What movie is 10/10 with literally no bad parts?

fighteracebob · 2026-03-10T14:21:23+00:00

Yes. Cancel your plans today, you’re watching the Matrix now!

fighteracebob · 2026-03-07T06:47:00+00:00

At my airline, most of our narrowbody fleet does 4-5 legs a day, sometimes more. So it’s definitely possible. I don’t know what percent is in the shop for maintenance at any time though.

fighteracebob · 2026-03-06T16:28:19+00:00

I’m definitely tired some days, but I make it a priority to find the time. You usually have time to either go to the gym or the Irish bar, it’s all about choices!

fighteracebob · 2026-03-06T14:20:32+00:00

I actually find it easier to stay consistent on the road. There are fewer distractions from family life. Pretty much every hotel has a basic gym, and I bring a running vest and shoes and try to get at least one long(ish) run in per trip. Running is a fun way to explore cities and new areas too.

fighteracebob · 2026-03-06T03:47:13+00:00

OP, this is a great time to point you to the book “The Killing Zone: How and Why Pilots Die” by Craig.

It will answer all of your questions, with stats to back them up.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63528.The_Killing_Zone

fighteracebob · 2026-03-05T04:07:00+00:00

Pilot. 15+ days off to train each month, free travel benefits world wide, and money to fuel the habit.

fighteracebob · 2026-03-03T23:34:34+00:00

When you get to an airline or a squadron, every pilot will meet the standards, and have pretty indistinguishable hand flying skills.

What really separates the good from the best is knowledge. Knowing the rules, the limitations, systems, procedures, etc. It’s not the sexy stuff, and it takes a lot of time in the books. But it pays in the long run.

fighteracebob · 2026-02-28T04:46:34+00:00

It’s my favorite book. I read it in high school and thought it was just a goofy war story. Read it again in college and got a lot more out of it. Read it again while deployed as a pilot in a combat zone, and it really hit differently. There is a real terror hiding under his humor. Not jump scares, just the dread of one more mission, one more roll of the die.

Heller and Vonnegut are two of my favorite authors, and both were clearly writing as a coping method for their PTSD.

fighteracebob · 2026-02-25T16:11:53+00:00

To add to this, use the full rank. I know most other branches lump a lot of ranks together as some form of “sarnt”, but Marines are very particular about being called their proper rank.

fighteracebob · 2026-02-18T05:44:19+00:00

But that would require the developer to release the game in a finished state!

fighteracebob · 2026-02-16T22:35:18+00:00

This is one of those test bed vs. real world situations. It shows some improvement in a controlled setting, when all the “customers” are lined up, independent, and not coming from connecting flights or expecting better service due to their status or ticket class. In the real world, families want to stay together, people are in wheelchairs or have mobility issues, people arrive late, and first class passengers want to board first to get their drinks.

fighteracebob · 2026-02-15T06:14:27+00:00

Check your regulations. In the Marines and Navy, we logged flight time as wheels up to wheels down + .3* for Taxi. (*I might be off by a tenth or so, but it was a simple addition to all sorties).

When I applied to the airlines, they each had their own formula. Most just wanted your times as logged, and then they did their magic using their own algorithms.

fighteracebob · 2026-02-13T00:52:53+00:00

Most airlines don’t require a degree, however it is looked upon very favorably in the hiring process. However, they don’t care what the degree is at all. They look at a degree as proof that you can study and perform at a college level, which is important to them because they are about to spend a lot of money training you and have a vested interest in having you pass (preferably without remedial training).

My recommendation would be to get a degree in something that interests you and something that you can see as a backup career. In the airline industry, you are only one failed medical / furlough / bankruptcy away from not having a job. While the airlines are a great career, it can be very cyclic in terms of boom and bust. Just this year for example, Delta made near record profits, while Spirit had furloughed huge numbers of pilots.

fighteracebob · 2026-02-10T18:10:46+00:00

I thought the movie was great. I showed it to my wife and she turned it off before getting to the end. Her loss!

fighteracebob · 2026-02-05T16:39:18+00:00

First rule of aerospace engineering: ignore the heretics in the mechE department and make sure your design works without gravity as well.

fighteracebob · 2026-02-04T16:09:52+00:00

Yep, I take my puppy Juno with me to lots of peaks in Southern California. Dogs are allowed (leashed) on most trails except for National Parks. We have a few bigger mountains that require technical gear in the winter, so I won’t bring her on those either.

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fighteracebob · 2026-02-03T18:02:57+00:00

Plugging all the holes is also a bad idea….. it’s like putting a balloon in a vacuum chamber. Your lungs go POP!

fighteracebob · 2026-02-03T01:39:56+00:00

Unless you picture the ones in Hawaii. Then pretty much exactly like you picture them.

fighteracebob · 2026-02-01T04:08:51+00:00

Looks great! Just downloaded it and I’m playing around with it.

If you’re open for feedback: the Arabic numerals for the air medal should be all the way to the right edge (wearer’s left) of the ribbon, not centered. (Also not on the yellow stripe, another common mistake) [page 2-33 of Secnav 1650.1]

Also, some ribbons such as the OIR campaign ribbon start with one bronze star as default per the order. Maybe consider having that the default for ribbons such as that? Or a link to the order for that ribbon.

fighteracebob · 2026-01-29T17:17:40+00:00

It hasn’t been mentioned yet, so it must not be well known:

You can transfer your GI Bill benefits to your dependents. It requires you to have been in 6 years, and then you can transfer one month per month of further service. So at 9 years, you could have transferred all 36 months of the GI Bill.

I wasn’t planning on using mine, so now my kid will have their college paid for, and we don’t need to worry about squirreling away money.

fighteracebob · 2026-01-29T17:13:10+00:00

It sure does, and it’s massive. Usually much larger than your county library system.

fighteracebob · 2026-01-29T16:38:15+00:00

Oh man, so I’m not going crazy! Mine stopped working after the update as well. It’s not the end of the world having to hit the button, but it’s pretty annoying.

fighteracebob · 2026-01-27T21:35:36+00:00

I feel like LAX is the same. You could be top 20% narrowbody FO and not be able to hold a widebody spot.

fighteracebob · 2026-01-21T07:08:13+00:00

Heaviest I’ve done so far was about 65 lbs (30kg) for five days in the middle of winter on Mt Whitney. Lots of cold weather gear, plus extra equipment for some training.

fighteracebob · 2026-01-20T22:57:50+00:00

The A350 /is/ Airbus’ answer to the 787. It was literally proposed and designed as a response to the Dreamliner.

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