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Most carriers managed to keep a good portion of the pilots, after all, no pilots means no planes flying. They did that by butchering the back offices, and the stations. The contracted employees don’t work for Spirit, and are tired of actually getting beaten for Spirit’s operational failures...

Spirit has plenty of crews, that isn’t the issue. Simply put, What they don’t have is enough back office staff to deal with a large Irregular Operation (IROP), (weather, mechanicals, etc.), since they cut HQ to the bone, and haven’t been able to hire and train enough at their low pay rates to...

I am really surprised that with the “Small Town Cafe Culture” down here, there isn’t more on airports in TN, Al, Ga, etc.

Whodathunkit….

Kentucky Dam, Lake Barkley Resort, and Rough River Lodge are all Kentucky State Parks with state-maintained runways. Call the lodges, and they will send the van to pick you up for the lodge restaurant. Check the hours, some have reduced days due to “recent events”.

“Fusion” opens this weekend at the London-Corbin Kentucky Airport. In the space that was occupied by “The Hangar” that closed in 2017(?). Might make a run up there next weekend.

Interesting… Alaska Fish and Wildlife Service ended up with 11 of the 12 built. https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/GauthierDavidJ/8985L.jpg

I34-Greensburg, In…. Parkside Ice Cream Shop and mini-golf is about a 200 foot walk from the ramp. Bowling alley right next door, City pool and water park next to that, and the county fairgrounds are across the street. This one is a hidden gem, a great stop with kids!

Keep it up, and I will call you at 3am with an extension and a reassignment from your go home leg.

Broadcastify Scanner sounds like Ripon and Fon Du Lac got hit pretty hard. I hope there was no airport damage

Was leaving Thursday morning anyway, so I’ve decided to depart at noon, putting me out ahead of the 3pm wave of storms. No sense in screwing around when I was already on a tight departure schedule anyway. will miss the HOPS/HOPIS/HOPELESS party though. Damn…. You all enjoy it tonight.

Slept right through most of it, except for the gusts that had the camper rocking. Sun really knocked me out on Monday.

Thanks for a great meal!

It was 7 this morning, they took off into the rain.

Was that attempt number 7? or 10? Airboss ragged on them because they were drifting too close to the show box.

And trying to do it while the best pilots on the planet are watching you.

Lol… Went looking for a new truck a couple of weeks ago, of the two available, one as 20k over list, the other 30k. They had just arrived, and three of us were looking at the same tie. No thanks, I’ll wait.

You can see everyone launching from everywhere this morning, and the conga line from Madison. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a28281

Dan Grider crashed in a 150 last night at the ACCA’s. Flap failure on go around. No one hurt, aircraft pranked in the corn.

The minimum fuel that you can visually verify in mine is ten gallons. Never leave home without at least that much.