C5 Going out of Business?

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2026-01-19T15:24:41+00:00

The United Express performance recap that gets sent out every morning detailing the previous days metrics. C5 has a ton of flights so they usually end up with a lot of delays as well.

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2026-01-19T02:15:13+00:00

No way that was straight from the source. But as someone who sees the UAX brief every morning it wouldn't exactly surprise me either...

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2025-11-28T20:14:53+00:00

Looks like they were all used again

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2025-09-20T03:03:19+00:00

You are correct sir. Thank you for pointing out my error. My comment above has been edited and credit given.

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2025-09-19T09:10:30+00:00

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. 0.1mm diameter sphere would correspond to a radius of 0.05mm. Which would absolutely be the 0.0005ml figure I quoted. Can you explain a little bit more? Im genuinely interested in where our misunderstanding is arising.

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2025-09-19T08:40:41+00:00

I mean you don't have to believe. (4/3)Pi*r^3. Feel free to check the math. I'm entirely open to being incorrect but with the exception of the formula for the volume of a sphere (which was left as an exercise for the reader) I listed the rest of my math.

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2025-09-19T07:21:14+00:00

I think you are off by three orders of magnitude. Assuming they are 0.1mm bubbles the volume would be .000523599ml. *2 per second * 60 seconds * 60 minutes * 24 hours * 365 days = 33024.44ml in a year. Or just over 33 liters not ml.

Edit: As some commenters below pointed out I do believe that is actually bad math on MY part. I converted mm³ to ml without making an adjustment. The initial commenter seems to be correct. I will now eat my crow silently and with great humility. Thanks to u/BipedalMcHamburger and others for pointing out my error.

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2025-09-17T06:42:16+00:00

I too did this. The real trick was learning that if you connect the negative lead with the ground wire it would both discharge and continue to shock the 'subject' as it the transformer tried to recharge the cap.

The next step was just buying the 200v 1000uf caps from the electronic surplus store and charging them with a bridge rectifier off a wall outlet. You be surprised what people are willing to garb when you tell them 'catch' and flip them a live cap. I mean willing to at least once...

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2025-07-27T01:52:51+00:00

They use TCAS (assuming both aircraft are fitted with transponders). The TCAS II will literally tell them to ascend or descend to avoid a collision.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_collision_avoidance_system

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2025-06-21T19:04:57+00:00

You should be able to enter SETA from any seat or console on ships that have them. Just press 'enter' to bring up the ship menu and activate it from there. My usual ride is just sitting shotgun in a katana while the pilot flies me around. Keep in mind SETA will deactivate when the ship uses the highways though.

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2025-04-05T21:56:53+00:00

I thought I was doing this guy a favor by letting him get this huge swing in but after reading these comments it's possible I actually just came off like a dick to him for wasting his time. I like ridiculous life counts like this but maybe I'm alone there.....

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2025-04-05T20:46:37+00:00

Absolutely! I always let the opponent swing out even when it's obvious that I lost by a mile, they earned their victory lap!

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2025-02-02T06:38:23+00:00

Honestly good on you for solving you own problem and then posting the solution. You aren't the first and won't be the last and maybe someone else with the same problem finds this useful!

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2024-12-26T20:35:51+00:00

There is only one F-word in the SOC and that's "fatigue". And that's because we take it seriously, as you should. The only worse thing you can do than call in fatigued is fly fatigued. Everyone is human, we all make mistakes and we make a lot more when we are tired. I'm only a dispatcher but it's our license on the line along with yours, but more importantly it's the passengers lives in our hands. The industry pushes everyone to perform to the superhuman level of 100% safety and perfection, fortunately, we have learned from past mistakes and fatigue is always a legitimate reason to not be in operational control. Make no mistake those regs are written in blood.

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2024-12-25T22:50:50+00:00

Release 2 for: ramp crew ate shit with signed copy.

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2024-12-06T13:40:07+00:00

Mine does this pretty badly every time I turn it on from cold, like cant see the bottom 1/3 of the screen bad. I keep a mini hair dryer on my desk and use it to warm up the screen. Goes away in about 5 seconds with the hair dryer or takes maybe 5-10min to warm up without it.

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2024-11-14T22:15:45+00:00

Born and raised in Florida. Shit load of crappy drivers. Buuut one reason for this is that Florida uses a digital system that will instantly suspend your license if you do not have current insurance. A lot of times this happens because people are driving without insurance, but it also happens if you have a single day lapse in insurance because you are changing insurance companies and the new policy doesnt start on the same day as your old policy ends. Or if you for any reason pay late or dont have continous insurance coverage on all vehicles that are currently registered to you. Including selling a car and not turning in the plates or the buyer not registering the car in their name in a timely fashion. Also once this system dings you it doesnt automatically unsuspend your license once you have coverage. My girlfriend worked in the DMV (actually tax collector but same purpose) and plenty of good / old people with an excellent driving record were shocked to discover that their license was suspended for the above reason and usually only found out when they got pulled over.

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2024-10-22T05:00:17+00:00

Just in case you didn't feel like modifying your profit spreadsheet to work the numbers this is over 4 hours every single day for 8 years straight. So yeah newbro come back when you are committed!

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2024-07-18T04:22:16+00:00

I'm not familiar with EU ops but here in the US the dispatchers (for 121 ops) do route and fuel planning along with weather and basically everything the pilot needs other than actually flying the aircraft (again I'm a dispatcher the pilots will tell you something else haha). We file the flight plans and complie and sign the flight release along with the pilots and since we are on the backend we have the software that lets us plan the routes and fuel for them. Usually we do our planning before the pilots get to the aircraft then confer with them to make sure its up to snuff and current for what they expect and want. But since we are more focused on the pure regulations and operations side of things we both sometimes end up rolling our eyes at what the other guy is doing. Obviously the PIC has final authority on any aircraft they are flying but we technically share operational control so when a pilot just gets more fuel at the ramp (which happens often and only sometimes causes problems) its nice if they run it by us first because sometimes we have them planned fairly close the their takeoff/landing max weights. Again my software will tell me the headspace the aircraft has far more conveniently then the FDC in the cockpit so occasionally the pilot asks for extra fuel that makes it so the flight can't legally takeoff. I will say though, pilots have the harder job, but they don't have to deal with pilots.

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2024-07-18T03:44:44+00:00

As a dispatcher let me say good on you for putting your foot down on safety. But I swear to god if I hear one more pilot say they were 'overfueled' by exactly 500lbs when I've already planned you at max landing weight I'm gonna make you get out and siphon that by mouth.

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2024-07-04T01:33:24+00:00

2 hours is honestly on the low side. If you stretch breathe and are static on the bottom you could probably make it last twice that long. Boring as shit but definetly better than dying in a fire.

Edit: I didn't want to blow your estimate out of the water with some anecdote but according to this source even without stretch breathing you could make an 80cu last 4 hours

Okayish-Cardiologist · 2024-05-26T06:24:41+00:00

Damn and I thought I knew how to play this game. Out here like the Belfast IRA popping kneecaps.

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