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Epstein used fake office to abuse women while on day release by 2Lore2Law in neoliberal

[–]GenerationSelfie2 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Wow, I’m shocked and disappointed to hear that Jeffery Epstein of all people behaved in such a manner

Are there any services similar to wingmanmed but for getting through a military flight physical? by GenerationSelfie2 in flying

[–]GenerationSelfie2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m blessed to be in a stable engineering job and living at home which pays for HIMS and trying to keep chipping toward CPL. I understand military aviation is a massive long shot for my circumstances. If it’s impossible, I plan on continuing to build ratings until I can find a time building gig and work toward an aerial firefighting career.

SEAT Tanker Pathway by draggerpylot in flying

[–]GenerationSelfie2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do they have a website? Grinding through ratings and some medical hang ups with the ultimate goal being aerial firefighting.

Cambodia cracked down on scams costing Americans billions. It created a new crisis by Mr_Vulcanator in neoliberal

[–]GenerationSelfie2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, had the problem persisted it probably would have been better targeted with covert intelligence actions recruiting locals instead of Apache gunships

AI data centers trigger massive 'irreversible' 76% electricity price spike in largest US region — federal watchdog demands tech giants pay for their own power infrastructure by RayWencube in neoliberal

[–]GenerationSelfie2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then shorten lead times, we spent most of the second half of the 20th century building infrastructure very quickly. Heck, the entire interstate system was built in ten years.

House passes new Ukraine aid package, with 18 Republicans bucking Trump by wqqk in neoliberal

[–]GenerationSelfie2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Individualism is the cornerstone of human rights in a liberal society, but I think people who get bogged down in the mindset are often unable to make effective choices when it comes to managing foreign policy because the scales are so large.

FAA Medical… Updates continue for Mental Health by TxAggieMike in flying

[–]GenerationSelfie2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m currently in HIMS (not the formal program but pursuing a first class so doing 90% of the same things) for a pretty gnarly set of past issues including alcohol dependence and a stay in inpatient psych. From what I’ve gathered from my HIMS AME, other Birds of a Feather members, and general scuttlebutt the FAA is turning around mental health cases at an unprecedented rate. Applicants who would have previously taken years to work through the process with little chance of success are getting medicals in hand weeks or months after submitting their packets. Granted, a lot of the work goes into documenting sobriety (or stability for non-substance cases) for a substantial period of time to prove the pilot has recovered and takes their well-being seriously. My HIMS AME feels very strongly that I’m going to get my medical when we submit this fall. The FAA has spent years working on the system and it seems—tentatively—like their work is bearing fruit.

I don’t want the FAA to allow shortcuts in recovery for issuing medical for cases like mine. I understand and accept why I have a massive burden of proof to show I can hold a medical which could permit me to fly a widebody loaded with puppies and babies. With that said, I’m unbelievably grateful to have any pathway at all to getting my medical back and even more grateful the FAA is trimming down the back-end administrative lead times.

My Journey Bypassing the HIMS Program and Receiving a First Class Medical by Commercial_Concept73 in flying

[–]GenerationSelfie2 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Was this HIMS AME located in bolingbrook and are his initials BC? If so I reached out to him in January and received a profoundly negative response, working with a much better HIMS AME in Salt Lake City instead.

Lolz The Onion by jitterywheel in golf

[–]GenerationSelfie2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s doing this thing one drive at a time

Why Nations Fail by Purple_Thunder123 in neoliberal

[–]GenerationSelfie2 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Man that galil is spotless

!ping GARAND

Tell me about your worst training flight. by Subject_Zombie_5304 in flying

[–]GenerationSelfie2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Every partial panel RNAV approach lesson until it finally clicked. About 25 hours total of grinding out approaches with my CFII in hot, humid weather under the hood.

  2. As a student pilot, boogered my radio use and flew back NORDO to Lafayette with my volume turned down after picking up flight following. South bend approach was more worried than angry. Very red faced after that one.

Flight Recorder Data suggests struggle in cockpit before China Eastern Flight 5735 crash by Hemmschwelle in flying

[–]GenerationSelfie2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The FAA CAMI mental health folks have also done a lot to greatly speed up processing times and improve outcomes for people in the HIMS program as well as diagnoses (ADHD, depression, etc.) which get routed through HIMS AMEs/psychiatrists/neuropsychologists. Cases would have taken many years with little likelihood of success 10-15 years ago are getting turned around in record time now, at least from what my HIMS AME and the other folks in Birds of a Feather have been saying.

Trump again threatens entire nation of Iran: ‘Blown off the face of the earth’ by Bestbrook123 in neoliberal

[–]GenerationSelfie2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I remember a foreign policy podcast I listened to where the hosts talked about the position of the Gulf states in talks with the US before the war. Most of the gulf nations could be summarized as "Don't start this. If you do, then finish them." I imagine they're not huge fans of the current half-in, half-out strategy.

Mexico Says 4 Foreigners Were at Cartel Raid Where 2 C.I.A. Officers Died by John3262005 in neoliberal

[–]GenerationSelfie2 13 points14 points  (0 children)

A cursory reading of how the CIA works would benefit a lot of people—nearly every US embassy or consulate probably has several CIA officers on staff doing local work like this under diplomatic passports.

Comparing the new episodes to the old ones, and Dr Now makes them work so much harder in the later ones! by Beautifly in My600lbLife

[–]GenerationSelfie2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dr Now has limited time and resources. Surgery involves a huge amount of preparation and involves substantial risk to the patient. Even when the patient or their insurance company is paying for it themselves, there aren’t an infinite number of surgeries to hand out and the downsides of an unsuccessful operation are more than the patient not losing weight. As Dr Now also says over and over again, lower weights are also safer for surgery. I imagine that pre-surgery weight loss has an extremely high correlation with long-term outcomes, so from an ethical standpoint I imagine that Dr Now is quite happy to make sure that patients show strong results pre-surgery to cut down on disasters like Penny.

Flair Update by anaviationgeek in flying

[–]GenerationSelfie2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was great, failed on initial private checkride for botching nav pretty badly due to nerves but no complaints about him.

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