THE MORNING RANT: Sacrificing Air Safety for Higher Margins – The Expanding Jet Engine Fake-Parts Scandal

A favorite subject of mine in recent years has been our awful class of corporate executives and the elite schools that educate them, and more specifically, how this has led to an overclass of woke, soulless executives who have forsaken growing their businesses as a way to increase profit. Instead, they focus on mergers, cost-cutting (e.g. quality and safety), and expense reduction (employee compensation). Mixed in to all this is woke politics and ridiculous management gimmicks, of course.

Amidst this business environment, executives at multiple airlines have stumbled onto a clever new way to reduce costs – some of their jet engines contain fake parts from a virtual company.

“Fake Jet Engine Parts Ground American, Southwest, United Planes as Scandal Grows” [Yahoo / The Drive – 9/25/2023]

American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines are among a growing list of air carriers that have grounded aircraft in the wake of a fake jet engine parts scandal that has rocked the aviation industry. Multiple airlines have already replaced the uncertified parts and returned their planes to service, but close to 100 planes may still be affected worldwide.

It seems every day the scandal gets worse, and more airlines find themselves party to the scandal.

“Delta says some overhauled engines contain parts with improper documentation” [Reuters – 10/02/2023]

Delta Air Lines on Monday said it had been informed by one of its service providers that a "small number" of overhauled engines contain parts that do not meet documentation requirements. The company is working with the engine service provider to replace the affected parts and to remain in compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) guidelines, Delta said.

I apologize for being pedantic, but if Delta’s engines contain parts that “do not meet documentation requirements” the immediate problem isn’t remaining in compliance with FAA guidelines, rather the problem is to become compliant with FAA guidelines.

Beyond that, why are so many airlines flying airplanes with engines containing prohibited parts?

Most airlines are not run by pilots or engineers or those with a passion for aviation. They are run by business school graduates who focus on cost cutting. Did any executives intentionally make the decision to use fake parts? Of course not. But did they relax their due diligence by reducing personnel expenses in that critical area? Quite possibly. Did an obsession with expense control allow a fake company’s fake parts to find their way into these airlines’ engines? Almost certainly.

Individuals and business units will be incentivized to make dangerous choices if the consequences of not achieving their goals are worse than the consequences of relaxing due diligence and compliance. Do you remember the Wells Fargo Bank fraudulent account scandal? The employees didn’t simply choose to engage in fraud. They were responding to the goals, incentives, and disincentives set for them. Fraudulent actions were necessary to hit their goals and save their jobs.

A company named AOG Technics is at the center of the fake airplane parts scandal. This Fortune article dated 9/22/2023 did some excellent reporting on the story. Of course, the scandal has continued to expand since then to other airlines.

“Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company with fake employees that vanished overnight” [Fortune – 9/22/2023]

About 100 planes around the world have been caught up in a scandal that would be cartoonish if it weren’t so terrifying. It saw a dubious company, with fake employees and an address that was a glorified PO box, sell and distribute fake airplane parts that ended up in planes belonging to some of the world’s biggest airlines.

Regulators, airlines, and parts suppliers around the world are scrambling to track down possible bogus parts as the AOG Technics scandal spreads from the U.S. all the way to Australia. The mysterious London-based firm stands accused of falsifying certain documents and shipping the suspect parts to airline repair shops around the world. Companies like AOG Technics are middlemen that supply parts to independent firms that airlines contract to do repairs on their planes.

“Parts are accompanied by a lifetime of paperwork,” said Robert Mann, president of the airline industry consulting firm R.W. Mann and Company. In the aviation industry, every part of a plane is carefully tracked to ensure its provenance and quality are accounted for. A single faulty part could have catastrophic safety consequences. CFM, the engine manufacturer, became aware of the issues in June when a Portuguese repair shop alerted it to the existence of allegedly forged documents bearing its name, according to Reuters.

By August of this year, the EU and UK’s equivalent of the Federal Aviation Administration were issuing notices that parts distributed by AOG Technics might have forged documentation, and that their origin might not have been from legitimate manufacturers. Original parts manufacturers confirmed that the attestations for certain parts were forged and did not come from those suppliers.

“While there have always been gray and black markets in aircraft parts, mostly purchased by questionable customers, this is a case of a “deep fake” company masquerading as a legitimate supplier that deceived many legitimate buyers,” Mann said.

How does a “deep fake” company pull off such a such a fraud against the major airlines?

Mann also laid some portion of the blame at the buyers’ feet. “It is also disturbing that sophisticated customers who should have been able to properly vet the supplier were nonetheless duped, potentially placing safety of customers, employees, and aircraft at risk,” he said.

But it’s all worth it if those “sophisticated customers” succeeded in cutting costs and achieving their “stretch goals.”

Fortune also did some digging into just who/what AOG Technics is. Forgery and falsification seem to be the policy at the company.

AOG Technics was founded by Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala in 2015, according to public filings in the UK. In addition to allegedly forging documents for airplane parts it appears that AOG Technics created several fake LinkedIn profiles claiming to be company executives, according to Bloomberg. The profiles listed for its chief commercial officer Ray Kwong and an executive sales representative Johnny Rico featured stock photos and employment histories that couldn’t be verified by any of their purported former employers.

Mr. Yrala founded other companies including an online kitchen appliance company (“Sunwave Solutions” that may or may not be still be in operation, and a real estate holding company (“Kensho” that folded in early 2023.

Yrala’s filings offer some insight into businesses that were run in an unusual fashion. Several of the filings are riddled with typos, including misspelled executive titles and oddly capitalized words that appear to have happened when someone hit caps lock instead of the “A” key.
Within the upscale, gleaming office tower [the North Nova building in London] AOG Technics rented a “virtual” address from coworking space The Argyll Club for $100 a month, according to Bloomberg.
AOG Technics’ website and LinkedIn profile are no longer active and a Google search for the company lists it as “permanently closed.” The company did not respond to a request for comment.

As this story continues to unfold, it is likely that there are still many airplanes flying right now with uncertified parts of unknown provenance that made it into jet engines due to fake documentation.

The fraud that allowed the fake parts into commercial jets isn’t the problem - it’s a symptom. The problem is the corporate culture that allowed and incentivized this dangerous fraud to occur.

*****

Your Parcel May Be Late

Was this 757 crash landing in Chattanooga on Wednesday night related to the parts scandal? Probably not. This was a landing gear failure, and Fedex is not caught up in the AOG Technics scandal, at least so far.

“FedEx 757 with landing gear failure crash lands, skids off runway in Chattanooga”

Here is a video of the fiery landing.

New video shows Fedex 757 emergency landing at Chattanooga Airport in Tennessee without its landing gear earlier today. Fire services quickly responded and the 3 crew members on board evacuated safely. https://t.co/zndv7Xfpdt pic.twitter.com/n5BfIX81YN
— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) October 5, 2023

Safe travels if you are flying anywhere this Columbus Day weekend.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2023 11:01 AM (9gDA7)

2 I will miss the music thread, however.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2023 11:01 AM (9gDA7)

3 Yo

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2023 11:01 AM (Q4IgG)

4 The corporation I work for says integrity in its moniker. As I find out it there for looks. Go fiq

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at October 06, 2023 11:02 AM (ytSiK)

5 Howdy!

Posted by: Moonbeam at October 06, 2023 11:02 AM (rbKZ6)

6 not a confidence builder

Posted by: henry at October 06, 2023 11:02 AM (JMDly)

7 You WILL buy our fake worthless shit and LIKE IT!
We own you.

Posted by: THE CCP at October 06, 2023 11:03 AM (2znMt)

8 I wonder if I’ll ever be able to fly again

Between fake parts and diversity hires so non-binary Fiorinoella can fly they plane as they always wanted since they was a child the risks seem to be getting too great

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxxed Ranger at October 06, 2023 11:03 AM (VTu1l)

9 No monkey, it's a throckmorton

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at October 06, 2023 11:04 AM (xcxpd)

10 American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines are among a growing list of air carriers that have grounded aircraft in the wake of a fake jet engine parts scandal that has rocked the aviation industry.

NUTS!

Posted by: Herb Kelleher at October 06, 2023 11:04 AM (9gDA7)

11 This is how Venezuela became Venezuela.

Venezuela used to be a rich, functioning country.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2023 11:05 AM (RIvkX)

12 Indians making aircraft parts @ the backyard mill/forge/machine shop?

Posted by: BignJames at October 06, 2023 11:05 AM (AwYPR)

13 The Liquid Adderall Lady makes me horny.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2023 11:05 AM (Wg6v7)

14 The corporation I work for says integrity in its moniker. As I find out it there for looks. Go fiq

************

Mine does the the WE ARE ***name of company*** schtick, and then show videos of who we are, which is black, gay and women

It’s like we’re the CIA

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxxed Ranger at October 06, 2023 11:05 AM (VTu1l)

15 Ich bin ein Kolache!

Posted by: zombie JFK at October 06, 2023 11:05 AM (krqg6)

16 As if I need another reason to drive everywhere. Generally, I don't fly due to the hellish nature of airports, screening processes, and Karens, Chads, and their little monsters.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 06, 2023 11:06 AM (qoGsy)

17 Give the quality of air travel, the absolutely insane passengers and the woke airline staff...

... you couldn't pay me enough to get on an airplane today.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2023 11:06 AM (Q4IgG)

18 Executive sales representative Johnny Rico. From Starship Troopers? Probably will claim PTSD from fighting the bugs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 06, 2023 11:06 AM (gZYFY)

19 11 This is how Venezuela became Venezuela.

Venezuela used to be a rich, functioning country.
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I think it had something to do with the CIA, Jimmy Carter and the software now known as Dominion. Just a guess. Houston likes being King of Hill in Petroleum.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2023 11:06 AM (Wg6v7)

20 and congrats to Sponge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at October 06, 2023 11:07 AM (xcxpd)

21 Morning.

From the quotes..."company executives, according to Bloomberg. The profiles listed for its chief commercial officer Ray Kwong and an executive sales representative Johnny Rico"

Isn't that the guy from Starship Troopers?

Posted by: Robert at October 06, 2023 11:07 AM (+Ar82)

22 Most airlines are not run by pilots or engineers or those with a passion for aviation. They are run by business school graduates who focus on cost cutting.

Now do Chinese and Asian airlines.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2023 11:07 AM (X98Jy)

23 why are so many airlines flying airplanes with engines containing prohibited parts?

Like an arm brace?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at October 06, 2023 11:07 AM (hgO+8)

24 Probably made from Chinesium too.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 06, 2023 11:07 AM (l10hq)

25 16 As if I need another reason to drive everywhere. Generally, I don't fly due to the hellish nature of airports, screening processes, and Karens, Chads, and their little monsters.
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I like feeling sensations in my legs.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2023 11:07 AM (Wg6v7)

26 >>The corporation I work for says integrity in its moniker.

You know who is all about Integrity?

Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:07 AM (Fgyj8)

27 21 Morning.

