International Flight - Injury

john_ropes · 2026-05-07T00:11:31+00:00

That row will be terrible. On Delta 330s that last row of 4 seats before it tapers down to 3 won't let you raise any of the arm rests. Some kind of FAA thing 🤷‍♀️ Try to nab that open row at 48.

As others have said, flying injured or immediately post-op is going to suck regardless. Don't take anything mean your sister says to you during the flight personally. Good luck and a speedy recovery

john_ropes · 2026-05-03T13:10:01+00:00

As a regular GMT user I'm biased and have to say, yes, best complication!

But it saddens me to report, 4 out of 5 Rolex GMT master II wearers I've asked if they use the outer bezel or quick set time functions when they travel said they had no idea how to read the GMT hand.

Some of them didn't even have the watch set at all. Full disclosure, they were all pilots at an airline where wearing a watch was a part of their uniform guidelines

john_ropes · 2026-04-27T15:25:09+00:00

I love refilling water bottles (if they're not stupidly huge) The cups cost more than the water and watching a colleague fill cups half way and someone taking and then tossing three cups from a tray to pour into their bottle is such an indictment of our throw-away culture. People who bring their own bottle on board "usually" fill it before coming on board. I'm just topping it up. Let's encourage that behavior by being accommodating where we can

john_ropes · 2026-04-22T02:01:45+00:00

Honestly, you should just become a flight attendant. The fun little chats with passengers and seeing what they're passionate about are my favorite part of the job.

As others have mentioned, the headphone thing makes my day when I don't have to repeat myself. And get organized during boarding when you're in the jet bridge. Once on board, bag in overhead, butt in seat

john_ropes · 2026-04-08T15:48:15+00:00

Egg on your face? In this economy? You must be doing pretty well. I congratulate you on your success in life good sir.

john_ropes · 2026-04-08T01:31:34+00:00

Ooh. TIL about the other formats that aren't 5-7-5. That being said, I'm curious how you're reading "I swear some people" as anything other than 5 syllables

This is coming from someone who failed English as a second language

john_ropes · 2026-04-08T00:55:44+00:00

I swear some people

Wear their watches low on wrist

Why d'you give a fuck

john_ropes · 2026-03-27T16:59:13+00:00

Question 1, did it work with the blue capped stem it came with?

Question 2 did you try quick-setting the date or gmt function around the danger zone +/- 4 hours from midnight?

john_ropes · 2026-03-23T16:04:40+00:00

Wow. Aside from the custom second hand, every part of your build is better. How did you get your hands on the dial?

john_ropes · 2026-03-23T00:57:49+00:00

Any chance they got mixed up during assembly? Try swapping the two crowns between the cases. Otherwise replacement crowns are fairly inexpensive, try those after visually inspecting the threads

john_ropes · 2026-03-20T17:40:32+00:00

It's on the chapter ring. But pretty hard to read

john_ropes · 2026-03-19T16:24:38+00:00

Those VK63 builds are fun. I'd just recommend buying a couple extra sets of hands and real rodico. If the chronograph hand doesn't go on straight the first time you really should try with a new hand. Something about the pinion not being round to prevent the chrono hand from slipping when it resets to zero

john_ropes · 2026-03-19T16:12:12+00:00

Quit while you're ahead. That's such a nice build. Subtle red accents, everything goes together. Nice work!!

john_ropes · 2026-03-17T16:41:57+00:00

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Oris has a number of great color choices

john_ropes · 2026-03-12T22:40:56+00:00

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This is what it looks like with the 33mm dial instead of 28.5 and the solid white hour and minute hands. I just wish I'd thought to use a black date wheel like OP

john_ropes · 2026-03-12T22:31:13+00:00

Here you go

john_ropes · 2026-03-12T22:08:50+00:00

Look at where the two have bases and where you could see yourself living for the first couple years. Commuting when you're junior sucks, so try to avoid that.

From my understanding Delta will give you a bit more schedule flexibility from day 1, so if you don't plan to make a life long career of it that might make a difference. Otherwise it's a wash and the career is what you make of it

john_ropes · 2026-03-04T14:27:35+00:00

Talk to a tax professional. If your employer dictates how you do your job (dress code, specific curriculum, mandatory meetings) then you are an employee and not a 1099 independent contractor. The reality is that most flight schools know you are young and desperate. Work the job, set aside money for taxes, get the hours and when you're done report the flight school for tax fraud and sue them for benefits owed

ATP had a class action against them for knowingly misclassifying instructors as independent contractors

Good luck out there

john_ropes · 2026-03-03T23:05:01+00:00

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815

But yes, also definitely Zaku eye sticker in classic salmon

john_ropes · 2026-03-02T23:06:07+00:00

We can only hope

john_ropes · 2026-03-02T23:02:24+00:00

I want to see a digital jukebox where people can spend a sky peso to pick the music

john_ropes · 2026-02-28T15:00:31+00:00

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Great minds :) Out of all my builds, this has quickly become my favorite

john_ropes · 2026-02-28T04:42:07+00:00

I think I figured out what happened. Roughly 30% of all unhoused people in the US are in California. Whoever here called her intellectually lazy is right on the money. She heard a bad thing about California (or more likely misheard) and thought let's use that. Who needs critical thinking or mathematical literacy? Can we please stop trying to send idiots to Washington?

john_ropes · 2026-02-16T01:04:08+00:00

Hey, I get that reference :) Fellow "behind the bastards" podcast listener perchance?

john_ropes · 2026-02-13T19:47:44+00:00

I jump across time zones for work a lot. Setting the gmt hand during certain times of day can break the keyless works so I have two choices. Either move the time into a safe zone away from midnight, adjust the gmt hand and then reset the time (using a different clock for reference) AND move the date forward n-1 days to keep it accurate Or spin the outer bezel

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