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03-21-2025 | 06:16 PM

Rama

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Astronaut Pay

Think you have a bad contract?
The stranded astronauts only get $5/day for their nine month ordeal.

https://fortune.com/2025/03/19/boeing-starliner-astronauts-six-figure-salary-overtime-compensation-job-risks/

03-22-2025 | 01:09 AM

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True, but they can write a book.

03-22-2025 | 04:15 AM

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True, but they can write a book.

There's always GO FUND ME too.

03-22-2025 | 04:56 AM

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They should get a better Union!

03-22-2025 | 05:28 AM

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Willing to bet Boeing is finding a way to funnel money to them to prevent them from worsening an already disasterous PR cycle. IOW, here is some money, now S.T.F.U. :-)

03-22-2025 | 07:21 PM

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Standard government deal...

If you're military and deployed to a location where they have to put you up in a hotel, you get generous per diem, based on local COL.

If you're deployed to a FOB in the middle of Bumfukistan, with a nice tent and all the MRE's and tepid water you can drink, no per diem. Same while deployed on a ship.

At least now they give you $225/month and a tax break for combat zone service. Even though per diem can be over $300/DAY in some places

03-25-2025 | 09:16 PM

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If you're military and deployed to a location where they have to put you up in a hotel, you get generous per diem, based on local COL.

One way to save the government money is make the Air Force put up tents at the airports and camp like we had to in the Army. Hotels?

03-26-2025 | 02:45 AM

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One way to save the government money is make the Air Force put up tents at the airports and camp like we had to in the Army. Hotels?

That's ridiculous. You can't expect to house airforce officers without a golf course. Think, man.

03-26-2025 | 04:36 AM

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One way to save the government money is make the Air Force put up tents at the airports and camp like we had to in the Army. Hotels?

"Why would the Army put a tent up for you when you can do it yourself?"

-A sergeant major somewhere, probably

03-26-2025 | 05:59 AM

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Only a true pilot would complain about the pay of being an astronaut. I do believe they can extend you...in space. Not sure how calling Fatigue would work though