From the quotes..."company executives, according to Bloomberg. The profiles listed for its chief commercial officer Ray Kwong and an executive sales representative Johnny Rico"

Isn't that the guy from Starship Troopers?
Posted by: Robert at October 06, 2023 11:07 AM (+Ar82)

Good eye, yes it is

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at October 06, 2023 11:08 AM (xcxpd)

28 Hello

Posted by: Ciampino - It already had a pointy thing at October 06, 2023 11:08 AM (qfLjt)

29 Can't wait to get to this but lunch won't be until a little while

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2023 11:08 AM (yNyhm)

30 We have to leverage our core competencies towards using our market positioning towards making a shit load of money.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 06, 2023 11:08 AM (hu0cw)

31 ...and don't forget about the pilots vaxed to the hilt hiding heart problems ... Im sure it's nothing to worry about

Posted by: meal team 6 at October 06, 2023 11:08 AM (/eQgM)

32 26 >>The corporation I work for says integrity in its moniker.

You know who is all about Integrity?
Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:07 AM (Fgyj

? ...l...literally Hitler?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at October 06, 2023 11:08 AM (xcxpd)

33 >>."company executives, according to Bloomberg. The profiles listed for its chief commercial officer Ray Kwong and an executive sales representative Johnny Rico"

He's no Daisy.

Posted by: Val Kilmer at October 06, 2023 11:09 AM (Fgyj8)

34 My tinfoil hat is in the shop, but...

Maybe this is all intentional. To discourage the masses from flying, thus saving the planet.

This will not affect the elites' private aircraft.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2023 11:09 AM (xTRSc)

35
"Sure, the plane crashed, but using fake parts boosted our bottom line and added $0.02 a share next quarter." - The MBAs

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2023 11:09 AM (hAxUY)

36 Brian Stelter @brianstelter
What would "formal deprogramming" look like?

Christiane Amanpour @amanpour
“So many of those extremists, those MAGA extremists, take their marching orders from Donald Trump,” @HillaryClinton tells me. “There needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members” in the GOP, she adds in our EXCLUSIVE conversation.

Bravo6 @53LunaticFringe
Clockwork Orange...
Hugo Saucedo @HSaucedo83
Gulags
Tigger’s Dan @TiggerTwo4
See USSR and China under Mao
Pro Swing Trading @ProTrading
It's all just to "protect democracy", right Brian?

Rudy @RudyLTX Replying to @brianstelter
Oh look it's Potato man

JD Sharp @imjdsharp
You know what it would look like Brian, just like it did in 1940.

Ty @TyBSaunders
You are still around. Wow. Congrats.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 06, 2023 11:09 AM (krqg6)

37 Johnny Ringo was the guy who was no daisy at all.

Posted by: Doc Holiday at October 06, 2023 11:09 AM (hu0cw)

38 I wouldn't buy a used car from someone named Johnny Rico. WTF?

Posted by: The guy that moves pianos for a living at October 06, 2023 11:09 AM (7gEpo)

39 >>? ...l...literally Hitler?

Someone fetch me my slicing hammer.

Posted by: Paul Anka at October 06, 2023 11:10 AM (Fgyj8)

40 Dammit! Beaten to the ref!

Touche. Only here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 06, 2023 11:10 AM (hu0cw)

41 Sure, I'm happy to kick the corporate suite. But airline customers also have a pretty unrealistic expectation that flights should remain affordable no matter what's going on marketwise.

Posted by: Flying has become like Greyhound, so this isn't something I do anymore anyway at October 06, 2023 11:10 AM (KFhLj)

42 The corporation I work for says integrity in its moniker.

Harvard's shield contains the word - 'Truth'.

I do not think that word means what you think it means.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 06, 2023 11:11 AM (qoGsy)

43 The mergers and the soulessness of corporations was by design. State corporatism and the fascism that follows is never an accident.

Posted by: Brisco County Sr at October 06, 2023 11:11 AM (+D/b7)

44 As that plane skidded down the runway I was dying to hear someone shout "Package for Mongo!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 06, 2023 11:11 AM (i9ffA)

45 Same thing is happening with aftermarket car parts. Allegedly trustworthy stores like Napa are selling garbage Chineseium that doesn't fit or doesn't work.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2023 11:11 AM (2ocoG)

46
You guys need to bone up on your Galactic Light Language, if you want to understand The Universe's Plan for YOU.

https://tinyurl.com/25k4r4hw

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2023 11:12 AM (0FoWg)

47 '“Fake Jet Engine Parts Ground American, Southwest, United Planes as Scandal Grows” [Yahoo / The Drive – 9/25/2023]'

Is there a way to know which jet parts are fake before the jet takes off? I feel that is important.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2023 11:12 AM (bVfY0)

48 Fire services quickly responded and the 3 crew members on board evacuated safely. https://t.co/zndv7Xfpdt pic.twitter.com/n5BfIX81YN

— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) October 5, 2023

"I don't give a shit. WHERE'S MY PACKAGE!!!????"

- - - Whine Mom

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2023 11:12 AM (9gDA7)

49 Was Wilson flying the plane??

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 06, 2023 11:12 AM (krqg6)

50 46
You guys need to bone up on your Galactic Light Language, if you want to understand The Universe's Plan for YOU.

https://tinyurl.com/25k4r4hw
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2023 11:12 AM (0FoWg)

Electric Light Orchestra > Galactic Light Language

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at October 06, 2023 11:12 AM (xcxpd)

51 Fedex 757 emergency landing at Chattanooga Airport

I'm going to guess that that took some real skill! Nice job.

Posted by: t-bird at October 06, 2023 11:12 AM (amJF4)

52 "the problem is to become compliant with FAA guidelines"

No, the problem is the engine might explode.
If it's a Boeing I'm not going. I'd rather drive a Tesla - at least you have a small chance of escaping when it busts into flames.

Another glorious Biden achievement !

Posted by: Next2Nothing at October 06, 2023 11:12 AM (tA1/w)

53 But are the "fake" parts actually worse than the "real" ones? It was an old scam in many industries to require businesses or franchises or the like to buy only certain parts or services. You will be shocked to learn that those required parts and services, now free from any meaningful competition, ended up costing much more and had substandard quality.

I don't know enough about the airline industry to speculate. But just because certain parts aren't on the "approved" lists doesn't necessarily mean they are substandard.

Posted by: Elric Blade at October 06, 2023 11:13 AM (iFTx/)

54
Several of the filings are riddled with typos, including misspelled executive titles and oddly capitalized words that appear to have happened when someone hit caps lock instead of the “A” key.

If I'm shopping on Amazon and I see a single typo, no matter how innocuous, it's goodbye. NEXT!

It's fun to look through my spam folder.
Message: "Delivered was the ordered"

Yeah, I think I'll click on that.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2023 11:13 AM (enJYY)

55
Ty @TyBSaunders
You are still around. Wow. Congrats.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 06, 2023 11:09 AM (krqg6)

heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2023 11:13 AM (9gDA7)

56 OT: I'm reading about the New Guinea campaign in WW2. What a parade of misery on all sides. European campaign had it easy....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at October 06, 2023 11:14 AM (xcxpd)

57 Eh, for my part, I'm getting sick of air transport services being so chronically late... it's all of them anymore. I'm going to be working through the weekend to make up the four days they cost me on this project.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2023 11:14 AM (0FoWg)

58 Same thing happens in Dentistry. Offices offer lower prices and use substandard labs, material, and procedures. And certainly work to fast and get sloppy.

Time is money

And faster is NOT better

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 06, 2023 11:14 AM (pVWRI)

59 We are throw away society and have been for some time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2023 11:14 AM (BJEtz)

60 Same thing is happening with aftermarket car parts. Allegedly trustworthy stores like Napa are selling garbage Chineseium that doesn't fit or doesn't work.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2023 11:11 AM (2ocoG)

There's a reason Napa stand for:

No
Auto
Parts
Available

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2023 11:14 AM (9gDA7)

61 The corporation I work for says integrity in its moniker. As I find out it there for looks. Go fiq

************

Mine does the the WE ARE ***name of company*** schtick, and then show videos of who we are, which is black, gay and women

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxxed Ranger at October 06, 2023 11:05 AM (VTu1l)

Mine does the we're all (insert company name here)-ers that Google started. Like, I'm a Tesla-er. NOTE: I do not work for any Elon Musk company... just in case they do that. It's massively fucking stupid.

They've got mentally ill people believing that they're part of a club so that they can pay them substandard wages for substandard work so the executives can rent another call-girl before the jig is up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2023 11:15 AM (z99Zw)

62 “Delta says some overhauled engines contain parts with improper documentation” [Reuters – 10/02/2023]
--------

In many ways, this is the story of border crossers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 06, 2023 11:15 AM (XeU6L)

63 13
' Liquid Adderall Lady'

Do you imagine her with *your* eye dropper?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2023 11:15 AM (bVfY0)

64 >>"company executives, according to Bloomberg. The profiles listed for its chief commercial officer Ray Kwong and an executive sales representative Johnny Rico

Sounds legit to me.

Posted by: Biff Loman at October 06, 2023 11:15 AM (Fgyj8)

65 Was the documentation packed with the parts written in Engrish?

"For make plane go fast yes please happiness"

hmm, may be a knockoff

Posted by: brak at October 06, 2023 11:15 AM (WxvBY)

66 Isn't that the guy from Starship Troopers?
Posted by: Robert at October 06, 2023 11:07 AM (+Ar82)

Yep, Filipino Juan Rico... played in the movie by an Aryan.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2023 11:16 AM (z99Zw)

67 I'm flying to Vegas next weekend and then Corsicana the next week.

Yay me!

Oh. It's my birthday today. You may all have a piece of cake!

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at October 06, 2023 11:16 AM (0KjzH)

68 This is the guy you want as speaker?

Jeff Charles, An Awful Pundit🏴
@jeffcharlesjr
Sunny Hostin refers to Jim Jordan as a "terrorist" and "chaos agent" during an episode of "The View."

"He immediately was screaming and yelling and terrorized me and the other experts on the panel."

-
HE TERRORIZED "EXPERTS"!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 06, 2023 11:17 AM (FVME7)

69 It's building to a crescendo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2023 11:17 AM (BJEtz)

70 Remember how all the Russian passenger jets were going to fall out of the skies because they could no longer get Official Western Parts?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2023 11:17 AM (2tUFv)

71 I'm flying to Vegas next weekend and then Corsicana the next week.

Yay me!

Oh. It's my birthday today. You may all have a piece of cake!
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at October 06, 2023 11:16 AM (0KjzH)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

*squeezes nurse's butt*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2023 11:17 AM (9gDA7)

72 Happy Birthday, Nurse!

Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:17 AM (Fgyj8)

73 If I'm shopping on Amazon and I see a single typo, no matter how innocuous, it's goodbye. NEXT!

Same with resumes.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2023 11:18 AM (2tUFv)

74 Oh. It's my birthday today. You may all have a piece of cake!
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at October 06, 2023 11:16 AM (0KjzH)

I will happily eat your cake.

Happy birthday, Nurse!

Posted by: Robert at October 06, 2023 11:18 AM (+Ar82)

75 Sonny Hostin is an expert cock gobbler.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2023 11:18 AM (BJEtz)

76 Happy Birfday, Nurse!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at October 06, 2023 11:19 AM (xcxpd)

77 I have a friend who's a corporate pilot for a big software/analytical outfit. They have "several" aircraft for corporate use including a couple Airbus 300 series and a 737 that's a flying palace. I've been on that jet and if I had the bucks... that's how I'd fly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2023 11:19 AM (Q4IgG)

78 Don't eat all my cake.

https://youtu.be/M3jotQNcoOE

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2023 11:19 AM (9gDA7)

79 "Delta Air Lines on Monday said it had been informed by one of its service providers"

It is SO VERY HARD to say: "maintainer", "maintenance firm", or "contractor". FFS.

