"Many airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community." - Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-AL

Uh… uh… hmmm.

Wha? Guessing the faa will pawn that issue off on hims too. Why not?
 
AV8R_87 said:
You don't know what's going on after the cockpit door is locked.

Explains why pilots need those massive flight bags.
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lol.

Not even in the top 5 of my concerns with modern airline travel lately :D I hope they're living it up behind that door.
 
I encountered an actual furry in a public setting once. That was just… weird. Really weird.
 
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I always wondered why he was hired as head coach of the Cincinnati BEARCATS football team. Trying to infiltrate a Furry Community?

OTOH I didn’t wonder at all why he was fired.
 
It may be true!!! Reports say he wanted to raise awareness on the issue after discovering a documentary from decades ago that portrayed a small group of Search and Rescue operatives that used their likeness to animals to their benefit while conducting dangerous operations.

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I also heard ALPA now requires litter boxes in all cockpits.
 
aterry1067 said:
It may be true!!! Reports say he wanted to raise awareness on the issue after discovering a documentary from decades ago that portrayed a small group of Search and Rescue operatives that used their likeness to animals to their benefit while conducting dangerous operations.

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I also heard ALPA now requires litter boxes in all cockpits.
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Somebody watches Seth Meyers...
 
So, I saw this explanation on Facebook, and it finally all makes sense, as much as it can:

If you’re asking, “Why is Senator Tommy Tuberville calling aviation workers furries?”, I will connect the dots for you.​
Pilots and air traffic controllers communicate primarily using VHF frequency communications radios. One feature of VHF radio communications is that only one station can transit at a time to be understood. If two stations (two aircraft, or one aircraft and ATC) transmit at the same time, the transmissions are blocked and usually unreadable.​

There are discrete frequencies for different ATC facilities, and a single universal VHF radio frequency that is reserved for emergency communications, such as an aircraft in distress and requiring immediate assistance. ATC is always monitoring the emergency frequency because an aircraft in distress can transmit on that frequency to call Mayday.​

Airline pilots and other pilots flying aircraft with more than one VHF communications radio usually have the primary radio tuned to ATC and the secondary radio tuned to the emergency frequency, with the volume turned up on both. Airline pilots monitor the emergency frequency because sometimes an aircraft in distress is at a low altitude and ATC can’t receive their transmissions, but nearby high-altitude aircraft can. Airline pilots can and do assist other aircraft experiencing emergencies by helping communicate with ATC.​

Entirely separately, in 2001 the comedy movie Super Troopers was released, with goofball state highway troopers. In one scene they play the “cat game” where a trooper is challenged to replace the word “now” with “meow” as many times as possible.​

A bit after Super Troopers came out, random pilots began to transmit on the emergency frequency to transmit the single word “meow”. Then sometimes a different pilot would reply “meow”. Rumor has it that this began at a certain regional airline, but it spread. This juvenile behavior has persisted for some two decades.​

Pilots meowing on the emergency frequency isn’t just “silly” or “annoying” or “unprofessional” — it has interfered with emergency communications and assistance to aircraft experiencing emergencies. However, there is no technology to identify which aircraft is transmitting “meow” to put a stop to it.​

Entirely separately, a “furry” is a person who takes on the persona of a cartoon-like caricature of an animal and may dress up like that animal… it is a sexual kink for some.​

These entirely separate phenomena merged in Senator Tommy Tuberville’s addled brain. After hearing some ATC tape recordings that included pilots meowing, he made a mental leap into the gutter. In a 20-minute speech on the floor of the Senate, Tuberville railed against furries as mentally ill and made the unproven claim that aviation professionals are furries and therefore unsafe.​

Bottom line: It’s weird and awful that a kink-shaming conservative Republican might bring the meowing to an end, but okay, I’ll take it as a win.​
 
mryan75 said:
This is not a political comment. This guy needs help. What an absolute moron.
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The current DoD consistently threatens those of us with the wrong kind of rank on, with UCMJ action (art 88) for attempting to utilize a 1A (even as active retirees) which is apparently purported to "be given up for life" by virtue of said rank. Thankfully Sen. Kelly is fighting that good fight for us right now, and it looks as though we will prevail.

Until such a time, [Kelly adjudication or January 2029 (whichever happens first)], I'll have to quote you instead. You said it, I didn't.

sockpuppet life FTW.
 
Seems to me that when you separate from service, whether by discharge, resigning commission prior to 20 years, or retirement, you should also be released from UCMJ and your branch’s regulations. They got your prime decades of life and enormous sacrifice. They can pull a Maverick and let it go. The only reason that DoD would restrict retirees from full 1A is because they’re scared of the truth.
 
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