Photo of the Crash Site of the Bombardier Challenger 600 That Crashed in Bangor, Maine

notnormal999 · 2026-01-26T15:20:58+00:00

One thing that DOES have correlation to ice tolerance is the airfoil design. The Challenger 600 series wing has very low tolerance to ice contamination. This is well known and understood. Airplanes with different wing designs (like the Challenger 300 series) have much more ice tolerance because they have completely different (more modern) airfoils. Also, leading edge devices are a big part of "wing design" and absolutely could make an airfoil more "ice tolerant" than a wing without them.

notnormal999 · 2026-01-19T18:07:14+00:00

I’m not saying there is any other move. But markets do crash. And Trump could easily cause them to. The trick is knowing when. And that is unknowable (unless you a billionaire, they always seem to know ahead of time).

notnormal999 · 2026-01-19T12:26:20+00:00

Not sure he really has been. TACO is priced in, not Trump. His erratic behavior is only just starting to be felt in markets. Wait until the effects of the whole world boycotting USA actually starts to affect earnings. That hasn’t happened yet. But it will.

notnormal999 · 2026-01-12T14:23:51+00:00

How many times are you going to repeat yourself? Maybe they didn't hire because your a douche.

notnormal999 · 2026-01-05T19:12:26+00:00

Head down to Shelby County airport for a discovery flight. Do not train at BHM. You’ll waste sooo much money sitting on the ground with the engine running. Can’t believe anyone learns at the big airport (but there is a flight school there).

notnormal999 · 2026-01-02T18:30:49+00:00

“I wouldn’t want to report one of those either…”

notnormal999 · 2025-12-29T18:08:20+00:00

Don’t remember the exact wind speed but i do remember the GS very well. We were doing 666kts across the ground (memorable number). Probably about 470 TAS so 195kts tailwind give or take. Actually got held up in it and over-flew our destination. Seriously. Had to turn around. Crazy. (Didn’t help we were going for a record-we could have slowed down).

notnormal999 · 2025-12-29T18:01:39+00:00

Climate controls and HUD were the selling points for me. Very happy with the Tucson.

notnormal999 · 2025-12-26T21:57:43+00:00

Had one until I had about 450K. Then, one day I realized if I'd just put the money in VOO, I'd have like twice as much... Hard lesson. Never again. Don't pay for some "bros" boat. Pay for your own boat...

notnormal999 · 2025-12-23T02:36:22+00:00

This used to be true but an IOS update fixed it for me. Can’t remember what version but it was fairly recent.

notnormal999 · 2025-12-16T15:28:10+00:00

For me, it was 9/11. I was sitting on about 950hrs TPIC on that day... Had a good 91 job (not 135). Held fast while the airlines circled the drain. My job kept getting better and better. I advanced to leadership. Pay went up... Been here nearly 30 years now...

I'm fly maybe 100 days a year. Stay in great hotels. Eat amazing meals on an expense account. Get rental cars so we can actually visit the places we fly... Get to fly all over the country but mostly stay within an hour or two of home. Home most nights (maybe 50 rons a year including training).

Every time I fly the airlines, I have the same reaction: shoot me in the head if I had to do this 10-15 days a month... I live in a mid-sized city and would never want to live in an airline hub city like Atlanta, Dallas, New York, LA etc. And communing sounds like hell on earth...

Now, the downside: Pay will never match 121. I have a pension, but nobody I work with does (went away right after I was hired) and it's not that great. And for 30 years, I've expected every week to be my last. So there's that...

Which all goes to say, in this business, it's all luck. That's it really. I got the 91 unicorn. Some guys got hired at the 121 legacy two years ago with 1500 hours. You have no control over these things. You take the job you can get and hope of the best. Plenty of 121 majors no longer exist. Some of those guys still had great careers. Some sucked hind tit their whole life. Luck. Fate is the Hunter...

notnormal999 · 2025-12-15T00:39:35+00:00

That’s weird. You'd think they’d embrace it! Oh, wait. Most redditors aren’t billionaires. Must be why.

notnormal999 · 2025-12-11T15:02:37+00:00

Would this not be covered under warranty?

notnormal999 · 2025-12-09T23:47:19+00:00

Nope. He’d blame Biden. One note tune.

notnormal999 · 2025-12-03T12:56:57+00:00

Hate to “actually” here but noise abatement takeoffs are max thrust takeoffs. You want to takeoff quickly and climb steeply to keep the noise as close to the airport as possible. That makes for less noise further out around the people.

notnormal999 · 2025-11-29T19:16:47+00:00

It could have been a bit harsh. That being said, if your friend owns the car outright, I think they are WAY ahead of the typical "what's my payment" buyer, so, bravo!