Posted by: English Is Dead at October 06, 2023 11:19 AM (8sMut)

80 And I'd rather fly on a Boeing jet than any other.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at October 06, 2023 11:19 AM (0KjzH)

81 Sonny Hostin is an expert cock gobbler.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2023 11:18 AM (BJEtz)

She sure ain't an elevator expert. Maybe it's the going-up part that confuses her.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2023 11:19 AM (0FoWg)

82 and an executive sales representative Johnny Rico

At least he's a fan of Starship Troopers.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2023 11:20 AM (2tUFv)

83 Jeff Charles, An Awful Pundit🏴
@jeffcharlesjr
Sunny Hostin refers to Jim Jordan as a "terrorist" and "chaos agent" during an episode of "The View."

"I agree. All Republicans that don't agree with me are terrorists."

- - - - John Cornyn

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2023 11:20 AM (9gDA7)

84 Terrorizing people on The View is a mark in Jim Jordan's favor, IMO

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at October 06, 2023 11:20 AM (xcxpd)

85 Heh. Bought a turn signal flasher (Made in China) from AutoZone. It failed in 10 days. The original worked for 20 years.

I attempted to return it.
Counter guy: "Did you use it?"
Me: "Yes"
Counter guy: "We don't take returns on used electrical parts"

That ended my dealings with them.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 06, 2023 11:20 AM (XeU6L)

86 My tinfoil hat is in the shop, but...

Maybe this is all intentional. To discourage the masses from flying, thus saving the planet.

This will not affect the elites' private aircraft.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2023 11:09 AM (xTRSc)

Investigators say that the crash which killed everyone aboard the 757 occurred when, mid-flight, it was discovered that Wilber Malarkey was on his 5th flight - thereby violating the 4 lifetime flights instituted by the Commission To Save the Planet By Making Everyone Else Miserable (chairperson Greta Iceberg).

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2023 11:20 AM (z99Zw)

87 and don't forget about the pilots vaxed to the hilt hiding heart problems ... Im sure it's nothing to worry about
Posted by: meal team 6

That scares me more than sub par parts.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2023 11:21 AM (X98Jy)

88 Yep, Filipino Juan Rico... played in the movie by an Aryan.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2023 11:16 AM (z99Zw)

Argentine

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at October 06, 2023 11:21 AM (xcxpd)

89 I don't know enough about the airline industry to speculate. But just because certain parts aren't on the "approved" lists doesn't necessarily mean they are substandard.
Posted by: Elric Blade at October 06, 2023 11:13 AM (iFTx/)

It depends.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:21 AM (8sMut)

90 And I'd rather fly on a Boeing jet than any other.
Posted by: nurse ratched
---------

L1011 remains my all-time favorite passenger aircraft.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 06, 2023 11:21 AM (XeU6L)

91 " . . . an executive sales representative Johnny Rico . . ."

This sounds like a character name in a Warner's Edward G. Robinson or George Raft film!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2023 11:21 AM (J2vNu)

92 In other aviation news....
Pease Air Base - an active Air National Guard base which also has Allegiant flying out of it - is now closed to all "heavy" aircraft. Why? All their fire trucks are out of service.

The ANG used "loaner" fire trucks. They were not properly serviced and they are all now inoperative. No Allegiant flights. No military cargo flights. No air refueler flights.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 06, 2023 11:22 AM (N39Ws)

93 “So many of those extremists, those MAGA extremists, take their marching orders from Donald Trump,” @HillaryClinton tells me. “There needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members” in the GOP, she adds in our EXCLUSIVE conversation.

Just remember that it's the right-wingers who are the fascists.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2023 11:22 AM (2tUFv)

94 >>79 "Delta Air Lines on Monday said it had been informed by one of its service providers"

It is SO VERY HARD to say: "maintainer", "maintenance firm", or "contractor". FFS.

Posted by: English Is Dead

All of the MDs at our clinic are now labelled as Providers. Providers of what? Exorbitant bills?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 06, 2023 11:22 AM (l10hq)

95 To be fair, 757s kinda suck. The major IFEs I have experienced have all been on 757s.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:22 AM (8sMut)

96 We dint haf nuffin ta do wid dis.

Posted by: Rockauto at October 06, 2023 11:22 AM (NBVIP)

97 Up and coming young White House stand up.spox!

Andrew Bates
@AndrewJBates46
"Reversal" is absolutely false.
Fact: Congress is forcing us to do this under a 2019 law.
Fact: We called on Congress to cancel these funds. They didn't.
We follow the rule of law.

-
I just lied in from Chicago and, boy, are my jaws tired!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 06, 2023 11:22 AM (FVME7)

98 And people pooh pooh me when I tell them I'm afraid of flying. One tiny component fails, and the entire plane crashes.

In a car, I can pull over. In a plane, I plummet.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 06, 2023 11:22 AM (6xRrr)

99 I thought it was an hydraulics failure originally, but then they should have been able to lower the wheels manually. Thus there must have been another problem. I don't remember if that nose wheel has a manual mechanism.

Posted by: Ciampino - Looked like a great landing at October 06, 2023 11:23 AM (qfLjt)

100 >> I don't know enough about the airline industry to speculate. But just because certain parts aren't on the "approved" lists doesn't necessarily mean they are substandard.

Do you guys need a refresher course?

It's ALL Ball Bearings these days.

Posted by: Irwin M Fletcher at October 06, 2023 11:23 AM (Fgyj8)

101
A KAOS Agent. Missed it by that much, Sunny.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2023 11:23 AM (0FoWg)

102 "The profiles listed for its chief commercial officer Ray Kwong and an executive sales representative Johnny Rico featured stock photos and employment histories that couldn’t be verified by any of their purported former employers."

Johnny Rico's out-of-office autoresponder: "I'm at Klendathu fighting the Arachnids and can't respond to your message at this time."

Posted by: Rowsdower Believes Ray Epps is a Fed and Ashli Bennett is Crispus Attucks at October 06, 2023 11:23 AM (Yvzx0)

103 7 You WILL buy our fake worthless shit and LIKE IT!
We own you.
Posted by: THE CCP at October 06, 2023 11:03 AM (2znMt)

You WILL get NOTHING and like it.
We rock you.

Posted by: Meshuggah at October 06, 2023 11:23 AM (8sMut)

104 Oh. It's my birthday today. You may all have a piece of cake!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Happy birthday nurse!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2023 11:23 AM (X98Jy)

105 It turns out that Einstein was right yet again. A recent experiment just proved that antigravity doesn’t exist and we probably won’t ever get to use antimatter to levitate or build a perpetual motion machine or power warp drives (sorry, Star Trek).

Now we know that matter and antimatter are drawn toward each other — not pushed apart — by gravity. Physicist Albert Einstein predicted this in his theory of general relativity years before the first positron was discovered, but Aarhus University physicist Emma Anderson and her colleagues at ALPHA (the Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus) just tested the theory by watching atoms of anti-hydrogen — a single anti-electron orbiting an anti-proton — fall downward under the pull of Earth’s gravity.

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2023 11:24 AM (RHGPo)

106
I attempted to return it.
Counter guy: "Did you use it?"
Me: "Yes"
Counter guy: "We don't take returns on used electrical parts"

That ended my dealings with them.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 06, 2023 11:20 AM (XeU6L)

Even the Big 3 auto manufacturers won't take electrical parts back if you've used them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2023 11:24 AM (9gDA7)

107 The 787 Dreamliner is a magnificent aircraft. Wonderful flight from Sydney to San Fran. Quiet, air temperature and humidity perfect. Seats and cabin beautiful.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at October 06, 2023 11:24 AM (0KjzH)

108 educate me

does 'fake engine parts' mean the same as getting something from NAPA instead of the Ford dealer?

Posted by: DB at October 06, 2023 11:24 AM (geLO8)

109 A KAOS Agent. Missed it by that much, Sunny.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2023 11:23 AM (0FoWg)

Radio KAOS???

Posted by: Roger Waters at October 06, 2023 11:24 AM (8sMut)

110 I seem to remember Airforce One having a counterfeit bolt (tail?) some years ago.

Posted by: Ciampino - All made in China at October 06, 2023 11:24 AM (qfLjt)

111 I once worked as a mechanic's helper for a helicopter leasing company. The mechanics performed maintenance and repairs absolutely to spec because they did not want to be responsible for any deaths or injuries that might occur because of shoddy work and, in an aircraft, failure is likely to result in death.

Selling or buying substandard equipment is evidence of a depraved mind and those involved should spend much time in prison.

Posted by: huerfano at October 06, 2023 11:25 AM (cs21Z)

112 L1011 remains my all-time favorite passenger aircraft.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Flew on that once - on my way to basic training. Loud as F in the back, like painfully loud. Never again.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 06, 2023 11:25 AM (KAi1n)

113 Happy Birthday!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2023 11:25 AM (BJEtz)

114 McDonald's Japan is clearly superior.

https://youtube.com/shorts/IJtwuzvF9iI ?si=-vwIsA-ncmNaE9tr

Posted by: Robert at October 06, 2023 11:25 AM (+Ar82)

115 Andrew Bates
@AndrewJBates46

We follow the rule of law.

Then why is the border wide f*cking open? Illegal immigration is AGAINST THE LAW.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2023 11:25 AM (9gDA7)

116 My late husband worked in Flight Standards in Aviation Safety at the FAA. I would love to still have the connections to the inside scoop on this. He had lots of contacts at the Safety Departments of Airlines and I know he did some of the trainings that the inspectors did.

Posted by: Iris at October 06, 2023 11:25 AM (n3DL0)

117 107 The 787 Dreamliner is a magnificent aircraft. Wonderful flight from Sydney to San Fran. Quiet, air temperature and humidity perfect. Seats and cabin beautiful.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at October 06, 2023 11:24 AM (0KjzH)

YES.

Flew them from Houston to London, from DFW to Paris and back, and DFW to Frankfurt and back.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:26 AM (8sMut)

118 I attempted to return it.
Counter guy: "Did you use it?"
Me: "Yes"
Counter guy: "We don't take returns on used electrical parts"

That ended my dealings with them.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Always lie. "Nope. Wound up selling the vehicle".

Fuck them.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2023 11:26 AM (X98Jy)

119
L1011 remains my all-time favorite passenger aircraft.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 06, 2023 11:21 AM

Florida is famous for it's lightning storms. Flew out of Tampa/St. Petes in an L1011. Left the runway and the pilot took it STRAIGHT UP to avoid bad weather. I didn't think it was possible and maybe I'm exaggerating by a few degrees. But not many.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2023 11:27 AM (enJYY)

120 114 McDonald's Japan is clearly superior.

https://youtube.com/shorts/IJtwuzvF9iI ?si=-vwIsA-ncmNaE9tr
Posted by: Robert at October 06, 2023 11:25 AM (+Ar82)

You can order 'a smile' there too

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at October 06, 2023 11:27 AM (xcxpd)

121 110 I seem to remember Airforce One having a counterfeit bolt (tail?) some years ago.
Posted by: Ciampino - All made in China at October 06, 2023 11:24 AM (qfLjt)

Now it has a counterfeit passenger (POTUS).

