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The F/O is actually the FRO ... Flap & Radio Operator.

I took a Beech Duchess quite fast off a runway onto the taxiway, but only because I had done a single-engine landing. On one engine, I would have ended up stuck on the runway if I bled off too much speed, and that would have resulted in NTSB paperwork.

Yes, you got the sequence of events right, though pics of wheels falling off might seemingly support the suppositions of the MSM.

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Thx. Mod. - - -

PS: Dieter, people are noting that the (former) McDonell Douglas management were of the beancounting first sort, as opposed to Boeing's previous management style. Well, for a while they had the guy from the auto industry, as if management is simply management, of whatever. The headquarters being in Chicago doesn't help, IMO. They moved there from Seattle 15-20 years back when Seattle was charging them out the ass in taxes.

I wonder if it was the McDonnell side of MD, the military contractor, that may have been the worst of the management. .gov is a cash cow - then they had to actually compete, with the MD-80 series and such.

Then, maybe the bigger problem has been the outsourcing and the insourcing of cheap H1-B labor. Gateway pundit is all over the influence of D.I.E. on quality and competence.

I will say that they were wrong on the Houston KIAH incident. That was surely pilot error, and the Captain - who takes control of the plane and would have made that decision about the landing - was White per the audio. *

This one was a shame. They were trying to help the operation by taking a quicker taxi route, starting at the last taxiway. They were trying to help the tower by "keeping the speed up". That meant, since he'd approved their long roll-out, that they would not dawdle down to that last turn-off. However, I'd heard that there was standing water on the runway, so not ideal braking conditions.

So, GP and others claimed "the gear collapsed, and the plane went into the grass". No, the plane went into the grass, and the gear collapsed. That soggy ground would allow the wheels to sink in deep, and then, well the rest of the plane was still moving ...

BTW, I've been in a small Piper twin in which we rounded a corner (dry pavement) so fast that both tires squealed. Yeah, you could hear that over the engines still at idle. It sounded like a Rockford Files episode. It was a tough bird.


* Though the First Officer normally talks on the radio on the ground, and then, were the Captain flying, this F/O would have been on the radio coming in, I'm sure some of the transmissions at the end were from the Captain. There was no diversity heard from.

PS: Adam, I've learned that most, but not all (e.g. Chick fil-a) of the many joints at some of these hubs are owned and operated by the same company - one of them is "Delaware Corp." I don't mean *a* Delaware corporation as for taxes, but that's the name of one of these. It's not the sole by any means, but one of the reasons the service sucks a lot. The employees get shuttled around, or can pick, the various joints to work at. They don't get competent, and they surely don't care very much. It's much different at the few separately-owned places.

Regarding that wait time, I've luckily not been in the situation, but some of the places were so slow, especially the couple of years after the Kung Flu, that passengers would get n a bind. The food had not come after 10 minutes. Down the hall their flight is nearly finished boarding. The choices are quickly get one's money back, if possible, take a chance that one's seat will be given away, or lose the battle - stay hungry and also lose that 5, no 10, no 15 bucks.

There is an example of one kind of higher quality food place, part of a chain, that had just opened at the airport hub. I was the only one in there, and I had plenty of time. However, I was in there for 15 minutes or so waiting on the food, and (because they weren't the normal type airport place), I felt obligated to warn them, "you guys know this is an airport, right? Lots of people are in a big hurry. I don't know if this is gonna work." If I were not the only one in there ...

PS: Yes, airport prices are a cut above, maybe like the ball game, Mr. Blanc. That was still a little higher than I"m used to because of "I did that" Brandon. (Actually, inflation is one problem I don't put on Brandon alone, of course - this is a long term thing. One could say the CARES ACT $4 Trillion passed during Trump's time, and I take it signed by him - was the single biggest yearly jump in the debt.)

Even at the airport, a Wendy's meal used to be 5 1/2 bucks 15 years back. I remember that because I used to eat too much fast food then. I think you wouldn't get out of there for less than $11 now. Solution: Don't eat that stuff.

PS: Good morning, gentlemen. Possiumman, per Adam Smith's comment, there was a reason I might get more hassle than most people had I walked off with the sandwich. (True, I'd have paid, but I also wonder whether a cashier would pocket that $$ and then tell the airport cop - same anywhere - that I didn't pay a cent. Of course, there are cameras, but that's a step later, were there a court case, and the damage would be done by then.)

