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Master Thread Dance Your Cares Away/Fraggle/Law Abiding Citizens
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Fair enough, but my larger point stands- That Teslas have incredibly quick acceleration, and alot of people love them for their performance, not for environmental reasons. Mostly I was defending @ChiefTiger , who seemed to be getting misguided shit, simply because he likes a Tesla because it is fast.
My county representing!
Mortgage, new to crypto but have some play $ to put on hbar, is it a good time to jump in now?, thanks.
Uphold is another
I believe it is near a 52 week low so if it will be used in transactions processing in the near future it can really only go up.
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I would rather pay to see him get drunk and make an ass of himself than to sing any Smashmouth songs. That was far better than I expected.
Is that the very same mandate that does not exist?
The SW guy needs to think about his actions, take responsibility and humbly say he was wrong to implement them when he had no right to do so. Maybe then he can save his job and get the airline back to work again.
I’m an electrical engineer so I have a bunch of electrical engineering people on LinkedIn. Even the crazy lefties post stuff about how they can’t support electric cars and solar panels because of what is required to make and, at some point, dispose of them. And I’m talking brain dead way lefties that post all BLM type stuff and changed their profile pictures to them with a random black guy just to show they have a friend of a different race.
He relies more on feel than sight for that one.
You have seen Kurt Klewin’s writings here before. He is a true patriot, and I did invite him to the board. See below:
Hey all. Ive been purposely silent on this for awhile, but I feel there is some misinfornation out there in regards to Southwests meltdown this last weekend. There has NOT been a coordinated job action by pilots or other work groups. We are all professionals and our unyielding objective is to get you and your family to your destination safely. Ive worked here for 16 years, I love my job, my co-workers, and my customers (especially all the kids that come visit the cockpit). It took me 20 years of flying experience to get this job and 36 years of flying experience to become a Captain. And like many of my coworkers, I will be terminated for not getting the vaccine, as announced last Tuesday. For the record I 100% support those like me that chose not to get an experimental vaccine (The FDA approved Pfizer vax is not yet available in the US). I 100% support my coworkers that chose to get the vaccine. And I 100% support my coworkers that felt they "had a gun to their head" (didnt want it but couldnt afford to get fired). I have concerns about the long term effects of the vaccines as those are not yet known, I have fears of short term medical reactions, my health insurance will not cover experimental vaccine injuries, I have religous concerns and objections, and I feel my individual liberty to refuse experimental forced medication by government edict is contrary to and in contrast with my individual rights as afforded by the constitution. The mandates by Southwest are not their fault. They were directly called by the Biden administration and told to force vaccinations or lose their government contracts and have to pay back the PSP money. They were strong armed.
That aside for now, here are the facts:
1. In the macro prospective, there has been a worldwide pilot shortage for many years. In an analysis early this year, the consulting firm Oliver Wyman estimated that U.S. pilot demand will exceed supply by more than 9,000 by January 2022. (Months from now).
2. All airlines cut pilots too deeply during covid and the rebound in air travel took the industry by surprise. Getting pilots back online is a months long process to include ramping up hiring in our training center. Thus we have been operating "short" since the spring of 2021.
3. Pilots have picked up flying on days off to help stabilize the operation. This has worked until recently when if you picked up flying for one day, once they had you on property they could "JA" you (keep you at work on a day off) for another day or two. A two day trips turns into 3 or 4. A turn you pick up to help out turns into 2 or 3 days. Then your 3 or 4 days off becomes 1 or 2 days before your back to work. Hence pilots have started to pick up less overtime to help with inadequate manning because of the likely possibility of working more on days off, which now makes the problem worse.
4. Since the announcement of firings on Tuesday, the large percent of pilots who will not get the mandated vaccine faced the prospect of leaving a job they love and being unemployed, myself included. I cannot tell you the stress this puts one under. I havent slept much, and back in Sept when I saw this on the horizon, I lost a lot of sleep. One night I didnt sleep and was up 31 hours straight. Making post employment budgets, cutting expenses, getting together a resume", cover letters, and reaching out to contacts. Lots of "stewing" happens late at night for many of us. Many other pilots are in the same boat and as you know, if we show up for work on 2 hrs sleep you dont want a stressed and sleepless pilot flying a 75 ton plane at 500mph with 175 passengers onboard. By the same token you want your pilot focused on what we do best and not mulling his or her imminant firing. We are required to call in sick if we are in no condition to fly, for your safety.
