either you dont want anyone to bid on top of you or youre convincing us to bid the A320.

i want to know why it is i can be dehydrated and yet feel like.my eyeballs are floating and my kidneys are about to rupture. maybe its because the mouth and throat dry up after four hours but your body as desperate as it is for water sees no value in water thats six hours old.

 

There is a caveat that says the company can ignore freezes if they want to.

 

Sailing,

Don't sweat it. You are clearly one of the more well informed posters on this forum and contribute a lot of good information - keep it coming!

Scoop

 

One of the BEST sci-fi movies seen as a kiddo….I agree...that Maxmillian kept me from going to take a leak in the middle of the night…good thing I had a litter box in my room for the cat...



Kinda reminds me of a 717 Mini Dog along side the Mad Dog

 

The AF and army looked at giving the Hawg to the Army,but it violated the "roles and missions" of the army due to the hawg's range primarily. That was about 20 years ago.

 

I slept with my pillow against my belly so Maximillian couldn't get me with his spinning claws. Now I spoon Mrs. Boomer so she'll get it first.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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