Sluggo63

So there I was… doing manual weight and balance at delta for YEARS during training and recurrent… in case the system went down. The...

When I started flying the KC-135 we didn't have computerized takeoff data. Everything was manually done chasing spaghetti charts. You'd...

Only if you’re so hairy that you don’t need to wear clothes. ;)

I never busted the time limit. But did once or twice chug the rest of a drink with 10 seconds to go.

Randoms for us are urinalysis and a breathalyzer.

AdRev profit-motivated "original sin" aside, SWA pax have died in the past as a result of engine containment failures. Beyond an honest...

I don't wonder whether two different nonprecision approaches are two different nonprecision approaches.

I wonder if LNAV RWY 19 and LNAV RWY 01 are two different non-precision approaches? They're the same type of navigational aid, but that...

Over my career in aerospace, I got to see a bit of the "old Boeing" and the "new Boeing", and even a bit of "old v new Boeing". I was...

Just finished Masters of the Air. Karen and I thought it was excellent, and the quality of the CGI - or lack thereof - was hardly...

I had a ground instructor who flew right seat in Constellations back in the day. He did a lot of flights into Mexico and central...

When someone spills hot coffee on themselves, the only thing they can do is strip down naked. And in the name of crew integrity...

And they wonder why so many of us decide to leave. I Survived the Tailhook witch hunt and having worked a TDY as a recorder on a...

Hafa Adai fellow survivor! We didn't ask, we merely answered the call, and we all returned with Honor..ish....sorta. :biggrin:

I mean, if getting strapped to a ship's wheel and being beaten until there's welts on your back doesn't equate to 7 years in the Hanoi...