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    Multiple Recent ATC Errors...Why?

    Unless I've missed it, I still haven't seen an answer to my question as to whether the FAA has a surplus of applicants for controller training slots, because I don't see how DEI could be causing better-qualified applicants to be turned away unless such a surplus existed.
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    Multiple Recent ATC Errors...Why?

    I still have a couple of CRT computer monitors (in addition to a couple of flat-screen ones).
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    Multiple Recent ATC Errors...Why?

    I'm going to peg myself as an old guy by revealing that the first thing that came to mind for me was "cathode ray tube." :biggrin:
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    Multiple Recent ATC Errors...Why?

    I don't have any information on whether people are being hired whose disabilities prevent them from doing the job, so I won't comment on that. My question is this: Is there, in fact, a surplus of applicants? The reason I'm asking is that that would be necessary in order for qualified applicants...
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    Multiple Recent ATC Errors...Why?

    Funding for increased staffing is being proposed. https://thehill.com/regulation/transportation/4617992-buttigieg-us-needs-air-traffic-controllers/
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    Flight from NC to Washington state

    In western Washington, there's stuff worth seeing pretty much everywhere you look. Kenmore Air flys seaplanes all over. (I'm less familiar with eastern Washington.)
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    Multiple Recent ATC Errors...Why?

    That doesn't sound like a DEI issue. Was there a surge in retirements at some point?
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    Flight from NC to Washington state

    A couple of danger points: -The Colorado Rockies -High winds in the mountains
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    Headline: Near Collision At Reagan Intl.

    It's weird that the guy in the video complains about allegedly unqualified pilots when the article itself is about a case of controller error.
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    Enough jobs for the student pilot population?

    https://www.flyingmag.com/american-scales-back-pilot-hiring-plans/ Excerpt: In a recent briefing to pilots viewed by AirlineGeeks, company vice president of flight operations Russ Moore said that American plans to hire 1,300 pilots this year. In 2023, the airline hired around 2,300. Moore...
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    Alec Baldwin shoots and kills cinematographer.

    Sounds like a battle between two over-simplified talking points.
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    Enough jobs for the student pilot population?

    Try not to let your push for hours lead you to take unnecessary risks, as apparently happened to this guy: https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/commander-n965bc-crashes-in-icing-conditions-13-apr-2024-in-san-bernadino-mountains.146927/
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    Alec Baldwin shoots and kills cinematographer.

    That certainly sounds incriminating for whoever made that decision.
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    Alec Baldwin shoots and kills cinematographer.

    Yeah, the lack of remorse really sunk any plea for leniency for her. In the video I watched, it was pointed out that there are warnings that jailhouse phones are NOT private.
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    Alec Baldwin shoots and kills cinematographer.

    Other than that, the safest place to be on a Star Wars set apparently was wherever the storm troopers were supposed to be aiming. ;)
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    Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

    There was a guy on Facebook who was trying to convince me that it's impossible for rockets to leave the atmosphere because they would experience high-altitude stall. He claimed that all pilots know this, and when I told him that I'm a pilot, he didn't believe me. :rofl:
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    Windows 10 Help

    More commentary on the end of Windows 10. Many users are not happy.
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    Tennessee Senate passes bill outlawing Chemtrails

    Have religions started started testing their beliefs by conducting experiments and measurements?
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    Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

    The actress was real!
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    Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

    Maybe they were marooned on the southwest side of the island, so they couldn't see the mainland.
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