Elliot

Exactly what I was going to write. Scambo beat me to it. Thanks, Scambo.

The Army wanted the (CAS) capabilities the A-10 brought to their ground guys. So as a result of the Air Force trying to divest them after Desert Shield/Desert Storm (during the Clinton reduce the military era, sound familiar?), and instead of the Army Warrant Officer Corps assuming the mission, the Air Force decided to keep the airplane and upgrade it's avionics, engines, and weapon system, vice giving the a/c to the Army.

Now, under the current Regime............errrr, I mean Leadership,.........errr, Administration, they again are reducing the military to Pre-WW II strength (we need to save all the extra money the military is burning up on the welfare/entitlement mentality economics of this country), and divest two MWS platforms. (e.g. U-2/A-10)

GJ

MrBojangles

that's the one that confuses me. under what circumstances would they?

Elliot

I agree. I was trying to be optimistic, and not make it sound like it'll be on our Ops Certificate's tomorrow. Reallistically, I think it's 5-7 years out anyway.

MEL dependent, per company certification. Refer to FTB's Flow Charts. (FTB, I think there's a copyright in there for your somewhere?)


You bring up a fair analysis of associated "cost to entry" into the program. I think you're oversimplifying, or maybe slightly exaggerating the costs associated with application, but the point you brought up above, is exactly why there's now an RFP and a four-year program to look into the dynamics of implementation.

Respectfully, what I've highlighted above is the exact point of discussion. Domestic carriers/cargo operators like Delta, American, United, FEDEX, or UPS won't be spending the money on this technology. The infrastructure is being tested, as we speak, and cost to entry will be significantly reduced, based on the Corporate contractor world and our very own (spread the wealth) Gubermint assuming all the costs. (Remember how good of a deal Solyndra was expected to be?)

I'm not a tinfoil hat, sky is falling, black helicopters following me type of a guy, (Although I did fly the Blackhawk for about eight years.) but this technology is here to stay, and is only going to become more prolific and be cost advantageous to user's in the future. (Hint - My current iPhone has the same computing capability of my first [Toshiba] laptop, in 2002, that cost me just under $2000.)

Good day,

GJ

Hawaii50

I second that! You bring some great info.................which helps make up for the crap that guys like me post. Glad you're here.

Elliot

Third-ed.

nwaf16dude

If they have guys frozen in an overmanned category and they need them elsewhere...just a guess.

FL370

Wouldn't they just displace?

Timbo

If you bid out, voluntarily, to a place where there are vacancies, vs. being displaced to a full category, it saves them training; i.e. the potential snowball getting bigger, rolling down the hill.

Leroy Smith

Be advised, nerd creep in progress.


I believe that was the first PG movie that Disney put out. Pretty dark and raw for them. 10 year old me dug x-wings and phasers like most, but got extra geeked-out and freaked-out by stuff like The Black Hole and Space:1999.
Loved that die cast Eagle Lander I had!





Somehow I thought Ultraman was super cool too, cant explain that one....



Mrs Boomer might put up a good fight, she's scrappy.

NuGuy

Space 1999 was pretty cool, and really expensive to make for the time.

There was one episode, however, "Dragon's Domain", that made this 7 year old **** his pants. It gave me nightmares for weeks, and probably put some people in therapy.

Looking at the clips now, the FX seems a little cheesy, BUT, it was a seriously messed up story, and pretty wild for broadcast TV. There was a little "viewer discretion advised" bumper before the ep, but what kid pays attention to that?

Almost 40 years later I still remember the shakes that episode gave me.

Nu