related to the airlines being so desperate for pilots that they're not being as picky as they could/should be. But, this definitely can't be blamed on anything DEI but instead

[AFMUG] OT Aviation

2025-03-21 Thread chuck
How in the hell do you mistake a taxi way for a runway? Red vs Yellow signs? Big assed white center stripe vs small yellow center stripe? Big Numbers and big stripes. Two guys or gals up front. Has to be a DEI situation.. (removing tongue from cheek). -- AF mailing list AF@