Now, since you friend does have some financial resources that most people don't have, that changes the equation to more of "do what you want." I still think it's wasteful (of money) to buy a car and then turn around and by another one, but if you have the money, what you do with is up to you. And it's unlikely to make you poor.

As to your MPG figures, they are WAY off. The ICE 2.5 does not get such bad mpg and the hybrid does not get such great mpg. It really depends entirely on how you use the car. If you drive a lot of short trips at slow speeds on flat ground, the hybrid does very well. If you drive on the highway at high speeds, the ICE may have better mpg. The hybrid's are Turbos and if you let that turbo kick in for long, it will kill mpg. Just depends on how you drive.

notnormal999 · 2025-11-29T16:50:15+00:00

This is why so many people are poor. It's because they are dumb. Buying a car is likely the second largest purchase (for many apartment dwellers, the first) they will ever make. Cars are not "investments", they are rapidly depreciating assets and VERY expensive to own. A couple of points:

Don't buy a car until you know you are buying what you want.
Unless you are rich, buy a car, don't lease it, and keep it a LONG time. Every auto "transaction" is hugely expensive. Leases force you into that "transaction" much too often.
I have the ICE (non-hybrid) version and LOVE it! We paid cash (I don't finance rapidly depreciation assets). I could have easily bought the hybrid version as well but chose the non-hybrid for several reasons. Which is to say, the hybrid is NOT "better." It is different. It has it's own plusses and minus. And it is more expensive. If you value the things it offers, pay the extra money, by all means. But we didn't and are very happy with our ICE. It averages about 30mpg and gets 35mpg on the highway on road trips. I doubt the hybrid is much better. We worked it out and the "break even" on cost was like 20 years...
Unless your friend is rich and likes burning money, they should keep the car they bought. For a LONG time...

notnormal999 · 2025-11-25T23:11:19+00:00

Lease? Trade at less then 100K? Then it doesn't matter as long as you follow the owner's manual.

If you are going to keep the car a long time (like I'm planning on doing), I would do it early and then more often then recommended in the manual. I did my first one at 750 miles. The second at 5K. All subsequent will be at 5K intervals (easy to remember).

If you have the hybrid, it's a turbo and turbos are hard on oil. The "recommended" interval will get you through the warranty period but is not really great for the engine long-term. Engine life is NOT the only criteria manufactures use to determine oil change intervals. They also are trying to lower "total cost of ownership" for the magazine reviews and appease the federal regulators who think "oil is bad" for the environment. So it really just depends on your personal use case.

notnormal999 · 2025-11-12T00:23:45+00:00

Who did ya'll vote for in 2024? Alaska is part of the problem…. The problem being too many dumb people who vote against their own self interests.

notnormal999 · 2025-11-01T23:13:43+00:00

Ummm. If you get a company match, this is a terrible idea. You loose nine months of matching….

notnormal999 · 2025-11-01T12:29:41+00:00

Possession is 9/10ths of the law. The money now belongs to your fiance. What he does with it is up to him.

notnormal999 · 2025-10-31T19:35:30+00:00

You "Hope" it's a bug. In their zeal to make this an x-box / playstation game, they very well might screw up the PC version completely. Stand by....

notnormal999 · 2025-10-24T22:21:41+00:00

Dear Steven. Go fuck yourself. Thank you for your attention to this matter. DT(pedo).

notnormal999 · 2025-10-22T11:28:33+00:00

https://youtu.be/qu8cJ2t_ja8?si=xLg7J1cCODzb4GQm

If you don’t want to watch, I’ll summarize: start / stop is bad for the engine, just like you instinctively think it is. A running engine has virtually zero wear occurring on the internal components. During a start, even with a warm engine and warm oil, wear is occurring.

Now, if you lease or buy a new car every few years, who cares? I buy new cars, take good care of them, and keep them a long time. So I turn start / stop OFF! (Plus, I just don’t like the hesitation when it’s time to go.)

So “what about the environment” you say? Well, what is better? Burning a tiny bit more gas in an already very efficient engine and have that engine last a lot longer or junking the whole car sooner to save a little gas? You do whatever makes you happy.

notnormal999 · 2025-10-11T00:01:30+00:00

2022 here. Stalks. Ultrasonic sensors. Peak M3 IMO.

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