With respect…..you are are missing the point

This whole timeline is a SNL skit, starting at the ride down the escalator.

Hopefully the point isn't partisan in nature.

I wasn’t attacking the fact the you were a reservist. I was stating the way things are (or at least were). If as a reservist you were in the office for a few days a month, you couldn’t own any program or process. We had reservists on EAD who brought lots of corporate knowledge from other areas of government who were just as competent as their AD peers.

lolz, the point has nothing to do with partisan politics. It wouldnt matter who was in charge. Starting a war with no clear ability to keep 20% of the worlds oil supply moving and ultimately asking for help with hat in hand from the chinese like a poor little orphan, weeks into the conflict is beyond ridiculous and embarrassing. I question the actual sanity of anyone that thinks both of those objective facts are in any capacity good for the US.

If anyone reads that as a partisan take then they need to reevaluate their ability to remain objective

I think you are very right to throw this out there. My company and I would imagine all of the companies that make up employers on this thread have the FAR 121.627 responsibility written into the FOM or equivalent. For those going to another tab to google, it is basically saying the the PIC cannot allow a flight to continue toward any airport for which it has been released if in the opinion of the captain the flight cannot be operated safely. Now I can tell you, having worked at JetBlue, the company really pushes the boundaries of that definition for every single flight to Port Au Prince……but I would Imagine a maritime equivalent exists for FAR 121.627.

That's why I said up front we aren't going to discuss how we got here or why, it doesn't matter at this point (as I've said countless times, I don't think this was a good idea, like about 70% of the rest of America). We wouldn't even be discussing it all except for the fact that it's going to affect the airlines.

It is a valid point, and reportedly one of the factors limiting current traffic.

But those crews operate in pirate-infested waters all the time, have for years in the modern era (for millennia, historically). It's just a matter of providing the right mitigation and potentially compensation.

Also aircrew are at quite a bit more risk from kinetic actions than 12 guys on a VLCC/ULCC... those things are *really* massive, so while they can suffer costly damage and potentially leak oil with really costly environmental consequences, they're not likely to sink and the crew isn't at anywhere near the same risk as aircrew.

Point being, long-term, global oil supply will not remain choked off because of crews... they'll be protected, incentivized, or replaced.

Guys, guys, guys. We are still paying less than we were for 89 from 2022-2023. Chill.

Too many people getting spun up. Natl avg in 2022 was $4.13...so.

We are absolutely obliterating a thorn in the side of the world, aka Iran. Step back and bask in the effective efforts of our forces and the IDF.

This operation is a perfect example of the insane shortsightedness and bonkers level of instant gratification that we, the US, and more of the world have now; no one stands to have any inconvenience in their lives or God forbid, actual sacrifice.

Love the news reads of "war drags on in the Middle East." GMAFB, ops haven't been happening for a month and they write it like its 5 years into a war.

True. Everything has a price. Follow the money. Clarity approaches 20/20 the nearer you get.


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