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 06, 2023 11:27 AM (N39Ws)

122 I don't know of ANY electronic parts suppliers, for ANY usage, that don't void warranty on install.

Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:27 AM (Fgyj8)

123 And y'all are the best! Thank
You.

Would you like ice cream with your cake?

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at October 06, 2023 11:28 AM (0KjzH)

124 When major airlines start ordering their parts from JC Whitney I think it's time to start taking the train.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 06, 2023 11:28 AM (l10hq)

125 Andrew Bates
@AndrewJBates46

We follow the rule of law.

Yeah. Follow it out back and shoot it in the head.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2023 11:28 AM (X98Jy)

126
Then why is the border wide f*cking open? Illegal immigration is AGAINST THE LAW.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2023 11:25 AM (9gDA7)

No rule of law exists when I HAVE to report to CBP when I deplane from a foreign destination in, say, Dallas or Houston, but it is perfectly okay for millions to just stroll across the border with impunity.

Cue Suicidal Tendencies "Two-Sided Politics".

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:28 AM (8sMut)

127 104 Oh. It's my birthday today. You may all have a piece of cake!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Happy Birthday to you

Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2023 11:28 AM (bs+z0)

128 Diversity pilots flying planes with fake parts. What could go right?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 06, 2023 11:28 AM (63Dwl)

129 In a car, I can pull over. In a plane, I plummet.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 06, 2023 11:22 AM (6xRrr)

Sometimes you get to burst into flame before you plummet. Or, maybe, have the top of the plane come off so that you can plummet but the rest of the passengers can continue.

You act like it's all so predictable and boring.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2023 11:28 AM (z99Zw)

130 Nurse: Happy Birthday! and I hope you win big in Las Vegas!

Posted by: Iris at October 06, 2023 11:28 AM (n3DL0)

131 "84 Terrorizing people on The View is a mark in Jim Jordan's favor, IMO
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at October 06, 2023 11:20 AM (xcxpd)"

Possibly. OTOH, given that the View clowns are obedient little apparatchiks like most everyone else in that line of work, I have to wonder whether there's a bit of "Please please PLEEEZE don't throw me in that briar patch!" going on.

Posted by: Rowsdower Believes Ray Epps is a Fed and Ashli Bennett is Crispus Attucks at October 06, 2023 11:28 AM (Yvzx0)

132 When major airlines start ordering their parts from JC Whitney I think it's time to start taking the train.

*****************

Tanned, rested and ready!

Posted by: Amtrak at October 06, 2023 11:28 AM (VTu1l)

133 Efrain Flores Monsanto 🇨🇦🚛 @realmonsanto 16h
Trudeau gets confronted by a Toronto mans: "I'm not shaking your hand... you f*cked up this entire country".

What do you think?

Source: instagram/golfzilla.gsxr

https://tinyurl.com/4uwtyk64
59 seconds; Language NSFW oddly enough.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 06, 2023 11:28 AM (krqg6)

134 And y'all are the best! Thank
You.

Would you like ice cream with your cake?
Posted by: nurse ratched

No ma'am. 13 is my limit.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2023 11:28 AM (X98Jy)

135 Happy Birthday, Nurse. And have safe flights, on aircraft with no substandard parts.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2023 11:29 AM (xTRSc)

136 123 And y'all are the best! Thank
You.

Would you like ice cream with your cake?
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at October 06, 2023 11:28 AM (0KjzH)

Happy Birthday!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. : o )

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:29 AM (8sMut)

137 108 educate me

does 'fake engine parts' mean the same as getting something from NAPA instead of the Ford dealer?

Posted by: DB at October 06, 2023 11:24 AM (geLO

----
The parts have not been tested for spec.
Likely will not meet spec., particularly turbine parts.
OTOH they may work fine and never give trouble BUT that's why the airline industry has specs., to avoid problems and crashes.

Posted by: Ciampino - All made in China! at October 06, 2023 11:29 AM (qfLjt)

138 tap tap

Posted by: DB at October 06, 2023 11:29 AM (geLO8)

139 133
'What do you think?'

I also think Trudeau fucked up Canada.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2023 11:29 AM (bVfY0)

140 Oh. It's my birthday today. You may all have a piece of cake!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Happy birthday nurse! We all hope you make it to Texas.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2023 11:29 AM (z99Zw)

141 Good thread. Thanks.

QA/QC

QA sets standards, QC ensures those standards are followed. Testing checks that everything is up to the quality standards.

For example, Aircraft QC (Quality Control) Inspector is responsible for ensuring that aircraft maintenance and repairs are performed according to strict safety regulations and industry standards. This role is critical in maintaining the airworthiness and safety of aircraft and passengers.

Getting sloppier, lazier, cheaper whether for personnel hiring, training, and/or parts?

Also, re: aviation accidents - An interesting WB/Wisnerbaum webpage: Human Factors in Aviation

In part, "According to the NTSB investigations performed into air accidents, over 88 percent of all chartered plane crashes are attributed, at least in part, to pilot error. In private or general aviation, loss of aircraft control by the pilot is the number one cause of plane and helicopter crashes."

Posted by: L - It's only a 5 1/2 hour drive from home to East Palestine, OH at October 06, 2023 11:29 AM (GshMh)

142 >>Selling or buying substandard equipment is evidence of a depraved mind and those involved should spend much time in prison.

How's the weather up on that High Horse?

Posted by: Willy Loman at October 06, 2023 11:30 AM (Fgyj8)

143 >Ciampino

thanks for the splanation

Posted by: DB at October 06, 2023 11:30 AM (geLO8)

144 JJ never offers us cake.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2023 11:30 AM (xTRSc)

145 Yes, corporate culture sucks when it comes to consumer service. Notice that most stores and businesses that allow you/force you to do business online do not have the phone chats from reps based in India anymore--no, they have bots that do not answer any question at all. No way to fix anything. Thank goodness I can still go to the bank and see someone in person. All this so the execs can earn $100M a year.

Posted by: PJ at October 06, 2023 11:30 AM (G1dq6)

146 If we had functioning American markets with American manufacturing, this would be less of a problem. Maybe no problem at all. But somewhere along the way we decided that the low, low prices that can only be achieved by buying from slave and near-slave labor in Asia was a natural right. We asked to be scammed by Asians. Our manufacturing practices are the equivalent of offshoring banking to Nigeria because it's cheaper.

Posted by: If only there was some way to avoid this disaster at October 06, 2023 11:31 AM (KFhLj)

147 I wonder if my United flight from Frankfurt to Newark was cancelled due to a fake part.

Plane had pulled away from the gate and taxied a bit before stopping.
Pilot came over the intercom saying they were not getting a good reading from a generator for one of the engines. They had called out the mechanics to take a look and eventually the flight was cancelled as it could not be fixed then and there.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (qoLdL)

148 105 It turns out that Einstein was right yet again. A recent experiment just proved that antigravity doesn’t exist and we probably won’t ever get to use antimatter to levitate or build a perpetual motion machine or power warp drives (sorry, Star Trek).
........

Posted by: SMOD
____

Yeah, yeah, sure sure. The important thing is, how many non-binary women lesbians of color were part of this so-called "experiment"? That's how we know whether to take whatever you just techno-babbled above seriously.

Posted by: NY Times Science Journalist and Activist at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (fs1hN)

149 Even the Big 3 auto manufacturers won't take electrical parts back if you've used them.
Posted by: Sponge
--------

Well, that leads to a rather existential question. How is one to know if the part works without using it? I did ask the counter guy that, but he could only quote company policy. I did actually drop the thing in a small box, with a letter, and sent it to their HQ, explaining that they could put it in *their* landfill. Received no reply.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (XeU6L)

150 Related, we might want to double check some nuclear reactors for bad parts - to make sure they don't explode.

And while you are at it double check some nuclear bombs to make sure they will explode.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (tA1/w)

151 JJ never offers us cake.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2023 11:30 AM (xTRSc)

To be fair the cake is a lie.

Posted by: Robert at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (+Ar82)

152 137 108 educate me

does 'fake engine parts' mean the same as getting something from NAPA instead of the Ford dealer?

Posted by: DB at October 06, 2023 11:24 AM (geLO
----
The parts have not been tested for spec.
Likely will not meet spec., particularly turbine parts.
OTOH they may work fine and never give trouble BUT that's why the airline industry has specs., to avoid problems and crashes.

Posted by: Ciampino - All made in China! at October 06, 2023 11:29 AM (qfLjt)

Those parts (e.g. turbine blades) are under extreme temperatures, pressures, and stresses while under use. A number of incidents have involved turbine blade failures, and checking for micro-cracks is an extremely important part of the required maintenance schedules.
That makes the "Fake" parts finding such a huge thing. Penny-wise, Pound-foolish.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (ynpvh)

153 JJ never offers us cake.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

I imagine needing a bday cake every day would get rather expensive.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (X98Jy)

154 >>We asked to be scammed by Asians.

To be fair, the Union/Labor Movement is 100% to blame for the loss of our Manufacturing Sector.

Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (Fgyj8)

155 ..and don't forget about the pilots vaxed to the hilt hiding heart problems ... Im sure it's nothing to worry about

And going without co-pilots. We should get a quick review of cockpit in the preflight presentations.

Posted by: t-bird at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (e2onP)

156 >>Well, that leads to a rather existential question. How is one to know if the part works without using it?

Get out your Meter and the Spec Sheet...

Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:33 AM (Fgyj8)

157 Bernie Sanders' Staffers Have Left-Wing Antiwar Activists Arrested Outside Office

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2023 11:33 AM (RHGPo)

158 I think those auto-response 'phone trees' many businesses use are meant to discourage customers from calling

the old 'don't call us- we'll call you', now updated with the latest tech

Posted by: DB at October 06, 2023 11:33 AM (geLO8)

159 Doant no nuthin bout cheap labor and economix..

Posted by: Cotton plantations, 1850 at October 06, 2023 11:33 AM (NBVIP)

160 Mine does the we're all (insert company name here)-ers that Google started. Like, I'm a Tesla-er. NOTE: I do not work for any Elon Musk company... just in case they do that. It's massively fucking stupid.

***************

it is, as is the "we're a family" bullshit.

Well I applied to 6 other families this week, so...

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Dreaming of Lauren Boebert's Wagshambas at October 06, 2023 11:34 AM (VTu1l)

161 Happy birthday, nurse!

I'd sing you the happy birthday song but it just doesn't sound as good in text.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 06, 2023 11:34 AM (Bd6X8)

162 ll of the MDs at our clinic are now labelled as Providers. Providers of what? Exorbitant bills?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 06, 2023 11:22 AM (l10hq)

Irritating to no end. At my clinic, "you'll see the provider next." I'm tempted to ask "of what?"

People might think I am nit picky but in a language with a million words that demands exact precision of its users (hence its size), I'm not into to calling every last business and profession a "provider". It just sounds stupid. And very lazy.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:34 AM (8sMut)

163 Cost cutting is not necessarily bad. It is only bad in the wrong places. Cost cutting on parts that keep planes airborne = bad. Cost cutting retarded diversity initiative and make-work HR bullshit = good. Sadly, business school grads are largely part of the second category, so do not focus efforts there so as not to spotlight their own uselessness.