5. As an expansion to the above we follow an IMSAFE checklist where we assess our fitness to fly. IMSAFE stands for Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, and Emotion. If we feel any one of those compromise safety we are required to call out sick. The prospect of being fired and resulting stress hits on many of these. Stress, lack of sleep (fatigue), medication (if we take a PM pill or similar to sleep we cannot fly), emotion (this is very emotional), all are part of what many of us are dealing with. This is what leads to sick calls (passenger safety) and not a job action.
6. Half of our pilots commute. So when flights are cancelled in large numbers it affects us getting to work. If a pilots commute flight doesnt make it, another 8 or 10 flights may be cancelled. Add to this the FAA just increased passenger weights (apparently we are all gaining weight) hence it has decreased the carry capacity of our flights making carrying pilots on the cockpit jumpseat harder due to weight restrictions and pilots have a harder time getting to work.
7. Often we are scheduled for long day. A 12 hr workday is common and delays can make work days extend to 14 hrs or more. If we land and there is no hotel van (common) we cab or uber to the hotel. The transportation workers and hotels are min staffed due to the dont work incentives. It can take a long time to get to a hotel and the FAA requires an 8 hr min rest opportunity that often includes loud hotels, little or no food available, and unrestful rest. A fatigued pilot (after a 14 hr work day and 5 hrs sleep) is required to call in fatigued and be replaced. You see where this compounds the problem.
8. This not just pilots. Ground op is short staffed and is being forced into mandatory overtime. Some working 16 hr shifts. They get tired, sick, worn down, and quit or call out for obvious reasons. If I pull into a gate and we wait for ramp crews we get delayed. We wait for an ops agent, we get delayed. Dispatch, maintenance, provisioning, fueling....all can delay a flight. Its a team effort. Every delay extends crew duty days and when we reach the FAA max duty day, we cant fly anymore and flights get cancelled. Its a massive operation where each person is important. If we force medical procedures on employees, many will not comply, and the ability to run a business is destroyed.
This whole thing is heart breaking. I have two friends who had to pull applications to Southwest due to the mandate (Southwest rejects applications if you say you wont take the shot). One just texted me and he has an interview with Delta and they will honor his choice to use his natural immunity.
This not the fault of Southwest Airlines employees. Improvements in our operation can be made, but ultimately the Biden administration has decided to take over the medical decisions of airline employees and Southwest employees are not in agreement. We sell the "Freedom to Fly" . Freedom is the basis of who we are. Southwest empoyees are unique in the industry and our employees are hard working patriots, freedom lovers, with an unyielding spirit of independence and devotion to our jobs, customers, and company.
Joe can terminate us....but our Spirit will not be crushed.
"The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman" - Thomas Paine
The views expressed above are mine and mine alone and do not reflect those of my employer and I dont speak for them in any way.
Hey all. Ive been purposely silent on this for awhile, but I feel there is some misinfornation out there in regards to Southwests meltdown this last weekend. There has NOT been a coordinated job action by pilots or other work groups. We are all professionals and our unyielding objective is to get you and your family to your destination safely. Ive worked here for 16 years, I love my job, my co-workers, and my customers (especially all the kids that come visit the cockpit). It took me 20 years of flying experience to get this job and 36 years of flying experience to become a Captain. And like many of my coworkers, I will be terminated for not getting the vaccine, as announced last Tuesday. For the record I 100% support those like me that chose not to get an experimental vaccine (The FDA approved Pfizer vax is not yet available in the US). I 100% support my coworkers that chose to get the vaccine. And I 100% support my coworkers that felt they "had a gun to their head" (didnt want it but couldnt afford to get fired). I have concerns about the long term effects of the vaccines as those are not yet known, I have fears of short term medical reactions, my health insurance will not cover experimental vaccine injuries, I have religous concerns and objections, and I feel my individual liberty to refuse experimental forced medication by government edict is contrary to and in contrast with my individual rights as afforded by the constitution. The mandates by Southwest are not their fault. They were directly called by the Biden administration and told to force vaccinations or lose their government contracts and have to pay back the PSP money. They were strong armed.
That aside for now, here are the facts:
1. In the macro prospective, there has been a worldwide pilot shortage for many years. In an analysis early this year, the consulting firm Oliver Wyman estimated that U.S. pilot demand will exceed supply by more than 9,000 by January 2022. (Months from now).
2. All airlines cut pilots too deeply during covid and the rebound in air travel took the industry by surprise. Getting pilots back online is a months long process to include ramping up hiring in our training center. Thus we have been operating "short" since the spring of 2021.
