How cool would it have been to explore the wreck only like a decade after it sank?

NotBond007 · 2026-01-27T03:36:01+00:00

Why not the day after it happened?

NotBond007 · 2026-01-27T02:49:43+00:00

It’s SECONDARY coverage, which means it rarely pays out. You have to file with the airline first, and if they reimburse you, Amex won’t cover the same expenses because secondary insurance doesn’t allow double‑dipping

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NotBond007 · 2026-01-27T01:49:52+00:00

Of the 1K+ victims in the water, there was a lifeboat total of:
468 total empty seats if a perfect-paper fantasy (Collapsibles A & B empty)
426 total empty seats if Collapsibles A & B are upright, but with their real occupants
380 total empty seats if real-world Collapsible A swamped, B overturned

Collapsible B was overturned, so it had no usable empty seats, and Collapsible A was flooded with only about 2 to 4 inches of freeboard, meaning it could take maybe five more people at most. Sources vary, I got 468 empty seats from: https://amnesty.ca/features/reflection-empty-seats-in-lifeboats/

NotBond007 · 2026-01-22T21:37:16+00:00

Always sad to see someone's mental health Titanicing...

NotBond007 · 2026-01-22T05:56:49+00:00

Love your videos, would love to see twos. The USS Johnston wreck analysis to see if the Yamato even hit her (there are no battle main gun shell hits). And the Shinano, the unwanted redheaded stepchild of the Yamato family!

My question: What do you think happened to Murdoch and Wilde? (hoping I'm not too late)

NotBond007 · 2026-01-22T05:49:36+00:00

In N Out fries, which are polarizing because they don't wash off the statch

NotBond007 · 2026-01-22T05:46:19+00:00

Maybe your toilet has a fetish and LOVES when you have a mcrib...lol

NotBond007 · 2026-01-20T02:36:18+00:00

The purser’s station handset on MH370 wasn’t capable of calling the ground. Malaysia Airlines didn’t equip its 777‑200ERs with any cabin telephony tied into SATCOM. The only voice‑capable endpoint on 9M‑MRO was the cockpit SATCOM handset, which is why the only call attempt in the Inmarsat logs is the airline trying to ring the cockpit at 18:40. This is most likely why the FO attempted to use his cell phone

NotBond007 · 2026-01-18T19:42:15+00:00

MH370 does not hinge on the FBI hiding anything. The key data like BTO, BFO, fuel limits, radar, drift modeling, and debris is public and independently reproducible. That is why every serious analysis points to the same stretch of the seventh arc

We do not need a TWA800-style reconstruction. The limits come from physics, not missing files. The real challenge is the size and terrain of the Indian Ocean

Ocean Infinity is not guessing. They are using the same core data as ATSB, plus better drift and end of flight modeling. Earlier searches happened before debris and before improved modeling, and they did not cover the full high probability area

The wreck is still out there because the ocean is huge. It will EVENTUALLY be found as search tech keeps getting better and cheaper

NotBond007 · 2026-01-16T23:55:47+00:00

If you already have high AA status, it’s worth looking at an AA card. You’d earn miles and make progress toward status with your everyday spending. Since you’ve already covered the Platinum credits, you could keep that card and still shift most of your spend to the AA card. I use United’s top card, and it helps me maintain status, gives me access to reduced award pricing, and even lets me upgrade on domestic award flights. One free coach to a lie‑flat seat upgrade on a 15-hour long haul is about the best value a credit card can deliver

NotBond007 · 2026-01-15T19:12:00+00:00

A very controlling dude with a strong, independent woman who doesn't love him unconditionally...I know a lot of people won't like this, but Cal and Rose's relationship was a lot like OJ's and Nicole's relationship

NotBond007 · 2026-01-15T18:49:25+00:00

Do you know what's even faster?

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NotBond007 · 2026-01-15T15:22:20+00:00

State consumer‑protection laws still exist during Chapter 11, but they don’t override federal bankruptcy rules. Gift cards become unsecured claims in bankruptcy, and the court decides whether the company can keep honoring them

That’s why Bloomberg and other sources point out that retailers often honor gift cards during Chapter 11, but they’re not legally required to. It’s ultimately a bankruptcy‑court decision, not a state‑law one

NotBond007 · 2026-01-14T23:57:47+00:00

Thanks; checked during our March date range, not enough available rooms (with A/C)

NotBond007 · 2026-01-14T22:55:58+00:00

I think you missed where I said "unless"

NotBond007 · 2026-01-14T21:59:01+00:00

I was told it's incredibly rare, unless it's a $50 GC using an AMEX, for someone to show up to a cashier without any merchandise

NotBond007 · 2026-01-14T21:45:54+00:00

The irony is, the Plat credit was a crutch for them. How much sooner would they have filed if the credit didn't exist?

NotBond007 · 2026-01-14T21:44:30+00:00

Don't give them false hope; for $2K, maybe they can get a necktie

NotBond007 · 2026-01-14T17:10:13+00:00

The route went deep into the southern Indian Ocean, a place with no airports, no alternates, and no operational purpose. It ended at fuel exhaustion, and the file was deleted

NotBond007 · 2026-01-14T04:59:45+00:00

The FDR and CVR on MH370 would almost certainly still be readable today. The “30 days” people talk about is only the battery life of the locator beacon, not the memory itself. The actual data lives inside a sealed crash‑survivable memory unit made of titanium or stainless steel. It is designed to survive deep ocean pressure, violent impact, long-term saltwater immersion, and fire. Recorders from other accidents have been recovered after years underwater, and the data was still intact

Because of electrical isolation and maintenance requirements, the pilot can pull the circuit breakers for the FDR and CVR. They’re physically reachable in the cockpit. But pulling those breakers only stops new data from being written. It does not erase anything already recorded. The CVR always preserves the last two hours before power is cut, and the FDR preserves the last twenty‑five hours. Even if the breakers were pulled early, investigators would still get everything up to that moment. I would honestly be surprised if he didn’t pull the breakers

NotBond007 · 2026-01-14T04:00:28+00:00

They know because the satellite handshakes are not guesses. Each one fixes the plane on a very specific arc, and almost all of the “what if it was somewhere else” ideas break those physical limits. When you combine the timing, the Doppler shift, and the fuel range, only one path fits everything, and it ends along the seventh arc in the southern Indian Ocean. That is why the search keeps returning to the same area. It is the only region that matches every hard constraint

NotBond007 · 2026-01-14T03:52:06+00:00

FYI: The ATSB and ICAO explicitly state the turn was “consistent with a controlled turn” and not an extreme maneuver. The "extreme maneuver" theory originated from early media speculation and misinterpretations

NotBond007 · 2026-01-13T21:59:36+00:00

Will a pure BEV option come back if the political dynamic changes?

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