Posted by: DPICM at October 06, 2023 11:35 AM (M2VUX)

164 And yes the current corporate culture definitely sucks. When I first started working on Wall Street back in the early 80's there were soooo many banks and brokerage firms.

Now there are very few. Just a lot of big banks that got that way from merging or acquiring smaller banks. Now we have nothing but companies that are "to big to fail".

Fuck them, they created an unsustainable business model, let them fail.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 06, 2023 11:35 AM (qoLdL)

165 The fact that we have so few accidents in the sky is nothing short of a technical miracle so leave it to the left to fuck this up too

They will have their 10 minute cities and apartment pods and solar powered scooters for us peons to use or else

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Dreaming of Lauren Boebert's Wagshambas at October 06, 2023 11:36 AM (VTu1l)

166 Asked and not answered on a previous thread: is a deliberate belly landing, made due to landing gear failure, really a "crash" landing? Looks like the pilot made the best of a bad situation.

And precisely what fake parts was AOG Technics selling, and where did they get them? Fakes of critical parts that were done well enough to even work at all would be nearly as costly to make as the real thing. Or were the fakes more common parts, like nuts, bolts, and washers, which are very similar to non-aviation parts, just better tested and documented?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2023 11:36 AM (3z7Ln)

167 We're no longer employees. Now we're "individual contributors."

Posted by: Just another brick at October 06, 2023 11:36 AM (NBVIP)

168 154 >>We asked to be scammed by Asians.

To be fair, the Union/Labor Movement is 100% to blame for the loss of our Manufacturing Sector.
Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (Fgyj

Just wait until the UAW strike gets settled and union employees get their 40% raises.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 06, 2023 11:36 AM (N39Ws)

169 To be fair, the Union/Labor Movement is 100% to blame for the loss of our Manufacturing Sector.
Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (Fgyj

They didn't help, but they're not 100% of the problem. It's like when the housing market collapsed, greedy borrowers, greedy lenders, and greedy government all wanted to say each other were 100% to blame, but it was all of them.

In this case, greedy unions, corporations, politicians, and consumers all worked together to hollow out our industrial base.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2023 11:36 AM (0FoWg)

170 "According to the NTSB investigations performed into air accidents, over 88 percent of all chartered plane crashes are attributed, at least in part, to pilot error. In private or general aviation, loss of aircraft control by the pilot is the number one cause of plane and helicopter crashes."
Posted by: L - It's only a 5 1/2 hour drive from home to East Palestine, OH at October 06, 2023 11:29 AM (GshMh)

What's that rule? If the pilot dies the crash was pilot error, if the pilot lives it was mechanical?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2023 11:36 AM (z99Zw)

171 139 133

Also. Thanks for the clip. It's fun to watch Turdeau cursed out in Canadian.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2023 11:37 AM (bVfY0)

172 Only 43 out of more than 8,000 service members who were discharged from the military over the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate have sought to rejoin, according to a recent report by CNN.

According to the report, 19 have rejoined the Army, 12 have rejoined the Marine Corps, one has rejoined the Air Force, and two have rejoined the Navy.

Recently retired Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Samuel Shoemate, who administers a military whistleblowing website, agreed that troops are wary of rejoining the same military they were just forced out of.

“I’ve personally spoken to thousands of service members and their family members over the last two years, and the consensus has roundly been the same among all of them; they will not rejoin a military under current leadership which so readily broke the law and denied them their constitutional rights,” he said in a statement.

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2023 11:37 AM (RHGPo)

173 I see the jobs "numbers" are higher than predicted ! Who would have seen that coming.. I expect Joe will stumble out and brag about Bidenomics !

Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2023 11:37 AM (bs+z0)

174 166 Asked and not answered on a previous thread: is a deliberate belly landing, made due to landing gear failure, really a "crash" landing? Looks like the pilot made the best of a bad situation.
....
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2023 11:36 AM (3z7Ln)

Any landing you can walk away form is a good landing.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 06, 2023 11:38 AM (N39Ws)

175 >>Fuck them, they created an unsustainable business model, let them fail.

They were, invariably, reacting to Policy.

The blame goes equally to the Government, not just the businesses.

Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:38 AM (Fgyj8)

176 >>chief commercial officer Ray Kwong and an executive sales representative Johnny Rico

Surprised Ron Mexico wasn't on staff

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at October 06, 2023 11:38 AM (lqvOK)

177 Thanks for this, as I'm scheduled to fly from CA to MA tonight. Puts my mind at ease.

Posted by: red speck at October 06, 2023 11:38 AM (t20Fg)

178 Any business major/job should be by mandate paired with a major in the actual business you want to work in

Want to be a businessman in aviation? You'll need to also be a pilot or a mechanic. Otherwise fuck off

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Dreaming of Lauren Boebert's Wagshambas at October 06, 2023 11:38 AM (VTu1l)

179 Related, we might want to double check some nuclear reactors for bad parts - to make sure they don't explode.
Posted by: Next2Nothing at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (tA1/w)

Nuclear reactors cannot explode. At least not the way you mean. The quality of the parts is irrelevant, physics won't permit it.

Now, it can melt down, or leak, or have any of a number of other catastrophic issues... but it cannot explode.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2023 11:39 AM (z99Zw)

180 "Ah... hey buddy. I was sent out to deliver dese brand new, 100% certified jet engine parts. But dey accidentally loaded a few too many on my truck. I can't take 'em back because da guys on the dock won't know what to do wit' 'em. Nah, I don't have paperwork for 'em but I can let youse have 'em for a tenth of what dey would normally cost."

Posted by: Oddbob at October 06, 2023 11:39 AM (nfrXX)

181 Bogus parts are a big problem, and that's just one reason why every airline has an FAA approved, vendor surveillance program that is supposed to qualify, surveil and periodically audit their FAA approved vendor's list.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 06, 2023 11:40 AM (YRsIm)

182 Now, it can melt down, or leak, or have any of a number of other catastrophic issues... but it cannot explode.

************

That's not what Hollywood movies tell me

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Dreaming of Lauren Boebert's Wagshambas at October 06, 2023 11:40 AM (VTu1l)

183 148
Yeah, yeah, sure sure. The important thing is, how many non-binary women lesbians of color were part of this so-called "experiment"? That's how we know whether to take whatever you just techno-babbled above seriously.
Posted by: NY Times Science Journalist and Activist at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (fs1hN)

========

What shirts were the scientists wearing?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at October 06, 2023 11:40 AM (LvTSG)

184 >>They didn't help, but they're not 100% of the problem.

No. The Movement included the useful idiots within gov't and corp structure.

It was 100% Union / Labor that caused it.

Because, organized Labor Unions are ALWAYS na Communist Front.

Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:40 AM (Fgyj8)

185 To be fair, the Union/Labor Movement is 100% to blame for the loss of our Manufacturing Sector.

I don't disagree. But (1) we made a choice to crawl into bed with a totalitarian state and its neighbors, rather than address unions at home, which is an insane choice; and (2) even if you cut out or reduce union influence, Americans are not willing to pay what it would cost for other Americans to do most things. So we get to deal with foreigners, and all the unhappy consequences. My point is that these are choices. We made them. Focusing on paperwork/documentation/counterfeit parts misses the forest for the trees.

Posted by: If only there was some way to avoid this disaster at October 06, 2023 11:40 AM (KFhLj)

186 175 They were, invariably, reacting to Policy.

The blame goes equally to the Government, not just the businesses.
Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:38 AM

1000% agree with you on that. They should have never gotten rid of the Glass/Steagall Act.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 06, 2023 11:40 AM (qoLdL)

187 166 Asked and not answered on a previous thread: is a deliberate belly landing, made due to landing gear failure, really a "crash" landing? Looks like the pilot made the best of a bad situation.

And precisely what fake parts was AOG Technics selling, and where did they get them? Fakes of critical parts that were done well enough to even work at all would be nearly as costly to make as the real thing. Or were the fakes more common parts, like nuts, bolts, and washers, which are very similar to non-aviation parts, just better tested and documented?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2023 11:36 AM (3z7Ln)

In the electronics industry, fake parts are a major problem. They either don't work, or don't meet specs, or fail prematurely. Sometimes they're quite hard to pick out. What most companies do is get their parts from legitimate sellers with connections to the companies that make the parts. Things got dicey when we had the parts shortages the last few years. Better now, but still a problem.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2023 11:40 AM (ynpvh)

188 It is SO VERY HARD to say: "maintainer", "maintenance firm", or "contractor". FFS.

Posted by: English Is Dead
__________________________
Hey Mister Schmahtguy:
Would it kill you to say mechanic? You started this.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 06, 2023 11:40 AM (4PZHB)

189 146 If we had functioning American markets with American manufacturing, this would be less of a problem. Maybe no problem at all. But somewhere along the way we decided that the low, low prices that can only be achieved by buying from slave and near-slave labor in Asia was a natural right. We asked to be scammed by Asians. Our manufacturing practices are the equivalent of offshoring banking to Nigeria because it's cheaper.
Posted by: If only there was some way to avoid this disaster at October 06, 2023 11:31 AM (KFhLj)

Americans love to shoot themselves in the foot and blame everyone and anything else for their self inflicted wounds. Americans do not want businesses here, because they keep electing people who are hostile to business. And the schools crank out future employees who, instead of learning the things that will make them good employees and great human capital, instead will celebrate "national coming out day". And governments at all levels keep cranking up the costs of doing business here.

Then businesses leave, and we get posts like this without any self-awareness.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:41 AM (8sMut)

190 I'm not into to calling every last business and profession a "provider". It just sounds stupid. And very lazy.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
------------
"Hi. My name is Fred, and I'm your table service provider"

Because, 'Waiter' is so gauche.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 06, 2023 11:41 AM (XeU6L)

191 To be fair, the Union/Labor Movement is 100% to blame for the loss of our Manufacturing Sector.

It was a Uniparty pincer move. Tax code, regulations, "shareholder value".

Posted by: t-bird at October 06, 2023 11:41 AM (ptElO)

192 >>Bogus parts are a big problem

Those Breast Implants don't break down, naturally.

Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:41 AM (Fgyj8)

193
I worked for a Boeing supplier for a bit. The front row of seating in this clean room was QC. Maybe 100 employees altogether, 10 QC. They had to sign off on everything. Ping every wire on a wiring harness with some phenomenal number of possible connections. Take assembled parts into a separate room into a vibrating apparatus that would torture test them again for hours, to be pinged again.

I quit before 9/11/2001 because I didn't like some of the employees who were stoners. When the first plane hit the tower they were mentioning malfunctioning navigation equipment and I prayed it wasn't Boeing. When it comes to aerospace I didn't wanna be anywhere near people who got high.

:: adjusts pocket pen protector ::

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2023 11:42 AM (enJYY)

194 Green Party Presidential Candidate Cornel West Switches to Independent

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I guess the Green wackadoddles weren't crazy enough for him.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 06, 2023 11:42 AM (FVME7)

195 It could be that but I bet when and if this gets a real investigation we will find DIE hires as the real cause.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 06, 2023 11:42 AM (17s+e)

196 That's not what Hollywood movies tell me
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Dreaming of Lauren Boebert's Wagshambas at October 06, 2023 11:40 AM (VTu1l)

They also tell you that the word critical means there's something wrong.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2023 11:42 AM (z99Zw)

197 179
' but it cannot explode.'

