Pilot Killed on 2nd Leg of Round the World Flight

A300Capt said:
Amen to that!! Including the shirtless “airline pilot life” VLOG’s, the folks holding up iPads with their current logged time (literally NOBODY cares!) and the 21 yr old’s that are newly hired and blathering on about what it’s like to be an airline pilot, except they really have no idea yet! You’re not even off probation yet…

I find most of it pretty crinch worthy on so many levels.
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I mean the whole concept of being an influencer of anything, is embarrassing to me. And now there is at least one whole generation who thinks it is a viable means of income. Monetize social media, and I guess we get what we should have expected to get. A bunch of idiots, across the spectrum of less convincing to more convincing. But it is really more embarrassing that people actually pay a very small percentage of them and believe their nonsense/false reality.......they have nothing to offer the world, just scammy salespeople masquerading as a reality show feed. I'll save my perennial rant about tech for another time, but it is directly involved here, as it always is with anything in the world that has turned to ****
 
knot4u said:
If you actually want a vehicle that won't be bricked by an EMP and go to strange places go find a mid '90s diesel Ford Powerstroke or Dodge with a Cummings and a manual transmission.
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Have two of each in the company fleet, both square bodies. An ‘89 and a ‘90 Power Ram 350 4x4 with 5.9L Gen 1, Cummins non-intercooled I6. And two ‘97 F-Super Duty 4x4 with 7.3 Powerstroke, last year of the square body for those. Solid trucks, though the Dodge’s are getting retired due to difficulty in finding parts, as Mopar didn’t keep much OEM stock, and some things are impossible to find.
 
MikeD said:
Where the people in the farm houses are watching the Minuteman II ICBMs launching out of their silos in the fields next door to them……insane.
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It's a pretty surreal film, especially the first half. I was too young to have been allowed to see it on its original prime time TV airing, but I bet that was impactful. Reagan thought so at least, or so I've heard.
 
CFI A&P said:
Are you going to the cabin in Wisconsin with Chef Ripley?

I have a friend with an immaculate 80s Wagoneer that he took in on trade for services, and we call it the Swagoneer,
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I'm looking to be the lead in a real life Halmark movie as the charming rural guy who sweeps the big city woman off her feet when she visits. A Grand Wagoneer is an ideal vehicle for this role.
 
///AMG said:
It's a pretty surreal film, especially the first half. I was too young to have been allowed to see it on its original prime time TV airing, but I bet that was impactful. Reagan thought so at least, or so I've heard.
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It was … impactful, even for someone who grew up with a Nike site just a couple miles distant, a pseudo-bomb shelter in the basement, and supersonic overflights intercepting one more Bear … We faithfully practiced our “Duck and Cover” drills and learned to look for the Civil Defense Shelter signs when we went with family to bigger towns and cities.
 
derg said:
“Just ‘accepted’ a job at (whatever) airlines… follow me for a day in the life…”
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Over 50% of the major airline pilots have been hired since 2014. Actually it’s probably even higher, like 55-60%.

That means other than Covid (just a blip, almost a nothing burger in terms of PSP and airline bailouts), they have not seen a furlough or any hard times.

Very easy to do a “this is the best job in the world, like and subscribe.”

That Swayne dude is a good example. Regional at 2018. United by 2021/2. And 757/767 off the bat. Could be a narrowbody CA if he wanted. He used to plaster the internet with how “good” this job is. Reality is, the timeframe he was able to hit with just pure luck and timing, will not be replicated by anyone anytime soon. It was the perfect storm, lots of regional hiring, plus Covid retirement boom, and retirements that led to the biggest hiring spree ever in recent history for 2021-2023.

Any kid coming through now expecting a Swayne timeframe will be disappointed.



I will give credit to that Swayne guy, he seems to tone down (stopped making videos) while his union was trying to negotiate gains for the contract). Good on him for doing that.
 
Now there’s been downsides, Silver going out of business, Air Wis probably the same, and lots of furloughs and downgrades at Spirit. Between those 3, that’s probably 1,000+ pilots looking for a job.
 
WacoFan said:
I'm looking to be the lead in a real life Halmark movie as the charming rural guy who sweeps the big city woman off her feet when she visits. A Grand Wagoneer is an ideal vehicle for this role.
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What kind of dog do you have? It better be a plucky golden retriever or you’re out of luck.
 
