Gaffer
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Gaffer
@FLYGaffer
Airline Pilot, DCS enthusiast and YouTube Creator https://t.co/DhnmgMPGGp


Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said he'll "fix" the suspension given to eight AH-64 Apache helicopter pilots after flying low past crowds on July 4th over the beaches in South Carolina. “We’ll fix this,” Hegseth tweeted Thursday night, hours after local news reports emerged that the eight South Carolina National Guard pilots had been suspended. “Carry on, Patriots, ” Hegseth wrote, echoing a March tweet when he unilaterally absolved four other Apache flyers in another safety investigation. Maj. Lisa Allen with the National Guard confirmed the pilots are suspended from flying operations while an internal investigation looks into their performance during the Salute from the Shore event. Maj Allen says the pilots are still assigned to duties outside of flying, but the investigation is examining any possible safety violations that may have occurred during the flyover.







🚨WHAT ON EARTH??!!!! The National Guard has just SUSPENDED all 8 pilots of the Apache helicopters that flew on the "Salute to the Shore" flyover across the South Carolina coast. No reason has been given for their suspension. A source says as soon as the pilots landed, they got a message saying they were suspended pending an investigation.

The State Fair debacle is the end of @realDonaldTrump as a cultural force. Trump has always been uncool in a cool way, he’s so in love with himself and his own awful taste you appreciate him even if you hate him. But this is just a box-office bomb, and it makes him look so old.


Boomer men will be like “you know what’d be a great idea? A late in life second marriage to a woman that will try to steal my estate from my children for the benefit of her own after I die. I can’t see how that would be bad at all. Fuck it, I’m gonna do it.”






As the community note makes clear, I didn't delete it because I stand by it. But if MAGA world has decided their best play is to insult Mainers' intelligence by trying to fool them into thinking Platner's old tattoo makes him a Nazi sympathizer, best of luck in November!


This is exactly right. The immunity decision was immediately misreported/mischaracterized as a “get-out-of-jail-free card” for Trump and continues to be used as a weapon to attack the Court, even though its real impact was to shield Joe Biden from Trump’s DOJ

I don't know if this is true but one of the reasons this may happen is that airlines use each other for crew "commuting" to and from their trips. I have a feeling Delta used Spirit a lot to get it's crews around the country. (Though it's likely not that)

I've warned for months that a @JetBlue-@SpiritAirlines merger would have led to fewer flights and higher fares. @JusticeATR and @USDOT were right to stand up for consumers and fight against runaway airline consolidation. This is a Biden win for flyers! apnews.com/article/jetblu…








What's wrong with Hampton Inn? Good location, perfectly sensible accommodations -- plus I receive "points" as a valued @HiltonHonors member








