[Federalist] Starting in 2020, airlines did two insanely stupid things: They forced a generation of their most experienced pilots into early retirement, then committed to new race-based hiring rules.
A wagon train sounds more appealing to me right now than setting foot on a plane with a pilot more trained in detecting microaggressions at work than changes in airspeed and altitude.
I hate flying. My poor husband still has a sore arm from where I grabbed him every time the plane hit turbulence on our last flight. I didn’t always hate it — I used to fly across the country to and from college constantly without thinking about it. I’d fly to Europe without stressing about anything other than how bored I’d be for 12 hours. The Chuck Yeager voice of the calm pilot telling me to put my seatbelt on was reassuring. I was in good hands — the best.
But after one super bumpy flight through a storm cloud during a landing in Paris, I developed a fear of turbulence. This led to me falling into a plane crash rabbit hole. I learned about every gruesome plane crash from the last 50 years. I began to try to find out what caused most crashes, in a vain attempt to prevent having to go out like that.
What brings down an airplane? 9/11: al-Qaida terrorists. The American Airlines crash right after 9/11 out of JFK airport in New York: pilot error. The terrible Air France flight from South America: frozen pitot tubes and pilot error. The Calgon Air crash: ice and pilot error. The miracle on the Hudson: fat geese.
The miracle on the Hudson flight confirmed that in the unlikely event of a flight mishap, having a skilled pilot is literally your only hope.
This is why the degrading of pilot training and hiring in America fills me with existential dread. Since the pandemic-induced early buyouts of older and extremely experienced commercial pilots, I’ve been extra jumpy. Days before a flight, I start checking the turbulence maps to preview my fate. Looking at weather reports. Trying to figure out how old my actual plane will be and what its safety record is. I don’t fly certain airlines or during certain times of year (summer is thunderstorm season). You could not pay me to take an equator-crossing flight or one near Singapore, both routes known for bad turbulence.
You might say I am a neurotic lunatic, that this is no way to live — and you’d be right. But I promise you that if you ever fly with me, know that my frantic prayers are the only thing keeping that metal tube from plummeting to the ground.
one of the big causes of avionics failure is improper or deferred maintenance
if avionics techs and engineers are subject to race quota it might be worse than pilots subject to race quota
Posted by: lord garth ||
07/19/2023 14:07 Comments ||
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^ Yeah, we never heard if race or gender quotas had anything to do with the 737 MAX design issues.
Which leads one to think they probably did.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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Yet another "equity" over-ride of meritocracy and competence. The tragedy is that if you are honest, you begin to question minority professionals true competence, certainly the younger ones emerging these days. Yet another racial divide being slowly created, not solved!
#11
While I agree re. non-merit-based hiring & qualifying, and CCP-coded avionics, and understanding the horrible abuse of passengers (meat) by the airlines, I still find it more stressful dealing with the idiotic drivers on the way to and from the airports...
[Federalist] Oversight Committee Chair James Comer should corral Republicans before Wednesday to coordinate the questioning of the whistleblowers so the country learns the depth of the scandal.
The IRS whistleblowers who exposed the Department of Justice and FBI’s interference in the investigation into Biden family corruption will publicly testify on Wednesday before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.
The duo, Gary Shapley and a man known now only as Whistleblower X, had previously sat for transcribed interviews with the House Ways and Means Committee. And while some details from that closed-door testimony should be reiterated during the on-camera congressional hearing, Oversight Committee Chair James Comer should corral Republicans before Wednesday to coordinate the questioning of the whistleblowers so the country learns the depth of the scandal.
Here’s what they should ask Shapley and the soon-to-be-named second whistleblower and how they should do it.
#2
Margerie Taylor Greene just showed a huge image of Hunter getting a bj by a prostitute he paid and listed on returns as legit business expenses in the Oversight Committee hearing. The Dems on the committee pee'd on themselves when Margerie showed the image in the hearing.
[LegalInsurrection] Indeed, at its core, 303 Creative v. Aubrey Elenis was not about whether a business may discriminate because of its own beliefs, but rather whether the state may compel speech of a particular opinion even out of a desire to achieve equal access in the marketplace.
The left’s response to the decision in 303 Creative v. Aubrey Elenis has largely been screeching that the Supreme Court has authorized open discrimination and the violation of “equal rights.” Despite progressives casting the case as being all about a graphic designer refusing to serve a particular community, the ruling was grounded in the stipulated fact that the creation of a website is an expressive act. That leaves no doubt that the law cannot compel an opinion in the marketplace—no matter how unpopular it may be.
As such, 303 Creative v. Aubrey Elenis was about nothing less than how far free speech extends in the United States. And thankfully, the court reaffirmed that our republic is still in the business of advancing, not curtailing, expression, for the act is key to our experiment in self-governance.
This case arose from the desire of Denver-based graphic designer Lorie Smith to expand the services of her business, 303 Creative, to couples seeking wedding websites. At the same time, she, an evangelical Christian, knew that her unwillingness to betray her belief that marriage is between one man and one woman would expose her to liability under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act’s (CADA) exceedingly broad definition of a “public accommodation.” And potential penalties would have included fines, cease-and-desist orders, participation in mandatory educational programs, and submission of ongoing compliance reports.