Well, it's not a fission explosion but water heated too rapidly can certainly explode.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2023 11:42 AM (bVfY0)

198 Hey Mister Schmahtguy:
Would it kill you to say mechanic? You started this.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 06, 2023 11:40 AM (4PZHB)

Chowdahheads of the world UNITE!!!

Posted by: New Englanders at October 06, 2023 11:42 AM (8sMut)

199 170 "According to the NTSB investigations performed into air accidents, over 88 percent of all chartered plane crashes are attributed, at least in part, to pilot error. In private or general aviation, loss of aircraft control by the pilot is the number one cause of plane and helicopter crashes."
Posted by: L - It's only a 5 1/2 hour drive from home to East Palestine, OH at October 06, 2023 11:29 AM (GshMh)

What's that rule? If the pilot dies the crash was pilot error, if the pilot lives it was mechanical?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2023 11:36 AM (z99Zw)

For aircraft with cockpit and data recorders (like jet airliners), that data can be crucial to the finding. I watched the show "Air Disasters", which goes over quite a few crashes, with many being pilot error (e.g. flaps and slats not our during take-off, inexperienced pilots)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2023 11:43 AM (ynpvh)

200 65 Was the documentation packed with the parts written in Engrish?

"For make plane go fast yes please happiness"

hmm, may be a knockoff

Posted by: brak at October 06, 2023 11:15 AM (WxvBY)
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Engrish too erudite. Try Chinglish and Janglish.

Posted by: Ciampino - All made in Asia at October 06, 2023 11:43 AM (qfLjt)

201 We know a high level manager at the ATC Center in Atlanta, as of 15 years ago most of their ATC equipment, including the beacons and comms are/were all vacuum tube enabled. The tubes are no longer produced here and only available from Svetlana in Russia. Replacements are difficult to get and most fail when received.

Something to think about that as your plane is coming in for a landing.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 06, 2023 11:43 AM (l10hq)

202 194 Green Party Presidential Candidate Cornel West Switches to Independent

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I guess the Green wackadoddles weren't crazy enough for him.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 06, 2023 11:42 AM (FVME7)

=======

This is not a prediction. This is a wild guess that probably is not true but would entertain me if true:

West actually wants to win, and he couldn't convince the Green Party head honchos to actually fight election stealing. They were scared by the Detroit lawsuit from 2016 and know that they are just window dressing in electoral politics that can be replaced at any given moment.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at October 06, 2023 11:44 AM (LvTSG)

203 >>"For make plane go fast yes please happiness"

LOL

Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:44 AM (Fgyj8)

204 For first time, free Narcan will be available at 2023 ACL Fest.

With upwards of 450,000 festival goers expected, Austin City Limits Music Festival is once again prioritizing safety.

During an Oct. 4 press conference, the Austin Police Department, Austin Fire Department, Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services, and Homeland Security and Emergency Management emphasized the responsible use of substances while providing recommendations for public safety during ACL.

https://tinyurl.com/yfd23fax

Um,
1. "emphasized the responsible use of ILLEGAL OPIOD substances" &

2. I wonder if APD will share tips for successful bank robberies since they are into providing recommendations for illegal shit?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2023 11:44 AM (X98Jy)

205 201 We know a high level manager at the ATC Center in Atlanta, as of 15 years ago most of their ATC equipment, including the beacons and comms are/were all vacuum tube enabled. The tubes are no longer produced here and only available from Svetlana in Russia. Replacements are difficult to get and most fail when received.

Something to think about that as your plane is coming in for a landing.
____

That's not important.

Posted by: Pete Buttegieg - concerned about important stuff at October 06, 2023 11:45 AM (fs1hN)

206 Well, it's not a fission explosion but water heated too rapidly can certainly explode.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2023 11:42 AM (bVfY0)

I did specify that it cannot explode the way he meant, as in a nuclear explosion.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2023 11:45 AM (z99Zw)

207 Dang it.
I still have an ear worm from songs suggested in the art thread.
Aaarrrggg!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2023 11:45 AM (uSHSS)

208 197 179
' but it cannot explode.'

Well, it's not a fission explosion but water heated too rapidly can certainly explode.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2023 11:42 AM (bVfY0)

:::Old Faithful has entered the chat:::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2023 11:45 AM (ynpvh)

209 To be fair, the Union/Labor Movement is 100% to blame for the loss of our Manufacturing Sector.

===

Disagree with yo on that. I'd put that at 50%+/- and government regulation and compliance with their stupidity at 50%+/-.

YMMV

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 06, 2023 11:45 AM (17s+e)

210 191 To be fair, the Union/Labor Movement is 100% to blame for the loss of our Manufacturing Sector.

It was a Uniparty pincer move. Tax code, regulations, "shareholder value".
Posted by: t-bird at October 06, 2023 11:41 AM (ptElO)

Ah, but businesses are supposed to put up with the abuse all those things bring, with big smiles on their faces, Because Patriotism.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:45 AM (8sMut)

211 200 65 Was the documentation packed with the parts written in Engrish?

"For make plane go fast yes please happiness"

hmm, may be a knockoff

Posted by: brak at October 06, 2023 11:15 AM (WxvBY)
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Engrish too erudite. Try Chinglish and Janglish.

Posted by: Ciampino - All made in Asia at October 06, 2023 11:43 AM (qfLjt)

Boss who visited Japan got a fax when he came back, saying "I hope you had a nice fright"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2023 11:46 AM (ynpvh)

212 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 21h
ALERT: Slovenia’s nuclear plant shut down over leak
Slovenia's only nuclear power plant began a preventive shutdown on Thursday because of a leak in the site's containment building, the operator said in a statement.

“An increased leak in the primary system within the containment building was detected,” officials at the Krsko plant, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of the capital Ljubljana, said in a statement sent to AFP.

It said the leak had no repercussions on employees or surrounding residents and the environment.

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper Oct 5
NEW 🚨 South Korea‘s defence ministry said Thursday it was “closely monitoring” a North Korean nuclear reactor site after local media reported its operations had been temporarily suspended, potentially to extract weapons-grade plutonium

[Yes, I'm pro-nuke but serendipity, dude, serendipity, dad!]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 06, 2023 11:47 AM (krqg6)

213 With wokeness seeping into everything I doubt aircraft will continue to fly, trains run, ships float and cars run for very much longer. There's nobody left who can maintain them. Even the local car dealership has a personnel shortage, parts shortage, knowledge shortage. Two hours to get 4 new tires put on. Parts for the 2 outstanding recalls nowhere to be found (minor shit) and they can only fit service appointments in on Tuesday - Thursday. Nobody works in the service dept. on Monday, Friday or Saturday.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2023 11:47 AM (Q4IgG)

214 194 Green Party Presidential Candidate Cornel West Switches to Independent

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I guess the Green wackadoddles weren't crazy enough for him.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 06, 2023 11:42 AM (FVME7)
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The way I hear it, being on the ticket of an organized party was too much of a threat to Joe Biden's reelection prospect so he had to go.

Posted by: WisRich at October 06, 2023 11:47 AM (G0vdT)

215 "Hi. My name is Fred, and I'm your table service provider"

Because, 'Waiter' is so gauche.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 06, 2023 11:41 AM (XeU6L)

You make a joke, comment provider, but that day is coming.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:47 AM (8sMut)

216 >>Disagree with yo on that. I'd put that at 50%+/- and government regulation and compliance with their stupidity at 50%+/-.

I'd agree with you IF they weren't the same people working towards the same goals in concert.

Posted by: garrett at October 06, 2023 11:47 AM (Fgyj8)

217 Howdy!
Posted by: Moonbeam at October 06, 2023 11:02 AM (rbKZ6)

Hiya Moonbeam !

Posted by: JT at October 06, 2023 11:49 AM (T4tVD)

218
It's fun to watch Turdeau cursed out in Canadian.

Did someone tell that hoser to take off?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 06, 2023 11:49 AM (63Dwl)

219 Even the Big 3 auto manufacturers won't take electrical parts back if you've used them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2023 11:24 AM (9gDA7)

"No returns on electrical parts" exists because it's possible to cause invisible damage to an electrical part by hooking it up wrong, and installing in a car with short elsewhere in the wiring. But returning a known faulty part should be a warranty issue.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2023 11:49 AM (7N8al)

220 197 179
' but it cannot explode.'

Well, it's not a fission explosion but water heated too rapidly can certainly explode.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2023 11:42 AM (bVfY0)

:::Old Faithful has entered the chat:::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
==
Grain Silos and Aspirin Factories sauntered in too.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 06, 2023 11:49 AM (17s+e)

221 215 "Hi. My name is Fred, and I'm your table service provider"

Because, 'Waiter' is so gauche.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 06, 2023 11:41 AM (XeU6L)

You make a joke, comment provider, but that day is coming.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:47 AM (8sMut)

Oh yeah, years ago, at a restaurant, I got a survey card that stated "Thank you for choosing us as your meal provider!" I e-mailed them asking what that was. No response.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:49 AM (8sMut)

222 206
'I did specify that it cannot explode the way he meant, as in a nuclear explosion.'

I figured that was the distinction you were making but I thought the most likely explosion possible at a nuclear plant deserved a mention.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2023 11:50 AM (bVfY0)

223 Oh. It's my birthday today. You may all have a piece of cake!
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at October 06, 2023 11:16 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NURSE !

Posted by: JT at October 06, 2023 11:50 AM (T4tVD)

224 Disagree with yo on that. I'd put that at 50%+/- and government regulation and compliance with their stupidity at 50%+/-.

I'd agree with you IF they weren't the same people working towards the same goals in concert.

Posted by: garrett
==
Point taken.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 06, 2023 11:50 AM (17s+e)

225 221 215 "Hi. My name is Fred, and I'm your table service provider"

Because, 'Waiter' is so gauche.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 06, 2023 11:41 AM (XeU6L)

You make a joke, comment provider, but that day is coming.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:47 AM (8sMut)

Oh yeah, years ago, at a restaurant, I got a survey card that stated "Thank you for choosing us as your meal provider!" I e-mailed them asking what that was. No response.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:49 AM (8sMut)
_____________

"What does that make me??"

-- Kamala Harris

Posted by: Elric Blade at October 06, 2023 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

226 219 Even the Big 3 auto manufacturers won't take electrical parts back if you've used them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2023 11:24 AM (9gDA7)

"No returns on electrical parts" exists because it's possible to cause invisible damage to an electrical part by hooking it up wrong, and installing in a car with short elsewhere in the wiring. But returning a known faulty part should be a warranty issue.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2023 11:49 AM (7N8al)

ESD damage is notorious for doing that. Part looks fine, but unless you decap the chip and look at in under microscopy, you can't see the damage.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2023 11:50 AM (ynpvh)

227 #212 Oops, missed this one too from the 5th!

