LEPF DFR Lawsuit
05-19-2026 | 10:47 PM
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05-20-2026 | 12:08 AM
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Especially at DAL in our current environment! He should have a blank line full of 23m7 payments to hit ALV. After that, if he chooses to get off the couch/boat it would be at double pay for QS or GS. One short a trip a month for 100-110 hrs is the norm for numero uno. Even guys way down the list can dodge early shows if they so choose.
No offense BB, but if you don’t like 4 am wakeups and you’re number 1, you’re doing it wrong
(unless of course rolling thunder is your play and you roll the reserve dice), but 23m7 is definitely the current meta.
No offense BB, but if you don’t like 4 am wakeups and you’re number 1, you’re doing it wrong
(unless of course rolling thunder is your play and you roll the reserve dice), but 23m7 is definitely the current meta.
05-20-2026 | 08:06 AM
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OOh, look, a new "Notam" with a much more aggressive than typical plea for cash.
Yet they avoid basic financial transparency at all costs...they do not want their donors to get a peek at the books. I wonder why?
https://raisethepilotage.com/notam-4...p-us-help-you/
I'll paraphrase:
"Send money! We promise we'll spend it."
Yet they avoid basic financial transparency at all costs...they do not want their donors to get a peek at the books. I wonder why?
https://raisethepilotage.com/notam-4...p-us-help-you/
I'll paraphrase:
"Send money! We promise we'll spend it."
05-20-2026 | 10:45 AM
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The “cogs” you are taking are not like the FAA’s used for head injuries, stroke, HIMS recovery, and other neurological issues. These require an entire day of various testing which take the pilot to failure in each event - that’s how they know your limit in each category. These are administered, and yes scored, by an FAA designated Psychiatrist/Psychologist. No joke.
The cog issue these people are talking about is not cognitive issues post injury, stroke or otherwise. Yes, different tests. The standard tests given to you to determine cognitive levels ARE NOT the ones you mentioned for those specific conditions. 2 entirely different buckets here. I've been getting cog tests since I was 50. Once a year. From my neurologist. You know an actual brain doctor, not a psychologist.
05-20-2026 | 10:48 AM
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You're talking about something completely different here. The discussion going on here is that as people age they become cognitively impaired to the point they can no longer safely command or operate and airliner and therefore the age going to 67 would not be prudent.
The cog issue these people are talking about is not cognitive issues post injury, stroke or otherwise. Yes, different tests. The standard tests given to you to determine cognitive levels ARE NOT the ones you mentioned for those specific conditions. 2 entirely different buckets here. I've been getting cog tests since I was 50. Once a year. From my neurologist. You know an actual brain doctor, not a psychologist.
The cog issue these people are talking about is not cognitive issues post injury, stroke or otherwise. Yes, different tests. The standard tests given to you to determine cognitive levels ARE NOT the ones you mentioned for those specific conditions. 2 entirely different buckets here. I've been getting cog tests since I was 50. Once a year. From my neurologist. You know an actual brain doctor, not a psychologist.
05-20-2026 | 12:45 PM
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OOh, look, a new "Notam" with a much more aggressive than typical plea for cash.
Yet they avoid basic financial transparency at all costs...they do not want their donors to get a peek at the books. I wonder why?
https://raisethepilotage.com/notam-4...p-us-help-you/
I'll paraphrase:
"Send money! We promise we'll spend it."
Yet they avoid basic financial transparency at all costs...they do not want their donors to get a peek at the books. I wonder why?
https://raisethepilotage.com/notam-4...p-us-help-you/
I'll paraphrase:
"Send money! We promise we'll spend it."
05-20-2026 | 01:39 PM
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You're making a whole lot of assumptions about how the FAA would handle cog tests. Does the FAA do anything like a normal rational Dr.? Just ask anyone who has had to deal with the special issuance process how that went for them. I'm gonna go ahead and go with not giving them anymore rope to hang us with.
Everyone should suffer an inconvenience in order for them to have a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
05-20-2026 | 05:03 PM
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You're talking about something completely different here. The discussion going on here is that as people age they become cognitively impaired to the point they can no longer safely command or operate and airliner and therefore the age going to 67 would not be prudent.
The cog issue these people are talking about is not cognitive issues post injury, stroke or otherwise. Yes, different tests. The standard tests given to you to determine cognitive levels ARE NOT the ones you mentioned for those specific conditions. 2 entirely different buckets here. I've been getting cog tests since I was 50. Once a year. From my neurologist. You know an actual brain doctor, not a psychologist.
The cog issue these people are talking about is not cognitive issues post injury, stroke or otherwise. Yes, different tests. The standard tests given to you to determine cognitive levels ARE NOT the ones you mentioned for those specific conditions. 2 entirely different buckets here. I've been getting cog tests since I was 50. Once a year. From my neurologist. You know an actual brain doctor, not a psychologist.
05-20-2026 | 05:34 PM
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And I have also met a few AME Special Issuance doctors, I wasn't impressed either. They might be great at administering an objective test, but I find it hard to believe an AME who might be senile themselves who has spent the last 25 years referencing old medical standards from the 1960s is going to be proficient enough to administer some new cognitive test.
Just look out our own government. Apparently identifying zoo animals means you passed the most strenuous cognitive test.
05-20-2026 | 06:13 PM
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And now the kooks at EPAS have weighed in with a cringe-worthy diatribe.
https://www.epaspilot.org/in-the-new...ay-2026-update
Amazing lack of self-awareness, as usual.
As a side note, one of the players at EPAS retired maybe a year ago. A little bird told me he got into some hot water with the FAA on his last 121 flight, and ultimately his post-retirement flying gig was cut short, even though his last landing wasn't.
The point is, the most rabid "raise the age" guys, who are most inclined to blame young pilots, need to look in the mirror. If they even have the mental acuity to do that.
https://www.epaspilot.org/in-the-new...ay-2026-update
Amazing lack of self-awareness, as usual.
As a side note, one of the players at EPAS retired maybe a year ago. A little bird told me he got into some hot water with the FAA on his last 121 flight, and ultimately his post-retirement flying gig was cut short, even though his last landing wasn't.
The point is, the most rabid "raise the age" guys, who are most inclined to blame young pilots, need to look in the mirror. If they even have the mental acuity to do that.
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