WacoFan said:
I do as pork butt for that. I have Halmark channel somehow with one of my bundles. And Lifetime which my mom renamed years ago as "The battered women channel". I loved mom. She got me.
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That would be a twist, “Hon! I lost your mom’s secret pork butt recipe and the Christmas pageant is TOMORROW!’ :)
 
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derg said:
That would be a twist, “Hon! I lost your mom’s secret pork butt recipe and the Christmas pageant is TOMORROW!’ :)
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Or even a Hallmark-Lifetime crossover event - she loses moms recipe, I savagely beat her, then escape in my Grand Wagoneer.

This is the kind of content production that led me to winning the Jetcareers High Poast Quality Award 2025. You simply can't get that with AI.
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
That Swayne dude is a good example. Regional at 2018. United by 2021/2. And 757/767 off the bat. Could be a narrowbody CA if he wanted. He used to plaster the internet with how “good” this job is. Reality is, the timeframe he was able to hit with just pure luck and timing, will not be replicated by anyone anytime soon. It was the perfect storm, lots of regional hiring, plus Covid retirement boom, and retirements that led to the biggest hiring spree ever in recent history for 2021-2023.

Any kid coming through now expecting a Swayne timeframe will be disappointed.

I will give credit to that Swayne guy, he seems to tone down (stopped making videos) while his union was trying to negotiate gains for the contract). Good on him for doing that.
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It is amazing that you know all that about a social media influencer, yet you don't have social media (but reading this on a form of social media) and this person doesn't even work at your shop, so it isn't even break room conversation.

 
luke3 said:
The only Jeep I like is the original Cherokee. My girlfriend's former boss has a 97 XJ that he kept sitting for years in his garage. He owned it from new. 4.0 inline 6, 5-speed, mechanical 4wd, hand crank windows and all. I restored it for him this year. Well, restore is a big word, just got it good enough so that it was driveable and he could take it fishing on the weekends. I honestly love that thing. It's simple, built like a tank, easy to work on, and parts are plentiful. He's in his 70s and his wife thinks such an old car is a major PITA. I'm secretly hoping they'll sell it to me when they get tired of it.
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I have a '99 as a project I built up. 4.5" lift, I6, 32" tires. Used it as a fun desert truck. They are super easy to work on and very much a parts bin car, especially with other Jeeps. They go together like Legos and you can find just about anything you'd ever want on fleabay or FB Marketplace. Between the XJ and the TJ Wrangler, they built a metric eff load of them.
 
bp said:
IVs are spicy but very capable airplanes that demand your full attention. I know of exactly one person that recovered from a spin- during their transition training, it took around 12,000’ to recover iirc. most do not recover.
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I have definitely heard IVs have a bit of a reputation, though I haven’t had the pleasure of flying one personally. I knew a guy who built his own Legacy and never stalled it as a matter of policy, and I’ve heard the IV and 235/360 are worse.

Considering Lance Neibauer’s background was in marketing and not aeronautical engineering, nobody should assume these airplanes are certifiable under part 23 (especially with regards to stability aft CG and the post stall/spin behavior), because the barrier to entry for experimental amateur built is significantly lower. I still think they are absolutely bad ass airplanes, and super cool Lance designed it without an engineering background, but they definitely command caution and respect.
 
MikeD said:
Where the people in the farm houses are watching the Minuteman II ICBMs launching out of their silos in the fields next door to them……insane.
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I've managed to make it this far without ever seeing that, but I've heard a lot about it, so I just watched that scene.

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inigo88 said:
I have definitely heard IVs have a bit of a reputation, though I haven’t had the pleasure of flying one personally. I knew a guy who built his own Legacy and never stalled it as a matter of policy, and I’ve heard the IV and 235/360 are worse.

Considering Lance Neibauer’s background was in marketing and not aeronautical engineering, nobody should assume these airplanes are certifiable under part 23 (especially with regards to stability aft CG and the post stall/spin behavior), because the barrier to entry for experimental amateur built is significantly lower. I still think they are absolutely bad ass airplanes, and super cool Lance designed it without an engineering background, but they definitely command caution and respect.
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I know a guy that races his at Reno. He’s a former member of the U.S. Aerobatic Team.

He told me that it was an honest airplane but post-stall behavior is terrifying to the uninitiated. He has spun his a few dozen times and he said he now averages about 4k feet to recover. He was 5-6k on his first efforts. Not your dad’s 172.
 
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