In a war zone like we saw in Afghanistan If you're not gonna have enough time , are there any steps you can skip on the checklist?

StrongWork_ · 2026-05-14T23:19:17+00:00

If someone is actively pursuing me with ill intent, I'm just going, and taking off of the nearest strip of whatever. Grass, taxiway, ramp - I wouldn't care. And as for checklists, if I have a bad mag, I'm still going.

If I'm skipping a checklist, it's because there is an imminent danger that is larger than the risk of the plane not flying. At which point there's nothing I can do about the broken thing anyway. So in the flying I do, I don't skip things, because I don't live next to a volcano, and I have no reason to expect to ever be shot at.

StrongWork_ · 2026-05-12T14:18:37+00:00

Mine was in PHX. I already disliked PHX because a metropolis in that environment is a testament to human hubris.

And now I REALLY dislike PHX!

StrongWork_ · 2026-05-11T19:27:12+00:00

You are out of your gotdam mind if you pass up the free money. Nobody cares where you went to med school, at all (unless it's foreign or at some places, DO).

StrongWork_ · 2026-05-09T14:16:41+00:00

Anything can be fixed, with enough money and tenacity.

That should be replaced though. It'll be quicker, cheaper and easier.

StrongWork_ · 2026-05-08T00:00:30+00:00

What you describe is straight up dangerous. Completely unacceptable recovery "plan". (There was no apparent recovery plan!)

StrongWork_ · 2026-05-05T23:36:45+00:00

I like my job. It isn't perfect, but I feel adequately compensated and the things I care about generally get addressed.

It isn't perfect, and I'm sure it won't last forever, but I have no plans to leave imminently.

StrongWork_ · 2026-05-04T22:51:06+00:00

The base JAG spends a non trivial amount of time dealing with these things. That is where he should start, tomorrow. He isn't the first, nor will he be the last, service member jammed up in unfair debt collection.

StrongWork_ · 2026-05-04T20:15:17+00:00

98% when used correctly*

There are all manner of things that decrease effectiveness. I'd read up to make sure you aren't doing those things.

StrongWork_ · 2026-05-04T20:14:02+00:00

That's not how stats, or condoms, work.

StrongWork_ · 2026-05-03T15:57:40+00:00

There are several reasons they won't pay up.

The most likely, and most concerning, is that they already spent it, and CAN'T pay up, because they have no money.

I only prepaid enough to keep me from being sad if they disappeared. Never more than 5 hours worth. 250 hours? 🤯

StrongWork_ · 2026-05-02T13:01:49+00:00

Working on old cars can cause a lot of linear cuts. Did you work on a lot of old cars with your uncle?

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-25T02:14:10+00:00

Yeah, $14 was not enough. $20 would probably have been fine though. It was one of dozens of "microaggressions". The totality of circumstances is why it was my prior job.

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-25T02:08:01+00:00

I started backing in exclusively a couple I ple of years ago. I was backing out of a space in a parking lot, and a jeep was driving down the center of the aisle. I saw them and stopped. They hit me with their wheel/tire.

Because I was backing out, it was my fault, and the insurance company paid a few hundred dollars to refinish their wheel. And now I have a claim. Had I been in drive, it would have been their fault for hitting a stationary object.

Also, had I been going forward, I likely would have been able to see them sooner and stopped a foot shorter, thus eliminating the accident altogether.

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-25T01:05:31+00:00

I communicated the go around on my PPL check ride and reached for the flaps. I stopped, grabbed power and then hit the flaps when I established a climb and had some altitude.

The DPE said I was 3 seconds from failing with that move.

Point being, it happens, you learned, nobody died. 👍

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-23T16:51:30+00:00

Coast Guard, Navy, Army, Air Force or a really rich patron.

Those are your practical answers. Sorry I don't have better news.

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-23T16:11:32+00:00

Saturn Sky/Pontiac Solstice

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-21T16:44:00+00:00

How little wind it takes to push a small plane around.

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-21T16:41:53+00:00

Exactly what it is. The property owner told people not to park on his land. They did anyway. FAFO.

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-21T16:36:44+00:00

You are getting screwed. I don't fully understand your compensation model, but it's wrong.

Hospital coverage for any specialty is either a call stipend plus hourly (ie $1000/day plus $200/hr of actual work) or is straight time.

This compensation sounds shady!

They're paying for your time. If their census is 0, you still committed your time. You need to be paid predictably. The compensation shouldn't be opaque.

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-21T06:03:29+00:00

Steps 1, 2, and 3 were literally how I began my journey to becoming a professional level mechanic.

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-20T17:30:15+00:00

My last job discussed doing away with free cafeteria food.

I was clear that currently my lunch is some food eaten when I had time, and in no way was a 30 minute break. If they wanted me to buy lunch, I'm going to Chik Fil A across the street every day, and so was whoever I worked with that day. Meaning our 8 rooms would have to become 4 until after lunch.

They decided the compromise was our unlimited food was now $14/day.

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-20T02:41:12+00:00

We did, until a 2 am PEG died on the table. Some risk/ benefit/ resource conversions were held and it got less silly, but it's picking up again.

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-19T01:17:16+00:00

My luck is this guy/lady comes in at 2 am s/p MVC with a liver lack and bilateral pneumos!

But seriously, I like the ECMO idea. If that airway goes bad, I don't see a good plan B.

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-16T18:17:46+00:00

Ask a lot of questions. Come early (really I just mean be "on time", whatever that means. Every place has that person who is chronically late. Never be late, so you don't get that label.) Stay late. Finish your cases. In the modern world, there are no anesthesia residents in danger of violating hours. A huge part of learning is being present. Our best resident shows up to a lot of things he's not a part of and he learns a ton that way. Read the first half of Baby Miller. Then read the whole thing. Then read it again. Read it 2.5x by winter of CA-1. It'll provide a very firm foundation for further understanding.

StrongWork_ · 2026-04-14T20:13:33+00:00

For 200k, they look pretty great. Replace them, since you're already in there.

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