I've done this before a few time, more out of frustration with long complicated computer "cash registers". OK, I gotta go - this is enough to cover it. That's where they took cash though.

Alarmist seems to know his stuff. I'd brought up the Book of Revelation before too - might have a great effect, might not ... In one of those older posts, I probably mentioned that one time someone else offered to pay for me. I told him "thanks", but that this wasn't about the money. I have a card. (wife had to cancel one temporarily yet again for some bogus recurring charge .

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Apropos long gone posts:
BOING-factory stuff - employees: Would not fly in a Boing. Management doesn't care for production mishaps in 86% or so of the cases.

https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1767217791914914031?s=20

Ahh - good pizza, Adam: - - - 12 - 14 Euros in our expensive town.

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Yeah, I had this conversation with a lawyer employed by the Fed. A FRN is legal tender for all debts private and public, but a merchant is under no obligation to accept it.

Kind of dumb to turn away sales, but handling cash has its own costs and risks that often makes it worthwhile to not accept it.

PS: Good afternoon, everyone...

$8 dollar bucks for a slice of pizza! That sounds pretty high, but considering it is airport pricing, that's not quite as terrible as it sounds. A good pizza at a good pizzeria costs Mrs. Smith and I ~$35 with tip.

https://www.mellowmushroom.com/locations/ga/gainesville/700-green-st-ne/
https://www.mellowmushroom.com/menu/43898
https://www.mellowmushroom.com/menu/43898/product/329319

But we live in the woods and not anywhere near a good pizzeria. Mr. Blanc can probably get a good pizza at a good pizzeria for a bit less than that.(?) Though I'd imagine not much less. The dollar just doesn't buy what it used to.

(Cheers to Mr. Blanc! I hope this comment finds you and Mme B well.)

I am happy to hear you're standing your ground, Achmed. I have never used a credit/debit card at a fast food joint. (Which is what I consider these airport snack shacks.) Other than online shopping and aeroplane tickets, I use cash for everything. (I'd use cash for online shopping and aeroplane tickets if I could.)

I agree with Possumman. Just leave the cash and take the sandwich. Do you really think she would call the cops? Would they even respond if she did? (I guess that depends on what city this airport was in.) I imagine she'd pocket the cash and that would be that. Even if the cops bothered to find you, it's not like you stole anything. What could they do? You left the money on the counter. Besides, how many of those pre-packaged sandwiches do these shops throw away every night?

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5103

Can a business refuse to accept cash under federal law? Apparently, there is no federal statute mandating that a 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, a person, or an organization must accept currency or coins as payment for goods or services.

I would argue that these airport snack shacks are not 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬. If they were truly 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 then they could conduct their business any way they like. A private business can refuse service to anyone they like. Do you really think these airport sandwich shops could refuse service to a 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤! or a •Indian or whoever? Of course not. These places are not 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞. They are open to the public. I would imagine all of them are corporations which are public creatures of the state. Many of these places are publicly traded companies.

I noticed much of this blurring of the public vs. private distinction during the plandemic PanicFest. Some people would argue that Kroger can mandate face diapers because they are private or Faceberg can refuse service to or censor anyone they like because they are private. Both of these example companies are publicly traded entities. They are anything but private. These scammers are engaging in doublethink. They're trying to have it both ways.

Though I guess that's my own fault, expecting consistency, common sense or intelligence out of people in 2024. (Unrealistic expectations on my part.)

Anyway... [/rant]

https://www.loomis.us/resources/insights/2023-update-payment-choice-act-reintroduced

I also understand why you didn't leave the cash and take the sandwich. Sometimes there is limited time to catch your flight, and sometimes it's just easier to not go looking for trouble. It just depends on the situation.

So, on that note, I hope you all have a great day!

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PS Airport prices are airport prices. I understand your aversion to having cashlessness forced upon us, but I fear that it’s going to be a losing battle. They want to control our every action, especially when it concerns money. Unless, of course, the whole rotten edifice collapses.

PS Just leave the money on the counter and walk out -it is legal tender good "for all debts public and private" says that printed right on it--if they don't like it --f'em. I wouldn't pay $8 for a slice of pizza either--do they think you are at the ballgame?