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Bobby_Batronic

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  1. I believe that Kauai is roughly the same size as Oahu. The former has about 50k people and the latter has 2M+. Most of the people on Maui are tourists, and the Bog Island is nearly deserted by comparison.
  2. It looks like it.
  3. I flew for one of the large fractional operators for over a decade. They can structure the contract 100 different ways to accommodate your needs including the ability to move up or down in aircraft size or buy additional hours if needed. Or sell them back to company or into an owner pot. During my last few years there the charter card product really blew up, and pure fractional shares declined to only 50-60% of the clientele we flew. The cards tend to be a touch more expensive per hour, but have lower total hours bought, and all liability is pushed off on the operator instead of the share owner. Also, and this seems almost silly, but the cards tend to be a one bill item whereas the fractional shares would send updated bills for fuel surcharges, management fees etc. in addition to the base cost of the share. It’s been awhile, but 25 hours in a 7 seat, one stop to anywhere in the country type fleet cost $108k. I’m sure that increased a bit, but you might be able to drive a deal as the fracs are sitting around almost as much as the airlines.
  4. Hell, the last time it threw its hands up in the air (space) and gave up. I’d give it credit for having some initiative.
  5. I had an instructor note my getting sloppy with regard to centerline etc. on my landings and he started betting me a coke based on the outcome of the matter. Just a little skin in the game made me focus all the more, because I didn’t want to buy him the soda. And it’s not like we don’t all need a little clean up at times. I had been flying private jets professionally for a number of years when a check pilot and friend mentioned that I had a tendency to line up on the right side of the runway and work my way to centerline as I got close on my visual approaches. He was right. It happens. Good luck. Also, remember that nowhere does it say you have to solo by a certain number of hours be it 10, 15, 20 or whatever. I frequently continued with the dual instruction part of the syllabus until both the student and I agreed that they were ready to solo. They kept learning, and we checked that box when it was appropriate, and not on some low total hour goal.
  6. You just have to 3 in 1 rule. I can still multiply by 3, or multiply by 3 and add 10% plus distance to slow down for approaches. It’s that whole divide by 330 million thing that gets touchy.
  7. Computers do our maths. And if the computer won’t do it we call someone who’s computer will. They don’t want us long handing that shit.
  8. I wouldn’t have chosen my current profession if I wanted to do mathing.
  9. 1. Never tell me the odds. 2. At least one of those three and change posted here so this hits close to home.
  10. My back of the napkin math suggests that the current Covid death totals will be roughly doubled up if the economic shutdown induced suicides, domestic abuse deaths, new addictions, inadvertent pegging fetish admissions etc hits .0005% of the population. Seems like the logical conclusion is to act in such a a way to drive those two numbers toward an intersecting low point. And that’s not going to happen if we keep this thing quasi shutdown for another 6-18 months.
  11. Largest exporter in the nation with massive ties to the military and essential economy driving infrastructure? Boeing’s not going anywhere. The interesting thing to see is who declares BK, likely AAL, and if the others follow shortly to prevent a massive competitive advantage like DAL enjoyed.
  12. Which makes the percentage of Covid cases ending in fatalities even better.
  13. I don’t know what he was doing, but I can probably surmise that he had a car or was driven to someplace nearby as the out for a near marathon length jog would be an outlier type of workout.
  14. Yeah, I’m going to take a guess that that was nearly 10-20 years ago. I’m sure some of the really small dealerships lack in video equipment, but I would imagine that most have pretty robust surveillance systems in place, and the advent of security cameras and ability to get pings off of phones make stealing even hubcaps from most dealerships a difficult proposition. Contractors can store their tools, but there’s plenty that can be stolen from a house build. Particularly one late into construction. That could be wiring. Or appliances. Our builder left the doors off the ovens etc to make them less attractive for thieves who might prowl the site. We had cedar beams meant for the porches stolen off the property. Its a far easier target with less security, and plenty of valuable items for those with a modicum of know how and intention. And it’s left virtually undefended or secured for months. I dont know. I just think how I felt or would feel if complete strangers were walking my property. I don’t do it. I’ve found that the ones who do do it and who bump into the rightful owners are usually ready to make a quick exit.
  15. Maybe not a great comparison. The dealership is full of goods that they want you to buy. Goods that are not easily removed from the property, and there’s ample video surveillance and documentation. It is automotive window shopping.
  16. They do, but the entire cabin is exchanged every 2-3 minutes, and the recirculated air helps with keeping enough humidity in the cabin. The HEPA filters installed supposedly kill 99.9% of everything that passes through them. Honestly, it’s likely the cleanest air you’ll breathe in your lifetime when you consider that most of it comes from the upper atmosphere above most pollution. My question is what is the point of empty middle seats when someone is sitting 20 some odd inches in front of and behind you?
  17. Unless it was Martin Short and Meg Ryan.
  18. Actually, based on their age, I think doo-wopping was more their speed.
  19. We had some people bop in to our house mid build and run into us while were inspecting the work. They were pretty embarrassed, made up a BS reason to be there and made a quick exit.
  20. Suspect was found with multiple gun shot wounds and drooling with a half stiffy.
  21. Flew directly over my house. Kids went crazy for it.
  22. They’re only giving it to pregnant woman and critically ill children as a “compassionate” medicine for last ditch efforts is my understanding. Much of the supply is allegedly being hoarded for testing. I dunno about millions of doses bringing down the price of the demand is very high.
  23. They’re only giving it to pregnant woman and critically ill children as a “compassionate” medicine for last ditch efforts is my understanding. Much of the supply is allegedly being hoarded for testing. I dunno about millions of doses bringing down the price of the demand is very high.
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