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    [NA] LONG: About to go postal on the U.S. Postal Service [NA]

    I have a family member who works as a USPS clerk, and the perspective on customers from the other side could make just as entertaining a read, especially during the holidays. Her favorite is the people who are told upfront that there's no guarantee on delivery time for parcel post, that it...
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    Geriatric pilots dangerous?

    And none of the responsibility goes to all those other people following too closely or making impulsive maneuvers to pass? We all know troll-speak is a points deduction in a debate. If we needed biennials and medicals to drive cars, many of the older drivers responsible for the problems...
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    Won't someone please think of the children...

    The irony, of course, is that if Santa did what the legend says Santa really does, he'd have found himself flanked by - or shot down by - fighters every year since 2001, just like any other GA pilot. Instead of worrying about the injection of militarism into Christmas, how 'bout worrying...
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    Man armed with sword demands free tacos

    Mexi-Fry Musketeer.
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    AOPA Insurance EXPIRED (oops)

    2014 is an election year. They'll do whatever it takes to get the e-mail bots working properly by the time the PAC needs to send its emergency fundraising pleas.
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    EAB and ADS-B out

    GPS accuracy is needed to make traffic avoidance work. That's no less critical on VFR flights. It could be argued that if you need WAAS-level accuracy to avoid someone, you were already waaaay too close. I suspect the ADS-B and UAS issues will soon find each other and mate, and having all...
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    Student "instructor"

    Oh, to have been recording the CTAF!
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    10 years from now, this story will be funny

    Benjamin, I'm no clinician, but this almost sounds like an anxiety disorder. Based on your telling of the story, it sounds like your first instructor was just being diligent, and was correct when expressing concern about your attitude. I have a friend who is an instructor, and he had to...
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    Boycott US Airways for Being Bigoted

    I already boycott US Airways because it's managed by Tesla fanatics.
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    Find Airports with Grant Assurances?

    The Salt Lake City code (covering SLC International and the two GA reliever airports) deals with FAA provisions requiring commercial operators to support airport maintenance by classifying any housing of aircraft not owned by the hangar lessee as constituting a commercial operation. It appears...
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    Therapy with no Diagnosis - Will Airlines know?

    OK...So how will you then afford to pay a therapist in future visits? If it's covered by an insurance plan, it's going to require issuing you a diagnosis.
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    Finally

    And exactly how does that fit in a world where road-going cars are facing ever-higher government fuel economy mandates? The feds are stuck in a place where they'll either have to let this move forward and have picketers outside the offices of the EPA, or try to quietly kill it and admit...
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    Tesla stock plunge continues after Model S battery fire

    Only by you. How did you arrive at this level of hatred? What's wrong is your definition of anyone who doesn't share your anti-Tesla obsession as a "tesla fanatic." There's a huge space between those two poles of which you seem unaware. Every new application of technology has growing...
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    Find Airports with Grant Assurances?

    Guys, thanks for the tips. To be clear, we're not proposing to share a hangar with another organization, just to share one among our own members. It's easy to get three gyroplanes in a T-hangar, but apparently much harder to find a landlord who allows it.
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    Find Airports with Grant Assurances?

    I'm coming up empty on Google. Is there a list somewhere of airports which are bound by FAA grant assurances, with information on what the restrictions are? My local group is looking into establishing a shared club hangar, and most nearby airports with grant assurances seem locked into...
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    More school administrator stupidity.

    But note that she's not making it a "case." She moved her daughter to another school and has asked for an apology. So much classier than jumping to sue. The school has lost a volunteer, and also lost a student who appears to have an environment which teaches good values. I do question the...
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    New Virgin America safety video

    Well, that's five seconds more attention than frequent fliers give to boring live briefings. I thought it was novel and fun, and perfectly in keeping with the company's brand.
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