[Federalist] The Federal Trade Commission inappropriately pressured an independent third-party auditing firm to find Twitter had violated the terms of its settlement agreement with the FTC, a motion filed last week in federal court reveals. That misconduct and the FTC’s own repudiation of the terms of the settlement agreement entitle Twitter to vacate the consent order, its lawyers maintain.
This latest development holds significance beyond Twitter’s fight with the FTC, however, with the details providing further evidence that the Biden administration targeted Twitter because of its owner Elon Musk’s support for free speech on his platform.
I “felt as if the FTC was trying to influence the outcome of the engagement before it had started,” a CPA with nearly 30 years of experience with the Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young (EY) testified last month. The FTC’s pressure campaign left EY partner David Roque so unsettled that he sought guidance from another partner concerning controlling ethical standards for CPAs to assess whether his independence had been compromised by the federal agency.
[American Thinker] On his latest trip to Washington, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog is to address a Congress that includes Democrats who will boycott his appearance, among then the anti-Semitic Rep. Ilhan Omar, deputy chair of the House Progressive Caucus. Recently, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the Progressive Caucus chair, denounced Israel as "a racist state," as quoted at Breitbart.
In response, a quartet of House Democrat leaders, led by Hakeem Jeffries, rushed to assert that Israel is not racist. Meanwhile, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has reportedly scheduled a vote about our ties to the Jewish State to make clear where House Republicans and Democrats stand on this important foreign policy issue.
Here, first, is the relevant part of the Breitbart report on Jayapal's clearly prejudicial attack on Israel, followed by questions on where House Democrats -- progressives and...semi-progressives? -- stand with respect to Israel, plus a question if this Hergoz visit reflects a change in the traditional, ceremonial, role of Israel's head of state.
[BEE] FULLERTON, CA — Members of a local church gathering took notice of a substantial increase in the volume of the congregational singing when the worship leader snuck in an old classic hymn during last Sunday morning's service.
"It seemed like they finally had something great to sing," said the worship leader, Luis Garcia. "After so many contemporary songs, tossing in an old hymn is like kicking praise and worship into hyperdrive. It's a night and day difference!"
After what had seemed to be a ho-hum time of worship during songs from modern creators Bethel, Hillsong, Elevation, and Chris Tomlin, Garcia dropped a hymn bomb out of nowhere with "It Is Well With My Soul." The vibe in the sanctuary immediately experienced a palpable shift, with congregants raising their hands in the air and weeping as they sang impassionedly to their Lord.
"You can only take so much of today's songs," said churchgoer Brad Armstrong. "Singing repurposed U2-style songs with endless bridges gets old after a while. When Luis busted out ’It Is Well With My Soul,' it was almost like the Spirit of God descended on the congregation. We were truly in awe of God and how great He is. If I didn't know better, I'd say there's a reason old hymns have stood the test of time for hundreds of years."
At publishing time, Garcia was considering the revolutionary idea of doing an all-hymn worship set, believing it could lead to an outpouring of worship greater than anything the church had ever experienced.
#1
The big problem with the modern praise songs is that they change every week. There is no way to learn the lyrics or especially the tunes. So, though I want to sing along, I can't--because I don't know the lyrics (unless they're flashed on a jumbotron) or the tune (which is never flashed.)
Posted by: Tom ||
07/19/2023 11:04 Comments ||
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Lyrics are on the big screen just like Taylor Swift.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
07/19/2023 11:32 Comments ||
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We still have hymnals in the pews that are full of oldies but goodies. Lyrics on the screen are no problem but those old hymnals should never be discarded. I mean, who knows, there might be a power outage but we could still sing.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
07/19/2023 12:09 Comments ||
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It was once a competition:
It is well (women loud) It is well (men blasting) (All together, now hit it) It is well with my soul.
Followed by smiles all around. Hipster music and juvenile lyrics will not replace the old standards.
#7
I open the hymnal and lip synch as a public service. I am not tone deaf. I guess I am tone mute? The Bethel stuff is fine when it is well done. Psalms sung well are also good. Sacred music of any sort is pleasing when done well.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
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In my church some of us call praise songs "7-11 songs." They have seven words, but you have to sing them eleven times.
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We talk about Mr. Wife as being tone dyslexic, SuperHose. He hears pitch — and both sounds and music in general — far more finely than I, but what comes out of his mouth is only in the general direction of the intended note. He loves music so much, it makes him really sad that he cannot participate fully.
[YouTube] Wikipedia: Operation Praying Mantis was an attack on 18 April 1988 by the United States Armed Forces within Iranian territorial waters in retaliation for the Iranian naval mining of the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War and the subsequent damage to an American warship.
#3
We destroyed a little bit more than intended. The goal was proportionally for the Samuel Robert’s damage. The rest of the Iranian navy would not have taken much more time.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
07/19/2023 8:18 Comments ||
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#4
Today it would probably take less than 20 minutes if we were serious about it.
Posted by: lord garth ||
07/19/2023 9:01 Comments ||
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Once we got the pronouns straight. No, correct.
Posted by: Bobby ||
07/19/2023 9:48 Comments ||
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RE#4 Our dear leaders don't take war serious, they want it to stretch out. Remember the ROES that our troops had to follow while the enemy was sawing heads off?
Posted by: Chris ||
07/19/2023 12:23 Comments ||
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#7
This is the Praying Mantis, as opposed to the preying mantis.
As in, we hope and pray it works.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