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper Oct 5
NEW 🚨 Bangladesh received the first uranium delivery on Thursday for its Russia-backed nuclear plant

Bangladesh received the first uranium delivery on Thursday for its Russia-backed nuclear plant, a project aimed at bolstering its overstretched energy grid but complicated by sanctions on Moscow.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has courted Russian ties with renewed vigour after Western criticism over her government’s rights record.

Moscow is bankrolling the $12.65-billion plant with a loan for 90 percent of its cost, with hopes it will alleviate the chronic blackouts plaguing the South Asian nation.

“Bangladesh is our long-term friend and partner,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a videoconference with Hasina to mark the handover.

Putin also pledged assistance for uranium supply, maintenance and management of spent fuel.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 06, 2023 11:51 AM (krqg6)

228 215 You make a joke, comment provider, but that day is coming.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:47 AM

🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 06, 2023 11:51 AM (l7IE2)

229 225 221 215 "Hi. My name is Fred, and I'm your table service provider"

Because, 'Waiter' is so gauche.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 06, 2023 11:41 AM (XeU6L)

You make a joke, comment provider, but that day is coming.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:47 AM (8sMut)

Oh yeah, years ago, at a restaurant, I got a survey card that stated "Thank you for choosing us as your meal provider!" I e-mailed them asking what that was. No response.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 06, 2023 11:49 AM (8sMut)
_____________

"What does that make me??"

-- Kamala Harris

Posted by: Elric Blade at October 06, 2023 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

Head Service Provider

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2023 11:51 AM (ynpvh)

230 I also think Trudeau fucked up Canada.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2023 11:29 AM (bVfY0)

As did his alleged father.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2023 11:51 AM (7N8al)

231
"What does that make me??"

-- Kamala Harris

A cum dumpster? Sorry, a biological materials disposal expert.

Posted by: Willie Brown at October 06, 2023 11:52 AM (XqcwY)

232 To clarify: Shutting down the govt for billions for Ukraine will NOT hurt grandmas, kids or rainbows. That happens only when you try to something to make the govt smaller.

Posted by: Ripley at October 06, 2023 11:52 AM (JojsZ)

233 "What does that make me??"

-- Kamala Harris
==

Power Hungry Eggplant Polishing Provider

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 06, 2023 11:53 AM (17s+e)

234 To clarify: Shutting down the govt for billions for Ukraine will NOT hurt grandmas, kids or rainbows. That happens only when you try to something to make the govt smaller.

/Cries into Frank Luntz's...area

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy-Luntz at October 06, 2023 11:53 AM (XqcwY)

235 Remember a few billion to protect YOU normal people from crime is a bridge too far but many billion so Lil Z can continue to roll in hookers and blow? Now that's a priority.

Posted by: The GOPe at October 06, 2023 11:54 AM (XqcwY)

236
out: customer
in: remittance provider

Posted by: DB at October 06, 2023 11:54 AM (geLO8)

237 Happy Birthday Nurse!!!!

WooHoo!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2023 11:54 AM (uSHSS)

238 218
'Did someone tell that hoser to take off?'
It almost is like that but with more swear words.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2023 11:54 AM (bVfY0)

239 I probably have five thousand hours in the air. I used to fly from Houston to Gnawlins for dinner.

The last time I got on a plane was eleven years ago. Emphasis on "last".

Never again.

Posted by: creeper at October 06, 2023 11:55 AM (cTCuP)

240 To clarify: Shutting down the govt for billions for Ukraine will NOT hurt grandmas, kids or rainbows. That happens only when you try to something to make the govt smaller.

Posted by: Ripley
===

You hit that 16D nail so direct with such power it sunk the first strike!

HI5

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 06, 2023 11:55 AM (17s+e)

241 The new Lampedusa:
Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 12m
NEW: Over 500 migrants arrive on Spain’s Canary Islands

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 19h
NEW - Italy detains migrant rescue ship
A Spanish charity rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean said Thursday its ship had again been detained by Italian authorities and accused Rome of harassment.

Open Arms said its eponymous ship had been subjected to a new 20-day blockade and a fine of up to 10,000 euros (around $10,500).

The ship was also detained in August along with two other rescue vessels accused of breaking a contested new law that states charities must return to port between every rescue, and only to the port designed by Italian authorities.

Open Arms had on Wednesday disembarked 176 migrants in the Tuscan port of Carrara who had been rescued in three operations in the Central Mediterranean.

In a statement Thursday, it accused Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government of a “strategy of harassing the work of humanitarian ships. We will bear this unjust detention and the resulting legal costs,” it said. “But we find it unacceptable to have to suffer this situation because we have done our duty, respecting the Law of the Sea

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 06, 2023 11:55 AM (krqg6)

242 Happy Hatch Day Nurse!!!!!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 06, 2023 11:55 AM (4q/mG)

243 Now it can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2023 11:55 AM (yNyhm)

244 "What does that make me??"

-- Kamala Harris
Posted by: Elric Blade at October 06, 2023 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

A whore. Same as in town.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 06, 2023 11:55 AM (6xRrr)

245 “An increased leak in the primary system within the containment building was detected,” ...

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 06, 2023 11:47 AM (krqg6)

Increased leak implies that there was a prior existing leak that they were, apparently, just living with. I find that concerning.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2023 11:56 AM (z99Zw)

246 I guess we are assuming the parts were purchased at a discount or is there some reporting that confirms that is the case?

Posted by: Drive By at October 06, 2023 11:56 AM (MNhXM)

247 Huh!'
Hillary ants to deprogram millions of deplorables.
I want to see her AA coin first.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2023 11:56 AM (uSHSS)

248 241 In a statement Thursday, it accused Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government of a “strategy of harassing the work of humanitarian ships. We will bear this unjust detention and the resulting legal costs,” it said. “But we find it unacceptable to have to suffer this situation because we have done our duty, respecting the Law of the Sea
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 06, 2023 11:55 AM (krqg6)

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"We find it unacceptable that we can't break the law with impunity and rule Italy like we are Vittorio Emmanuelle II himself."
-Not even Italian

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at October 06, 2023 11:56 AM (LvTSG)

249 4 The corporation I work for says integrity in its moniker. As I find out it there for looks. Go fiq
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at October 06, 2023 11:02 AM (ytSiK)

Fidelity Bravery Integrity?

Posted by: Anybody who puts "integrity" in the name or motto doth protest too much at October 06, 2023 11:57 AM (lR6tR)

250 Psychosis, Panic Attacks, Hallucinations: Bizarre Psychiatric Cases Among the COVID Vaccinated

Nice.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 06, 2023 11:57 AM (l10hq)

251 Boeing. When it comes to aerospace I didn't wanna be anywhere near people who got high.

:: adjusts pocket pen protector ::
Posted by: Divide by Zero at

My son just got a job at Boeing. He had to pass numerous background and drug screenings.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at October 06, 2023 11:57 AM (GiPYS)

252 "What does that make me??"

-- Kamala Harris

Posted by: Elric Blade at October 06, 2023 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

Gardner. Knee-pads are the giveaway.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at October 06, 2023 11:58 AM (+o6KZ)

253 The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

Posted by: Emerson, allegedly at October 06, 2023 11:58 AM (lR6tR)

254 The corporation I work for says integrity in its moniker. As I find out it there for looks. Go fiq
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at October 06, 2023 11:02 AM (ytSiK)

Fidelity Bravery Integrity?
Posted by: Anybody who puts "integrity" in the name or motto doth protest too much at October 06, 2023 11:57 AM (lR6tR)
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sheesh!
Even pens aren't safe around them.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2023 11:58 AM (uSHSS)

255 Psychosis, Panic Attacks, Hallucinations: Bizarre Psychiatric Cases Among the COVID Vaccinated
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Sure but a good percentage of the vaxees were that way prior to getting the jab.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 06, 2023 11:59 AM (17s+e)

256 Are you a hunter provider or a gatherer provider?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 06, 2023 12:00 PM (63Dwl)

257 Fake parts ground planes which are used by 'common folk', this has all the markings of a WEF plan.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 06, 2023 12:00 PM (tXlzM)

258 Undocumented parts are just doing the jobs that regular parts won't do.

Posted by: bskb at October 06, 2023 12:00 PM (8RztZ)

259 In a statement Thursday, it accused Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government of a “strategy of harassing the work of humanitarian ships.
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Next time, we'll sink them.
- G. Meloni (I wish)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 06, 2023 12:00 PM (fs1hN)

260 Joe Mannix is our photos-of-babeage provider.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2023 12:01 PM (xTRSc)

261 Do we continue to have a silent majority or has the country tipped to having a majority of amoral Socialists? If it’s the latter I don’t know if there is anything we can do except slow the eventual destruction. I’m hoping we still are the majority and will rise up to stop the destruction.

Posted by: Drive By at October 06, 2023 12:01 PM (MNhXM)

262 C'mon down to Honest Hunters used plane parts. We got deals, deals deals!

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 06, 2023 12:01 PM (5RO7A)

263 HAPPY BIRTHDAY NURSE!!!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 06, 2023 12:02 PM (17s+e)

264 Dept. of Transportation spends $100 million in tax money to fix broken electric vehicle chargers
DATED: OCTOBER 6, 2023 BY SHARYL ATTKISSON

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 06, 2023 12:02 PM (l10hq)

265 ||Meloni’s government took office one year ago pledging to end irregular migration but the numbers have surged.

More than 135,000 migrants have landed on small boats on Italian shores so far this year, up from 72,400 in the same period of last year, interior ministry figures show.

Only about five percent are picked up by charity ships, the government says.

But Meloni claims the rescuers encourage smugglers, a finding challenged by researchers who have highlighted the complex reasons that drive migration — not least the weather, with crossings increasing when seas are calm.|| AFP

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 06, 2023 12:02 PM (krqg6)

266 Turbines R Us

Posted by: DB at October 06, 2023 12:03 PM (geLO8)

267 241
'A Spanish charity rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean said Thursday its ship had again been detained by Italian authorities and accused Rome of harassment.'

We're so sorry. Please accept this complimentary torpedo as our formal apology.

Posted by: Italian Navy at October 06, 2023 12:03 PM (bVfY0)

268 This is just a backdoor way to reduce the number of air travelers. Reduce carbon emissions, dontcha know.

Posted by: Zigmas Laisvas at October 06, 2023 12:03 PM (X4OYP)

269 Psychosis, Panic Attacks, Hallucinations: Bizarre Psychiatric Cases Among the COVID Vaccinated

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And that was before they got the vax!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 06, 2023 12:03 PM (FVME7)

270 Oh. It's my birthday today. You may all have a piece of cake!
Posted by: nurse ratched

May you have a great birthday and many more of the same!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 06, 2023 12:03 PM (tXlzM)

271 265 But Meloni claims the rescuers encourage smugglers, a finding challenged by researchers who have highlighted the complex reasons that drive migration — not least the weather, with crossings increasing when seas are calm.|| AFP
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 06, 2023 12:02 PM (krqg6)

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People are on the water more when waters are calm rather than stormy.

