Oh Skywest (or Southwest)?

Derg said:
That’s why I love being based in LAX with younger copilots.

Not a cargo short, white new balance or faded epaulet in sight.
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Did you say cargo shorts and New Balance?

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LOL it's always funny to me how one-sided this is. Unless it is directly related to a conversation, I seriously almost never hear people go off about people who are different than them. We just live our lives out here, the average person is outgoing and social, there's always something to do, and people here like to get along with each other and do the things. That's what we're concerned with, not "Rabble Rabble Texas\Alabama\GOP". Not our concern because we don't live there, we make a big financial sacrifice to be here so we DON'T have to be stressed out like most of the country all the time (and honestly even when there is smoke or traffic or whatever, it's not all we talk about...well for people from out of state who move here I guess it's all they talk about when it's happening LOL). Must suck being so obsessed with places that don't mean anything to you, I can literally count the times I've ranted about a state I didn't live in on no hands.

F—king weirdos, probably driving around in f—king Hyundais
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That's pretty much me on the daily, ahoy there, Skipper.

Minuteman said:
I was investigating what a custom horn installation would take on my car, so I watched a couple of YouTube videos from people that had replaced their factory horns. And I noticed a pattern develop. Every video would start off with them scampering back from the camera to get into frame. They had no cameraman. No beleaguered spouse to humor them for five minutes, no buddy to hold an iPhone. Nobody; the big-horn-havers were all alone.

So I dropped that idea and spent a quiet afternoon in reflection. (Still wouldn't mind a sweet-ass Cadillac tri-tone, tho.)

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My first car was a 1989 Cadillac Fleetwood that my grandpa kept immaculate with just 50,000 miles. I trashed it in less than a year. The stock horn was damn near a train horn, just about as loud and jarring. 17 year old me used to hang out with a car load of buddies next to a railroad crossing that people used to frequently partially block stopping for red lights, pull up behind them, and blare the horn. The average reaction was slamming the accelerator so hard the cars would fishtail. Kept me very entertained until I bought a megaphone complete with a police siren and moved on to much dumber things.
 
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Fixtur said:
No, it's true. There are more than the usual amount of unreformed commies out here. It really is a vanishingly small population though, blown out of proportion by their own loud voices and by the right-wing media who amplify it for their own purposes.

Most San Franciscans think the school board wanting to change the name of Lincoln High because he wasn't "woke" enough is ridiculous. Most Californians just want some tasty waves and a cool buzz and we're fine.

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And what about the SF board member who said Asians pretend to be white and are house n-words? Still employed.
 
Cessnaflyer said:
The sad part is it will continue and most likely be worse outside work.
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someone that wound up probably has a hidden cardiac condition from crazy levels of cortisol and will “self select”after a heart attack. Hard to be that angry while also healthy.
 
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Think about what percentage of cockpit conversations make it to a hot mic. And then think about what percentage of hot mix conversations are overheard by someone motivated to spread the live atc recording around the internets.

Stupid rants like this are way, way more common than anyone wants to admit.
 
Rolling coal, I see it most days I’m out and about around home. I live in a fairly rural county, I was literally in a Tractor Supply Co. today (it’s chick days!), however when I really want to get my ya’ll on I hit Rural King.

To be sure I think it’s pretty lame, but it’s the same vibe that has cars dropped an inch off the ground, or a $5000 sound system in a $500 Honda, or nitrous in a Hyundai; They’re identifying with their tribe.

I mean it’s a redonkulous look; dualies, Truck Nutz, lift kits, exhausts run up thru the truck bed, flag poles (stars-n-bars/blue/red/green line), I prefer to ignore the window/bumper stickers. But it’s a way of setting themselves apart from the other.

It’s envy really, they want their own vehicle culture. It’s a pity that’s how they literally roll.
 
invadertim said:
Sigh...
So, yeah, 52y/o WM. I like cargo shorts; been rolling Duluth Trading firehose work shorts for about 5 years, tough as nails, l wear them half the year. I wore others before. New Balance, white 624’s. They don’t look like a leprechaun chundered on them, all leather AND, come in 14 narrow; rolled those 25 years or more. My epaulettes, well they’re newish, I think.

Oh yeah, I’m from Ohio too.

So, <radio edit> nazis started wearing stuff I like, pisses me off no end. Nazis ruin anything they touch. So far I haven’t had to explain them on a trip.

I actively try to not be any of the “-ists”, ya gotta think about it many times, doesn’t come natural for some. A lifetime of just, absorbing stuff out of your environment, takes a while to sweat it out. The Navy helped, so did college. It gets easier. But sometimes you feel like you’re in a minefield, one wrong step and whomp, there goes yer career.

Honesty helps. Leave your shields down, never try to ”win” a conversation. Never tell a joke you wouldn’t tell, well, anyone. The straw men in you head, a lot of the time they’re the guy you want to be arguing with the guy your being. Feeling judgmental, superior? Likely your wrong, sometimes profoundly.

My failures are truly the only things that are mine. At least they’re trying to teach me something. And they can be good company, except when they won’t shut up at 2am.

Sorry if I harshed the vibe here. Ohio, not trending a way I like, but one can hope. I’m going to keep the shorts and shoes, nazis don’t get to define a damned thing. Faded epaulettes? That one was new, another thing to keep an eye on. At least they’re not backwards (Mesaba joke there).
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My argument isn't that we aren't entitled to our own opinions, but rather I don't find it particularly difficult to go to work, do my job, and not say things that I think might shut the other crewmember's down. I have lots of unpopular opinions, especially within my pilot group and their political leanings, but from the time we show up, to the time we get to the hotel absolutely none of that matters.

Would I like to hold court with a captive audience on my political opinions? Sure, but that's not what we're paid to do. It blows my mind how many guys don't even try to feel out their audience before going on some ridiculous rant about women, minorities, politics, etc. They just assume that everyone thinks the way they do, and that simply isn't the reality.

My goal is to get to the overnight and have nobody in my crew know my political leanings. I'm not always perfect in achieving that goal, but I think I do pretty well. In fact, I've flown with a guy from this forum who I'm pretty sure I have on ignore because his opinions make me want to pull my hair out. I didn't bring up JC, COVID, politics, or anything. We worked together well and despite our captain pushing us into an ASAP worthy event while we were in seats 3 and 4, we got the job done with no issues at all. It really isn't that difficult.

Be a professional. It's not that difficult.
 
The onemileattime transcription is shameful. In addition to Hyundais, Brandon (it's always a Brandon or a Kyle) was hating on low-riders going slow, not "their roads". Moaning about minitrucks on their frame bumpers is a much more natural segue into what they believe real trucks should be doing. I.e., rolling coal, parking over divider lines, costing 50% more than a car, and leaving a hitch in the receiver to bark my • shin when I'm just trying to walk into the Bed Bath & Beyond.
 
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