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Exposition

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  1. Question for those who would know the answer ( @TwiceHorn)? Does this relate to the recent ruling striking down ISL? Is the logic behind one connected at all to the other and would that somehow impact the SCOTUS ruling on this issue?
  2. My take: this is the first time that app is getting widespread media coverage, so I'd expect the CEO to take advantage with statements like that trying to generate as much buzz as possible. Who knows if the numbers actually back it up - they likely don't. How long has it been so Santos' expulsion, 10 days now? He's noticeably getting less and less relevant in headlines and my guess is that will continue. By end of year I doubt we'll be seeing much of anything about him...until his next court appearance/plea deal.
  3. Prelim NTSB report is out. The Hawker pilots were distracted trying to troubleshoot issues both on taxi and takeoff and didn't respond to controllers telling them to stop.
  4. I wonder if he knew McKinney was less than 10 miles away. From what I read it was an emergency so maybe he was unable to get much further. Thankfully no serious injuries to all involved.
  5. Team Standard Time. Being -6 hours from UTC simply feels right.
  6. Sounds like the Hawker took off with only a line up and wait clearance. And if that's true the Hawker pilot on the radio is a fucking asshole the way he's talking to ATC. I can cut him some slack because he just experienced a near death experience, but in his tone you can tell he's blaming ATC already when in fact it was his fault.
  7. IMO, one major component of the points game is taking advantage of sign-up/initial spend bonuses to exponentially grow your points balance very quickly. Daily purchases are great and all, but nothing compares to a sign-up offer of XXX,XXX points if you spend $X in the first 3 months. Do that across a few cards and you'll have a shitload.
  8. And to add onto what JS1 said above (who btw is one I often look for to talk me off the ledge)... The poll and article offer zero context behind what really matters: electoral college. Like it or not the election will be determined by roughly 5 or 6 states (MI, PA, GA, AZ, NV) which based on recent elections have trended blue. They're not a sure thing by any means but they're positioned to come through again in 2024. But it's way too early. Polls are just clickbait headlines at this point. And according to many there was supposed to be a red wave last year and look how that turned out.
  9. 2nd round underway, through "C"....already 4 against Jordan.
  10. Agree with the above. The only person I know who is outspoken about supporting RFK Jr. was never going to vote for Biden anyway. He voted Trump in both prior elections.
  11. Don't think I've seen him on Surly. I was always under the impression he was another hitby sock.
  12. The site overall is running much better than before (I'm strictly a PC user and not on mobile). Might have been covered already in the Shit's Borked or Ads threads but the new ad placement on the side is making a big difference and has eliminated the annoying pop-up ads, non-closeable videos in the corner, and redirect problems I had to deal with before. I appreciate the changes and updates recently made and can really tell the difference.
  13. Emergency Alert 2 just issued. First time this year. 😨
  14. I only speak English. Have been 'on the verge' of trying to learn another for years now. This includes Mandarin when I lived in Singapore and Japanese when I lived in Japan. But it was too easy getting away with English and I never pursued either seriously. I want to learn a language that I have some sort of passionate connection with. Spanish? Thai? Arabic? I'm dying to put in the effort and immerse myself into Duolingo or whatever to learn but I'm too finicky to commit. Yet at the end of the day I keep coming back to Cantonese because Hong Kong is far and way my 1,000% favorite city in the world. I have nothing else to contribute to this thread except the shoutout to Cantonese. I felt that.
  15. I'm with you and here's where I'm at: he'll likely win the GOP nomination but lose the general. The "blue wall" is strong enough in swing states where he'll not only lose the vote, but then won't be able to subvert the certification process like he came very close to doing in 2020. Recent Supreme Court ruling and indictments have given me hope that the 2020 fuckery won't get as far in 2024 (because they will definitely still try). This all assumes the economy/inflation/gas prices stay reasonable, and Biden is able to run. If either one of those change I'll start getting really worried. But ultimately the mere fact that Trump will be the nominee gets us way too close to the reality of him taking office again, which is fucked up in itself. So this is how I'm able to take a deep breath and not worry myself into insanity.
  16. Do you still live in SG? I read something about SG customs threatening to drug test BKK return flights to prevent locals from partaking in the weed. They'd probably skip you as an ang moh though.
  17. Flew AA from Denver to DFW on Wednesday and the crew made it clear from the opening announcement that you must wear earbuds or earphones for any type of media player. Of course this one dipshit in front of me ignored that and started watching a movie on his phone with full volume. FA quickly came over and made him turn it off. I think it's an awesome policy and AA earned a few points in my book. But yesterday I flew Nashville to DFW and there was no such announcement/enforcement. So maybe it's up to the crew to decide if they want to deal with it.
  18. IIRC he performed at Biden's inauguration and caused a few LOLs by taking time to greet all the ex-presidents and first ladies. I'm not entirely shocked by this news about his bar. He's a good dude.
  19. Can anyone put names to the faces for me going L to R? I recognize Corby, guessing Norm is wearing the ballcap with black shirt/tan pants, Gordo is behind him. Thanks. I'm just a P1 who doesn't follow them on social media and doesn't know what they look like.
  20. Because it's not easy to switch from US employees to offshore employees. You'll be spending a significant amount of time and money re-arranging your business process to accommodate the new setup, which will include lengthy periods of time for your retained US staff to learn the new flow of things. I have worked with some absolutely brilliant offshore teams, but just like the US and everywhere else, those teams are not the norm and you'll get what you pay for. The good teams are expensive. But this won't stop the FP&A teams from modeling a nice margin bump from offshoring which gives leadership a way to threaten the WFH crowd with it.
  21. Anyone else doing a double-take hearing the ATP students using their new callsign "Career Track"? Is it common for big box flight schools to create a callsign? Thrust does it here at Addison but I hadn't heard any other schools in the area doing it. Always wondered if they have it placarded or how else they remember their flight #.
  22. That's my theory. Tower thought WN was ready and had enough time to get out before the FedEx on a 3 mile final. Even though WN confirmed they knew how close the FedEx was, they didn't move quick enough. The recording cuts 30 seconds, then 20 seconds of silence during WN's takeoff, which is a crucial 50 seconds of limbo in that tight of a window. On top of that there was dense fog and low visibility so nobody could see eachother.
  23. Meaning once you're ready to go you tell the ground crew when to push back? And then you contact ground? Whereas other airports with that volume of traffic have a specific ramp control you contact before ground? I get why airports like Lubbock and Abilene would operate that way, which makes sense that Austin can turn into a shitshow if that's how it works there.
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