Probably cost them 100 million lira to figure that one out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at October 06, 2023 12:04 PM (LvTSG)

272 If you are repairing a jet engine, RockAuto is probably not the best choice for parts.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at October 06, 2023 12:04 PM (hXpNS)

273 In a statement Thursday, it accused Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government of a “strategy of harassing the work of humanitarian ships. We will bear this unjust detention and the resulting legal costs,” it said. “But we find it unacceptable to have to suffer this situation because we have done our duty, respecting the Law of the Sea
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 06, 2023 11:55 AM (krqg6)

Georgia Meloni should direct her Navy to build a very solid submarine with a large rock on the foredeck. And no conning tower. Send it out to ram the migrant ships. "Aww. Look at that. Poor fuckers ran into an uncharted rock, took water, and sank. What a shame!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2023 12:04 PM (7N8al)

274 Do we continue to have a silent majority or has the country tipped to having a majority of amoral Socialists? If it’s the latter I don’t know if there is anything we can do except slow the eventual destruction. I’m hoping we still are the majority and will rise up to stop the destruction.
Posted by: Drive By at October 06, 2023 12:01 PM (MNhXM)

I was reading a sci-fi book by a British writer who talked about the Americans moving out into parallel worlds and making bold new communities once they got the chance, and the English just slipping away from their oppression.

Very depressing and sad.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 06, 2023 12:04 PM (xhaym)

275 Open Arms said its eponymous ship had been subjected to a new 20-day blockade and a fine of up to 10,000 euros (around $10,500).

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There's your problem right there. The ship was eponymous.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 06, 2023 12:04 PM (Z2aTH)

276 But Meloni claims the rescuers encourage smugglers, a finding challenged by researchers who have highlighted the complex reasons that drive migration — not least the weather, with crossings increasing when seas are calm.|| AFP
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Is one of the complex reasons that drive migration is the generous welfare benefits given to migrants? Or maybe the infidel women who are there for the taking by the righteous faithful?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 06, 2023 12:04 PM (fs1hN)

277 Michigan couple visits Portland on vacation, say they'll never come back

The thieves had taken a Nintendo Switch video game, but their camping gear was still there.

Distressed by what had happened, they decided to park in a different garage -- on the top floor -- figuring that would be safer.

A few days later, they learned it wasn't.

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2023 12:04 PM (RHGPo)

278 Psychosis, Panic Attacks, Hallucinations: Bizarre Psychiatric Cases Among the COVID Vaccinated
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Sure but a good percentage of the vaxees were that way prior to getting the jab.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 06, 2023 11:59 AM (17s+e)
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And to be fair, many of us were already posting before the COVID.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2023 12:05 PM (uSHSS)

279 Que the Penguins from Madagascar. "Ladies and Gentleman I've got good news and bad news. The good news, we'll be landing immediately. The bad news, we're crash landing."

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 06, 2023 12:05 PM (5RO7A)

280 Large companies typically have a lot of bloat and pay higher salaries. I don't think there's a strong spirit of cost-cutting. Large, expensive, and wrongheaded growth initiatives are commonplace. Very large organizations tend to be a tangled mess. I don't think being a passionate pilot is particularly related to the ability to provide effective oversight to very complicated and messy systems.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at October 06, 2023 12:06 PM (eYoxG)

281 Hi Pointe plane parts inc.

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 06, 2023 12:06 PM (5RO7A)

282 Defend the coast of Lampedusa with the 16" shore guns.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at October 06, 2023 12:06 PM (hXpNS)

283 "In a statement Thursday, it accused Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government of a “strategy of harassing the work of humanitarian ships. We will bear this unjust detention and the resulting legal costs,” it said. “But we find it unacceptable to have to suffer this situation because we have done our duty, respecting the Law of the Sea"

You know they'd stop picking up the invaders if you sank their ships.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 06, 2023 12:07 PM (ou9hh)

284 Oh. It's my birthday today. You may all have a piece of cake!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Happy Birthday Nurse!!!!

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 06, 2023 12:07 PM (5RO7A)

285 Quality aircraft parts? Did I hear someone mention they needed quality aircraft parts?

Well, this is your lucky day!

Posted by: Eustace Haney, Proprietor of Haney's Quality Aircraft Parts at October 06, 2023 12:07 PM (xTRSc)

286 Harbor Freight Aerospace

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 06, 2023 12:08 PM (Z2aTH)

287 My son just got a job at Boeing. He had to pass numerous background and drug screenings.

And my friends brother, who worked on MD-11's had a daily lunch break that consisted of a doobie and a Coors tallboy.

He was fired years ago, but still...

Posted by: Halfhand at October 06, 2023 12:08 PM (87w4A)

288 Psychosis, Panic Attacks, Hallucinations: Bizarre Psychiatric Cases Among the COVID Vaccinated
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Sure but a good percentage of the vaxees were that way prior to getting the jab.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 06, 2023 11:59 AM (17s+e)

Anyone who railed against GMOs and rather people starve than have this food distributed but then advocated for mandated mRNA vaccines was already a psychopath.

Posted by: Drive By at October 06, 2023 12:08 PM (MNhXM)

289 "Psychosis, Panic Attacks, Hallucinations: Bizarre Psychiatric Cases Among the COVID Vaccinated "

Biden was a demented idiot well before he got vaxed.

Posted by: Ripley at October 06, 2023 12:08 PM (JojsZ)

290 Wouldn't suspect many of these parts are Chinese.
Guess cost cutting is the main reason

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2023 12:08 PM (yNyhm)

291 Governor Abbott Announces Third Special Session Agenda: Texas to Authorize Arrests for Illegal Entry, Imposes Up to 20-Year Prison for Non-Compliance and Illegal Re-entry

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 06, 2023 12:08 PM (l10hq)

292 We will bear this unjust detention and the resulting legal costs,”
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I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that all legal costs are borne by NGOs who receive very generous grants from governments passing on to them their citizen's tax dollars.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 06, 2023 12:09 PM (fs1hN)

293 SNOOD

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 06, 2023 12:09 PM (krqg6)

294 Ukraine "Freaking Out" After McCarthy Ouster, Says It's "Hostage" To Washington Turmoil

In the words of Rorschach: I'm not trapped in here with you, you are trapped in here with me!

Posted by: Kindltot at October 06, 2023 12:10 PM (xhaym)

295 >>286 Harbor Freight Aerospace
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

LOL

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 06, 2023 12:10 PM (l10hq)

296 Happy Birthday Nurse

...i.i.i...
(_____)

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2023 12:10 PM (yNyhm)

297 If you are repairing a jet engine, RockAuto is probably not the best choice for parts.

RockAuto can get you OEM parts for less than the dealer charges though. You're on your own if you order the cheaper Dorman stuff.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2023 12:10 PM (2ocoG)

298

Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2023 12:10 PM (2ocoG)

299 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2023 11:36 AM (3z7Ln)

I can tell you one way that they get into 'the system'. Aircraft manufacturers build some model of aircraft in different 'variants' for different countries, for 'different reasons'. The maintenance, modification and alteration rules (including the records keeping requirements) for those aircraft aren't rigidly exercised or enforced. But the part numbers are the same between variants... So if you can make the paperwork align....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 06, 2023 12:11 PM (YRsIm)

300 Oh. It's my birthday today. You may all have a piece of cake!
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Ah..., Happy 29th!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 06, 2023 12:12 PM (XeU6L)

301 Wouldn't suspect many of these parts are Chinese.
Guess cost cutting is the main reason
Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2023 12:08 PM (yNyhm)

I'd like to know what specific parts are being counterfeited. Maybe it's just used, houred-out parts that being buffed up, and put back into the supply chain? Or stuff that fails testing in the factory, and goes out the back gate at night, instead of being destroyed? The fake-parts dealer had to be getting his supply from somewhere.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2023 12:12 PM (7N8al)

302
Heh. 'AeroZone' aircraft parts.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 06, 2023 12:13 PM (XeU6L)

303 To be fair, 757s kinda suck. The major IFEs I have experienced have all been on 757s.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

I flew on a 737 - Max from Columbus to Charlotte, and it was a very nice plane. Very modern, very comfortable.

I flew home from Europe on a 787. The wings have a weird cant to them, different from other planes. Otherwise, nice flight and very nice airplane....from my limited passenger perspective. Nicer than the 767 that I went over to Europe on.

I used to fly a lot...now, not so much. I don't miss it. The airports are sometimes kind of a nightmare. Airport food and drink is usually pretty expensive, but now it's REALLY expensive. And the security is sometimes VERY annoying. The rules seem to vary capriciously from airport to airport.

Posted by: Another precinct heard from..... at October 06, 2023 12:15 PM (vcOmj)

304 150
And while you are at it double check some nuclear bombs to make sure they will explode.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at October 06, 2023 11:32 AM (tA1/w)
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Just bear in mind that you can only test each one once.

Posted by: Ciampino - Made in Asia at October 06, 2023 12:15 PM (qfLjt)

305
Within the upscale, gleaming office tower [the North Nova building in London] AOG Technics rented a “virtual” address from coworking space The Argyll Club for $100 a month, according to Bloomberg.

Sounds like the scam that the ChiComs ran to get their first true aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. They tried to buy the Soviet-era incomplete Varyag carrier from Ukraine in the late 90s, but the Russians objected. A few years later a former Chinese pro basketball player from Macao offered to buy it so that he could have it towed to Macao to renovate it into a luxury hotel and casino.

After nearly a year and a half under tow (it spent most of that time being towed in circles in the Black Sea because the Turks wouldn't let it pass through the Bosphorus), it was towed directly to Dalian for refurb into a full-on carrier. They totally bypassed Macao. Turns out that the Chinese Navy had put up the money for this guy to buy the carrier (about $3M), from his little one-room office in a ratty commercial building in Macao, but he ended up having to liquidate most of his assets for the towing because of the dispute with the Turks.

The ChiComs stiffed their own agent.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 06, 2023 12:23 PM (n+4am)

306 Ted, that had to be the worst landing in the history of this airport.

Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked... in the head... with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. Sorry, Ted, that's a dumb question... skip that.

Posted by: Rex Kramer at October 06, 2023 01:10 PM (OJN0G)

307 does not look like a kick to me ... looks like Biden is trying to get his leg around as the dog got in his way ... and he has the leash to deal with. Could have been another face plant.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 06, 2023 01:23 PM (Cus5s)

308 My American flight from Phoenix to Dallas last Saturday literally had taxied to the runway, ready for takeoff, when one of the engines failed. We taxied back, sat for over an hour watching perplexed mechanics out the window, and finally got cancelled. My couple hour flight turned into a nightmare day of travel. I wonder if we had a “fake part”?

Posted by: MostlyRight at October 06, 2023 02:04 PM (fxmKD)

309 And the DeHavalan Comet the words first Jet Airliner had a flaw which lead to Tree Crashes back before they replaced it with the 707

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at October 06, 2023 06:59 PM (wGqjj)

310 Try and imprision those corporate officials that sanction such policies along with the federal officials that refuse to enforce federal regulations or act like they work in the DMV.

Posted by: Sally Ann at October 06, 2023 10:20 PM (EcD5Y)

311 I sincerely hope Israel monkey fucks Hamas *spits* and then breaks it off inside of them. I cannot unsee the videos I watched this morning. I cannot bring myself to go to any of my news feeds presently. I was thinking of the pig Yassar Arafat this morning and when he died his net worth was right at 1billion+. That kind of wealth for a guy who didn't have a pot to pee in when took power. He like Hamas stole/steal from the Palestinian people.

Posted by: Sherpa_k2 at October 07, 2023 11:00 PM (jaMP5)

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