A simple request

MikeD said:
it’s like casino slot machines. They have a handle still on the side of them, but nobody pulls the handle, they all press the lighted button to spin the wheels on the machine now. And many of them still have the coins bin on the bottom center where the coins would drop into…..but coins aren’t a thing anymore. Nor are the dirty coin cups that used to sit all around the machines that smokers would use for ashtrays.
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Dude, half the glassware we had in our apartment were casino cups!
 
Richman said:
I just had a flashback to when we used to stay at the CircusCircus in Vegas.

I suddenly feel dirty, in a way soap can’t fix.
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BUT! Back in thiose days, there was a reasonable microbrewery across the street!

I do miss the cocaine/mafia Las Vegas and really don’t like he modern pot/ultralounge vegas so much.
 
Derg said:
BUT! Back in thiose days, there was a reasonable microbrewery across the street!

I do miss the cocaine/mafia Las Vegas and really don’t like he modern pot/ultralounge vegas so much.
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Hotels are quieter, whats not to like!?!
 
Derg said:
BUT! Back in thiose days, there was a reasonable microbrewery across the street!

I do miss the cocaine/mafia Las Vegas and really don’t like he modern pot/ultralounge vegas so much.
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I mean, I wouldn’t take myself to LAS voluntarily at all if not for NJC.
 
Acrofox said:
We need to bring back ATC jumpseating. As far as I’m concerned, you guys should be allowed to jumpseat whenever you want, without hassle.

And pilots should be encouraged to visit ATC facilities to quietly sit a shift and watch.

We both really need to better understand the other half. I hear pilots complain all the time about ATC, because they don’t understand what you guys deal with … and the converse is also true. I had socal keep us very high, then give us a slam dunk at 250kts assigned. Then he gave us a >90 degree turn to intercept the ONT loc half a mile from the centerline along with a speed reduction to 210… while we were still above glidepath and 250kts. Afterwards he said “well, looks like you missed the localizer, fly heading XXX to rejoin,” as if he had absolutely no idea how badly he’d balled us up.
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Ignorance is bliss eh?

we do have a program where we can ride in a jump seat with most carriers but the issue is that it’s nearly impossible to participate in because we’re so short staffed they can’t approve spot leave to do such activities and they’re not about to pay out OT for it either.
 
Prino said:
Ignorance is bliss eh?

we do have a program where we can ride in a jump seat with most carriers but the issue is that it’s nearly impossible to participate in because we’re so short staffed they can’t approve spot leave to do such activities and they’re not about to pay out OT for it either.
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Yeah, I've heard about that from several controllers. It's frustrating, because "staffing issues == everybody works harder && gets no time off" is this ridiculous American meme at this point.
 
Acrofox said:
Yeah, I've heard about that from several controllers. It's frustrating, because "staffing issues == everybody works harder && gets no time off" is this ridiculous American meme at this point.
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Good reasons to quit SkyWest Airlines for $2000, Alex.
 
Prino said:
then what’s the point?
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I hate the place on average. There are decent parts of it, but it's hot, there's no water, it's a den of iniquity and ridiculously grubby and seedy, even still.

I'll go for the people who are going, which is the point, and for the opportunity for good food and drink aside from that, but I hate it, otherwise. Briefly considered living there and being based there, and nope'd right the hell out of it as fast as I could.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
I hate the place on average. There are decent parts of it, but it's hot, there's no water, it's a den of iniquity and ridiculously grubby and seedy, even still.

I'll go for the people who are going, which is the point, and for the opportunity for good food and drink aside from that, but I hate it, otherwise. Briefly considered living there and being based there, and nope'd right the hell out of it as fast as I could.
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Vegas is just desert Florida. Change my mind.
 
JordanD said:
Vegas is just desert Florida. Change my mind.
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Won’t. Because yeah. And Orlando is just South Georgia transplanted to Florida with overcrowding—the hell with that.

If you’re not on the water (Tampa base please) there’s no point in living in Florida.
 
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