PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Rush on August 03, 2024, 05:38:06 PM
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https://x.com/GAonMyMind99/status/1819789654238913003
U.S. Marines on the way to the Mideast
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Looks photoshopped.
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The people controlling the white house are going to start a war while kamel hair pretends to run for president.
The press will conveniently fail to notice and when it all goes to hell, they will blame President Trump.
You can make book on it.
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Looks photoshopped.
That's not a C-17? I'm just taking the word of the poster on X. I don't vouch for its veracity.
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WWW3? World Wide Web 3? ;)
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WWW3? World Wide Web 3? ;)
That was my first thought.
Maybe Rush got caught by autocorrect.
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That's not a C-17? I'm just taking the word of the poster on X. I don't vouch for its veracity.
Looks like the C-17 interior, but I doubt that even Marines get loaded in such a haphazard manner.
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Wait....we're worrying about a photo while we are actually gearing up for war?
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Looks like the C-17 interior, but I doubt that even Marines get loaded in such a haphazard manner.
What's haphazard about this?
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(https://preview.redd.it/sxsfu3rnisi71.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=fa5e2aba9f66dfe7a7c0e0d5b0fa1f45cc7468c7)
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(https://preview.redd.it/sxsfu3rnisi71.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=fa5e2aba9f66dfe7a7c0e0d5b0fa1f45cc7468c7)
How in the world does the stewardess push her drink cart around in that?
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How in the world does the stewardess push her drink cart around in that?
It would make it easier to cop a feel as she squeezes by…
Just saying.
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Looks like the C-17 interior, but I doubt that even Marines get loaded in such a haphazard manner.
As a former Marine I have no doubts that they would pack them in like that. I can hear the NCO's yelling, "Nuts to butts! Squeeze it in!" Then sit there for 2 hours waiting for the pilots to even get there.
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How in the world does the stewardess push her drink cart around in that?
Marines, not Air Force.
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That was my first thought.
Maybe Rush got caught by autocorrect.
I dunno what happened.
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As a former Marine I have no doubts that they would pack them in like that. I can hear the NCO's yelling, "Nuts to butts! Squeeze it in!" Then sit there for 2 hours waiting for the pilots to even get there.
I wonder what the loadmaster would say.
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I wonder what the loadmaster would say.
"Yes, Sir!"
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I wonder what the loadmaster would say.
If they are smart, not a damn thing.
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I would say if they’re using a C-17 to transport troops they’d have the web seats hooked up. I’ve never seen, nor rode on, any transport where you just plop down on the floor. But…it is the marines ;D
Go Air Force!
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hmmmm, I was under the impression that the loadmaster was in charge of, ya know, loading the cargo, even the slugs.
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hmmmm, I was under the impression that the loadmaster was in charge of, ya know, loading the cargo, even the slugs.
I know nothing. But it sounds to me like “load”master should know something about W&B re: airplanes. But do a few human bodies make any difference in a plane that can carry, like, tanks?
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hmmmm, I was under the impression that the loadmaster was in charge of, ya know, loading the cargo, even the slugs.
A smart loadmaster, especially an Air Force one, will politely and tactfully work with the Marine in charge to get everybody settled in. If it was a Marine C-130, the loadmaster will kick your ass to get settled in.
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A smart loadmaster, especially an Air Force one, will politely and tactfully work with the Marine in charge to get everybody settled in. If it was a Marine C-130, the loadmaster will kick your ass to get settled in.
“Settled in”, I keep thinking of Elaine on the stopped subway. I’d be so claustrophobic packed like that. Although it’s not much worse than flying economy commercial these days. Which makes me claustrophobic, not because I’m in an enclosed space but because of all the people. I hate people.
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A smart loadmaster, especially an Air Force one, will politely and tactfully work with the Marine in charge to get everybody settled in. If it was a Marine C-130, the loadmaster will kick your ass to get settled in.
Doesn't the loadmaster generally have to board the aircraft they are responsible for loading? Literal skin-in-the-game? The loadmaster died in the Bagram crash of 2013 which was attributed to a shift in the cargo: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR1501.pdf (https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR1501.pdf)
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Doesn't the loadmaster generally have to board the aircraft they are responsible for loading? Literal skin-in-the-game? The loadmaster died in the Bagram crash of 2013 which was attributed to a shift in the cargo: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR1501.pdf (https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR1501.pdf)
Talk about skin in the game. Whenever we land safely on a commercial flight, if I see the captain as I exit the plane I always say "Thank you for a safe flight," and then feel like an idiot because he must be thinking, "I didn't do it for you; I don't want to die myself."
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Talk about skin in the game. Whenever we land safely on a commercial flight, if I see the captain as I exit the plane I always say "Thank you for a safe flight," and then feel like an idiot because he must be thinking, "I didn't do it for you; I don't want to die myself."
Lol have to laugh as I told a passenger that once. Told her if I take care of me you’ll be fine!