3. Pilots have picked up flying on days off to help stabilize the operation. This has worked until recently when if you picked up flying for one day, once they had you on property they could "JA" you (keep you at work on a day off) for another day or two. A two day trips turns into 3 or 4. A turn you pick up to help out turns into 2 or 3 days. Then your 3 or 4 days off becomes 1 or 2 days before your back to work. Hence pilots have started to pick up less overtime to help with inadequate manning because of the likely possibility of working more on days off, which now makes the problem worse.
4. Since the announcement of firings on Tuesday, the large percent of pilots who will not get the mandated vaccine faced the prospect of leaving a job they love and being unemployed, myself included. I cannot tell you the stress this puts one under. I havent slept much, and back in Sept when I saw this on the horizon, I lost a lot of sleep. One night I didnt sleep and was up 31 hours straight. Making post employment budgets, cutting expenses, getting together a resume", cover letters, and reaching out to contacts. Lots of "stewing" happens late at night for many of us. Many other pilots are in the same boat and as you know, if we show up for work on 2 hrs sleep you dont want a stressed and sleepless pilot flying a 75 ton plane at 500mph with 175 passengers onboard. By the same token you want your pilot focused on what we do best and not mulling his or her imminant firing. We are required to call in sick if we are in no condition to fly, for your safety.
5. As an expansion to the above we follow an IMSAFE checklist where we assess our fitness to fly. IMSAFE stands for Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, and Emotion. If we feel any one of those compromise safety we are required to call out sick. The prospect of being fired and resulting stress hits on many of these. Stress, lack of sleep (fatigue), medication (if we take a PM pill or similar to sleep we cannot fly), emotion (this is very emotional), all are part of what many of us are dealing with. This is what leads to sick calls (passenger safety) and not a job action.
6. Half of our pilots commute. So when flights are cancelled in large numbers it affects us getting to work. If a pilots commute flight doesnt make it, another 8 or 10 flights may be cancelled. Add to this the FAA just increased passenger weights (apparently we are all gaining weight) hence it has decreased the carry capacity of our flights making carrying pilots on the cockpit jumpseat harder due to weight restrictions and pilots have a harder time getting to work.
7. Often we are scheduled for long day. A 12 hr workday is common and delays can make work days extend to 14 hrs or more. If we land and there is no hotel van (common) we cab or uber to the hotel. The transportation workers and hotels are min staffed due to the dont work incentives. It can take a long time to get to a hotel and the FAA requires an 8 hr min rest opportunity that often includes loud hotels, little or no food available, and unrestful rest. A fatigued pilot (after a 14 hr work day and 5 hrs sleep) is required to call in fatigued and be replaced. You see where this compounds the problem.
8. This not just pilots. Ground op is short staffed and is being forced into mandatory overtime. Some working 16 hr shifts. They get tired, sick, worn down, and quit or call out for obvious reasons. If I pull into a gate and we wait for ramp crews we get delayed. We wait for an ops agent, we get delayed. Dispatch, maintenance, provisioning, fueling....all can delay a flight. Its a team effort. Every delay extends crew duty days and when we reach the FAA max duty day, we cant fly anymore and flights get cancelled. Its a massive operation where each person is important. If we force medical procedures on employees, many will not comply, and the ability to run a business is destroyed.
This whole thing is heart breaking. I have two friends who had to pull applications to Southwest due to the mandate (Southwest rejects applications if you say you wont take the shot). One just texted me and he has an interview with Delta and they will honor his choice to use his natural immunity.
This not the fault of Southwest Airlines employees. Improvements in our operation can be made, but ultimately the Biden administration has decided to take over the medical decisions of airline employees and Southwest employees are not in agreement. We sell the "Freedom to Fly" . Freedom is the basis of who we are. Southwest empoyees are unique in the industry and our employees are hard working patriots, freedom lovers, with an unyielding spirit of independence and devotion to our jobs, customers, and company.
Joe can terminate us....but our Spirit will not be crushed.
"The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman" - Thomas Paine
The views expressed above are mine and mine alone and do not reflect those of my employer and I dont speak for them in any way.
Show us the EO!
Rolling Stone is Pravda with a little music commentary thrown in.
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Anybody know what happened to Raheem Kassam on Banon’s War Room. He’s not been on for some time...
I think he is trying to build his Nation Pulse site and I think he has started his own podcast. I don't think there were any issues between the two.
At least it would be easy for LeBron to tour the new facility. Those homeless would be making Nikes the next day.
Thanks, man!
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