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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
No. The interstate is exempt from his order ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | |||
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Southwest flew 56 planes on Monday that did not have a single passenger on them. https://www.bizjournals.com/da...ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo What does it cost to fly a 737 on a 1,500 mile route? I cannot even begin to imagine the amount of money they must be losing. | |||
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One of the main stories I saw the news this morning was Lt. Kim Montes of the FHP addressing this issue and stating how the troopers would be out and they would be writing tickets. | |||
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My memory is a little hazy, but I want to say gas alone was around 20-30 grand for each out and back we would do (Andrews AFB to a southern state, usually Florida) on a military 737 (C40). This was back in 2015. We would fill around 12k-14k pounds when landing and the same or more coming back. This makes zero sense to me, why wouldn't they cancel? Trying to keep pilots current? | |||
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Live Slow, Die Whenever |
Pretty sure it has to do with the recent stimulus package. I read about it a few days ago, as I recall it had something to do with maintaining certain business (actual flights in operation) to qualify for the money. What a joke.... "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them." - John Wayne in "The Shootist" | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
I have faith in the President. I have zero faith in these singleminded, health despots. And whether you want to believe it or not, current policy is obviously being set solely on the word of these experts. Why aren't the economic experts having a say? Cause don't kid yourselves. This is not about money vs lives. I think Rush said this today; this is lives vs lives. To deny this is to deny reality. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | |||
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Go ahead punk, make my day |
Yes, to 'get the money' the business has to not 'lay anyone off'. And if you read the article linked, it does talk about the complexities of airlines, multiple impacts to 'shutting down' - i.e. if your pilots don't fly for so long, they need training, same likely goes for many of the employees involved. "addressed why Southwest is still operating when there are so few passengers. He listed three reasons, including air travel being deemed critical infrastructure to move around key personnel and cargo, government aid offered to airlines implies continuation of service, and the logistical challenges of restarting an airline. "The operational complexity associated with a grounding and relaunch of an airline our size is unprecedented," Van de Ven wrote in the message. "There are aspects touching every department that have significant consequences that frankly we’ve never had to navigate before." Southwest CEO and Chairman Gary Kelly said Thursday the company plans on applying for grants included for airlines in the CARES Act recently passed by the U.S. government. The $25 billion in grants for commercial carriers are allocated specifically for keeping employees on payroll. If an airline takes the grants, it agrees to not furlough or lay off any employee until Sept. 30 this year.' | |||
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Yikes! Then add in the payroll of the two pilots and three flight attendants. And then I am sure there is a cost per mile basis for maintenance. Would I be crazy to say one flight could easily be $50k? | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Well, the only other option unfortunately is to completely shut down air travel. That would really suck for many reasons and for many people. And we also move a lot of mail and parcels through commercial airliners too. A friend of mine was flying yesterday and snapped this pic. His flight only had a couple of people on it. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | |||
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Lawyers, Guns and Money |
Yes, it is lives vs lives. But the decisions rest with the elected President, not the "experts". It's the President's job to seek the advice of the experts, to evaluate it, and to make decisions. Good article today by Angelo Codevilla on this. Doctors, Doctored Numbers, and Democracy Many of our so-called health experts are acting less like good doctors and more like bad politicians. https://amgreatness.com/2020/0...mbers-and-democracy/ "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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********************************************* Kkina, that mask looks great. Could you tell me the brand and where to find one. Sorry for the drift, but that's a badass mask. . | |||
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No. The interstate is exempt from his order[/QUOTE] I figured, The Interstates are Federal Jurisdiction anyway I believe... ____________________________ "Fear is a Reaction - Courage is a Decision.” - Winston Spencer Churchill NRA Life Member - Adorable Deplorable | |||
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Funny Man |
These two statements don't really jive, sorry. You either don't think Trump is making policy after considering the advice of all of his advisors or you think he is making the wrong decision by favoring the advice of healthcare experts over the economy, in either case you are second guessing him. You can't "have faith" that he is both in charge and setting our course in the right direction and also believe he is abdicating his responsibility by allowing only his healthcare experts to have input. To come out strongly against the way we are handling this nationally is to come out against Trump, period. He is in charge, he is responsible for every decision. ______________________________ “I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.” ― John Wayne | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
I'm kind of glad that i did not see that. I can not stand that self-righteous bimbo. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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Lost |
Thank you! Actually, that is an ESS Tactical Goggle paired with a 3M P95 Respirator (I bought it from Home Depot for painting). I wore the respirator without the goggles today for the first time. Only a couple people stared. I hear they will be advising face shields in the Bay Area, so next time I go out will probably be full commando.This message has been edited. Last edited by: kkina, | |||
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Go ahead punk, make my day |
Not surprising that the leftist never stop grinding their axes of racism, money, and tyranny. | |||
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To Cuomo, NY is his little, overpopulated area, the rest of the land mass is just land mass. AOC.....I wish someone would shut that ignorant jackass up | |||
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