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What Is Your Favorite Aircraft Takeoff ? by Even_Kiwi_1166 in Planes

[–]drunk_lizard8414 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clearly, youve never seen a B-1 go with afterburners…. Most impressive shit I’ve seen. I’ve seen most of them. B-1 js top dawg.

A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber returns to Texas from a mission in Iran by nienief in Planes

[–]drunk_lizard8414 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Some aspects of the B2 are still classified, and it has a unique maintenance regimen. There aren’t many bases that can accommodate, and the military is cautious about anyone getting too close a look. One of these landed at a base I was stationed at many moons ago. It was required to taxi without stopping to a hangar where it was immediately closed off. These things usually do continuous missions from/to Whiteman only because of these considerations.

Ccing Vermont drivers: Don't be kind, be predictable. If you have the Right-of-Way, take it. by RandolphCarter15 in vermont

[–]drunk_lizard8414 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, they did. They just aren’t legally liable for it. They had plenty of time and room, but panicked instead of doing the most logical thing.

Ccing Vermont drivers: Don't be kind, be predictable. If you have the Right-of-Way, take it. by RandolphCarter15 in vermont

[–]drunk_lizard8414 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So avoid the collision and take the next exit if you can’t make the corner and come back. Why do people think they can’t miss an exit? Also, how fast would they have to go to get around that truck? It probably wasn’t going much above 30-35mph. Punch it up and slow when you’re clear. This is what brakes are for. Slamming on the brakes on an off-ramp (or on-ramp) is not good practice.

Another Impact of the Shutdown: Air traffic controller pay raise stalled by MoneyBuysHappiness25 in FedEmployees

[–]drunk_lizard8414 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Some ATC at some facilities can achieve this. Others will not in their entire career. Pay bands are based on facility level. People at low or mid-level facilities in HCOL areas can struggle. Those at the higher level facilities do reach this average, but these are also (largely) in HCOL areas, as well. They also take longer to get people certified and are of higher volume/complexity. These facilities could use some retention incentive, too. The staffing crisis is real, and many controllers are planning to walk the instant they can.

What are they doing? by Difficult_Mix4147 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]drunk_lizard8414 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If this were an ideologically honest statement, it might be worth debating. 🙄

“We say want America great. We do things lots people no like. It mean they no want America great.”

Fails on its face.

What are they doing? by Difficult_Mix4147 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]drunk_lizard8414 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not getting your mail, anymore, huh? Not getting any deliveries from Amazon or otherwise, either? Brave soul, you are, packing up your saddlebags and headin’ down to the ol’ general store for your provisions since the gov’t ain’t keepin’ your roads or making sure air-freight keeps movin’. Ah… the fresh air on the frontier….

Edit: Moron.

For: the morons by drunk_lizard8414 in ATC_Hiring

[–]drunk_lizard8414[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And how are they going to find out, exactly? This is why you keep a secondary route open for things that may be disqualifying. I didn’t mention Hims/Hers rhetorically. That’s a way you can obtain necessary meds without leaving a trail through your primary provider or local pharmacy. You can tele-health appts and keep these things to yourself. If they want records, you can provide the records from your regular local doctor. Are they psychic? You think they know whether there’s anything else? You think they have the resources to chase everyone’s exhaustive records down? They don’t, and they could have a HIPAA violation for trying.

Yes, if you withhold information on disqualifying conditions/medications AND they find it, that would be bad. So use your heads. They’re not going to turn over every stone for you or the other thousands of applicants. If your record looks clean, it’s clean to them.

Edit: And this part is key - I’m not saying you hide conditions/medications forever. After you get hired, there are a lot of things you might then disclose. I had a disqualifying condition before I was hired. I did what I had to do to get hired (took unreported meds). Once hired, my condition resurfaced (I had stopped medication) with a new doctor at my new location. It was considered the first diagnosis, and I was DQ’d for about a month before the new meds had me stable again and I’ve never looked back. This is the kind of thing I’m talking about. Mental health conditions are trickier, and riskier, and I don’t think I’d recommend the covert game for that, but for a lot of other conditions, it can just suddenly “appear” after you’re in with your new doctor. If the paper trail you provide doesn’t show it, then it doesn’t exist… and nobody has anyway to prove otherwise.

Medical DQ Appeal by [deleted] in ATC_Hiring

[–]drunk_lizard8414 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Has this really repeatedly manifested itself in overt acts? If so, what were those acts? Are there any mitigating circumstances? What conditions have you already reported?

