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Eric Welch Ph.D.

Eric Welch Ph.D.

@EricWelch42

Husband, father, engineering professor, general aviation pilot, fascinated by history, aviation and technology in general

Memphis, TN Katılım Eylül 2021
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KC-10 Driver ✈️ 👨‍✈️ B-737 Wrangler
KC-10 Driver ✈️ 👨‍✈️ B-737 Wrangler@MCCCANM·
Hell yeah! Been looking for a series to watch w/ my son at night (daughter has no interest, sadly). This came up on Apple TV on the Top Chart as #1. Watched it while deployed to the CAOC as EXXON. It was on the “Morale Drive”, where a bunch of free movies & TV shows could be accessed. I’m not sure of the legality there…it was a little dubious, but this was accessible to anyone on the deployed base. It didn’t exist at our home bases, probably for a reason. A little mouse would visit me at my plywood desk on the “Dark Side”, before the new CAOC. I gave it some crumbs & it would go on its way. I’d get most of my work done & optimize the tanker schedule in the first 45 minutes of an 8-12 hour shift, 7 days a week. Then I just played “whack a mole” w/ problems that sprang up & asked the Australian controllers at the other end of my chat room what things like calling someone a “Muppet” meant. (means you have to stick your hand up their ass & move their mouth yourself to make them say anything intelligent) Anyway, I’d load a fat dip & settle in for some Galactica. The big British boss would come by sometimes & catch me. I was always respectful & rose. I did my job really well & knew my stuff. When things went wrong, they looked at me & asked if we had gas to support responses. My answer was always that they had unlimited gas plus a reserve. Tankers will show up, come hell or high water. Yep, I’ve got gas for your F-15s to go supersonic & chase down a drone that has gone rogue & is heading for Pakistan…that KC-10 crew is already en-route at .88 Mach, your Eagles will have to catch up…they’ll be waiting near the border. So, when the big boss came around, me watching the show wasn’t something he was going to make a fuss about. Anyway, I didn’t watch much TV at home at that time, but this show was great. We start tonight!
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JetBlue just pulled the ultimate power move. Hours after Spirit Airlines went dark, JetBlue swooped into South Florida with a full-blown rescue mission—and they're not playing small. Here's the breakdown: $99 rescue fares for anyone holding a valid Spirit ticket. Same route, same dates, just call 1-800-JETBLUE. Flying Fort Lauderdale to San Juan? Blue Basic is capped at $299 through May 8. But that's just the warm-up. JetBlue is exploding at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International—adding 11 brand new cities, extra flights on existing routes, and pushing nearly 130 daily departures this summer. That's a 75%+ jump from last year and their biggest FLL operation EVER. CEO Joanna Geraghty put it plainly: "South Florida is a key market... we're stepping up, adding service, and keeping fares competitive." (Translation: we're taking over.) Fun fact? Fort Lauderdale was JetBlue's very first destination back in 2000. Now they're reclaiming it after Spirit held 27% of that market. Oh, and they're not leaving Spirit's crew behind either—jumpseat access for two weeks and job interviews for qualified staff. This is how you turn a market collapse into a masterclass. 👇
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Eric Welch Ph.D.
Eric Welch Ph.D.@EricWelch42·
@HSRdirector There are reasons OSHA has a number of regulations written specifically for ladders. They can literally kill you in a number of different ways
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Kristin M. Collier, MD@HSRdirector·
I’ve witnessed a lot of harm done to my patients from various expected things like cigarettes, guns etc but I never imagined how much harm I would see in my adult patients from ladders. LADDERS. so much devastation
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Eric Welch Ph.D.
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Well done Southwest
Turbine Traveller@Turbinetraveler

There is still good left in humanity. Captain Jon Jackson was supposed to take his final retirement flight with Spirit Airlines today. But after Spirit's shutdown, he instead found himself as a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight into Baltimore. What happened next was truly special. Capt. Jackson was honored with a traditional water cannon salute and a surprise welcome celebration at the gate. This is a powerful reminder that the aviation community is built on respect, compassion, and solidarity—especially when it matters most. Above all, this moment was about honoring a fellow aviator. Congratulations, Capt. Jackson, and thank you for your years of service in the skies. Well done Southwest Airlines 💙

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Eric Welch Ph.D.@EricWelch42·
This is a really interesting conversation.
Skint Eastwood@Skint_Eastwood1

Ricky Gervais Drops Truth Bombs on Stephen Colbert in Epic Religion Debate 🔥 “There are about 3,000 gods. You believe in one, so you don’t believe in 2,999 gods… and I don’t believe in just one more.” And on science vs religion: “If we took any holy book or any fiction and destroyed it, in a thousand years it wouldn’t come back just as it was. Whereas if we took every science book and fact and destroyed them all, in a thousand years they’d all be back, because the same tests would give the same results.” Colbert’s reaction? “That’s good… That’s really good.” Ricky is brilliant, always calm and explains his points so well. Respectful debate done right. 👏🏻

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Eric Welch Ph.D.@EricWelch42·
Beautiful Corsair at Pensacola
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Eric Welch Ph.D.
Eric Welch Ph.D.@EricWelch42·
Interesting bit of amateur radio history. I remember passing my Morse code test years ago. Now that requirement is gone, but the hobby remains. youtube.com/watch?v=uOTaNb…
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Eric Welch Ph.D.@EricWelch42·
Couple of very nice planes that appeared at a fly in to Dewitt Spain a couple of weeks ago
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Thenewarea51
Thenewarea51@thenewarea51·
One of my favorite lesson plans as a flight instructor was the aviation radio spectrum. We’d start off talking about what is the difference between AM and FM. Why are aviation voice communications in AM and not FM? Where does the ground based navigation spectrum start off? It’s just above the FM radio in you car starting at 108 MHz in 50 kHz steps until 117.950 MHz, now we get into VHF voice at 118.000 MHz and we use 25 kHz steps until you fly abroad and then it’s 8.33 kHz steps. I’d blabber on about the 1.5 GHz GPS freqs in the L Band then go into the glideslope frequencies hidden within the UHF Military spectrum. My poor students would just murder me with their eyes. I’m proud to say that I’ve never had one student fail!
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KC-10 Driver ✈️ 👨‍✈️ B-737 Wrangler@MCCCANM

This jet doesn’t have SATCOM & we’ll have to do HF radio calls to San Francisco once an hour. (Well, one of us will…)

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Eric Welch Ph.D.
Eric Welch Ph.D.@EricWelch42·
Fifi for your Friday morning
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