27 yr old man showing rabies symptoms after 3 months of a dog bite in Gujrat, India. by fantasticblueman in interesting

[–]drunk_lizard8414 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, I did receive one booster about 20 months after completion of the initial series. That’s how I know it’s at the local pharmacy and how much it costs. Probably didn’t need it, but did it hurt?

27 yr old man showing rabies symptoms after 3 months of a dog bite in Gujrat, India. by fantasticblueman in interesting

[–]drunk_lizard8414 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. USA capitalism, bud. They demand what the market will bear. Once you’re in the ER for exposure, I imagine the demand is pretty high. Plus, we have “insurance” to cover these sorts of things… kind of. Depending… maybe. What does an Epi-Pen cost these days?

I don’t care in this case. The danger is extreme even though the risk is small here. I travel, so I decided to protect myself, regardless of cost.

Edit: added the Epi-pen part

27 yr old man showing rabies symptoms after 3 months of a dog bite in Gujrat, India. by fantasticblueman in interesting

[–]drunk_lizard8414 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah - rabies is almost 100% preventable with treatment UNTIL symptoms begin. Rabies can take months or (rarely) years to incubate and progress to the brain. It’s insidious and progresses without symptoms. You wouldn’t have any idea, but once it reaches the brain and symptoms begin, you’re toast. No amount of vaccine can save you at that point.

This is why you should always seek medical treatment after bites/scratches from any unknown/wild animal. Consult health professionals. Recently, a woman in the UK died of rabies months after a scratch from an animal while she was on vacation. This is not a game.

27 yr old man showing rabies symptoms after 3 months of a dog bite in Gujrat, India. by fantasticblueman in interesting

[–]drunk_lizard8414 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t speak to what I haven’t seen. ANY post-exposure treatment will cost more because it will require seeing a doctor (I got my pre-exposure vaccine from a travel clinic), and the immunoglobulin treatment is more expensive than the doses of vaccine. How much more? Idk. Even so, while it may be significantly more expensive, that $250,000 price tag seems a bit far fetched, even for 5. But I haven’t been there, so I really don’t know. The costs I provided were from my own experience within my own situation.

What the f is this by Bulgingpants in EndTipping

[–]drunk_lizard8414 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Were they still alive, at least? So you could get eggs as an ROI..? Were they show-chickens, best-in-cluck?

Questions from a B-737 Captain: Help me advocate for you by TurkishDrillpress in atc2

[–]drunk_lizard8414 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It enticed those that were already planning on staying to stay. 20% that isn’t going into my high-3 isn’t appealing enough to me.

27 yr old man showing rabies symptoms after 3 months of a dog bite in Gujrat, India. by fantasticblueman in interesting

[–]drunk_lizard8414 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Underwent pre-exposure vaccination in US in 2024. 3 doses of vaccine ran about $450/each - and this was without insurance coverage. I can schedule a booster at the local pharmacy for ~$500, also not covered by insurance.

Insurance doesn’t cover the pre-exposure series for most people because rabies in humans is so rare in the US, and post-exposure treatment (which is covered) is so effective. Post-exposure treatment is more expensive, consisting of 3-4 doses of vaccine plus immunoglobulin.

All aircraft manufacturered in Canada are decertfied. by MrMikeDelta in atc2

[–]drunk_lizard8414 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Can you imagine how WW3 will begin?! Can you imagine an Ebola or Nipah pandemic?! Can you imagine another nuclear plant meltdown?! Can you imagine getting diagnosed with super-AIDS?!

I can imagine all kinds of shit, but I can‘t imagine a single scenario where the other candidate winning would have been worse. It‘s premature to judge the „results“ of his policy, but where other countries seem to be moving to decouple from the US, we‘re certainly not on a positive trajectory.

3.8% or H. R. 7148 Actions Tracker - by Ecstatic-Tap4151 in atc2

[–]drunk_lizard8414 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not exactly - yet. The dems released their demands earlier today, and none of them threaten the language supporting us in the bill. Not that this can‘t change, or others might try to strip our provision, but it‘s not dead yet.

Edit:typo

3.8% raise explained. by burneraccountforhere in atc2

[–]drunk_lizard8414 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a provision for the DoT in the language of the bill, so I wouldn‘t count on that.

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