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Old 10-25-2011, 10:46 AM
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=CE750;1074681]Many I know (especially traditionalists) would argue a woman leaving her minor aged and infant children to go fly 767's also constitutes abandonment.. how would you counter that point?

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I live at base.
Meaning you don't do overnights?

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Old 10-25-2011, 10:53 AM
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OUCH Skyhigh. A backhanded slap from the bleachers - nice
"Flying bureaucrat for FAA".
Well....you just remember how safe you are when flying around the NAS and be sure to say a little silent prayer for both your safety and your freedom.
I'm sure we are all better off with more rental properties and free ranged beef, chicken, pigs or whatever else you have branched off into lately.

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(probably the said "flying bureaucrat mentioned in this stellar post)
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Thank you for your continued service to our country ! The things I got to do to get some attention from you once in a while.

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Hey, I was a bureaucrat, too !!! Where's my slap down ?
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Old 10-25-2011, 11:44 AM
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Hey, I was a bureaucrat, too !!! Where's my slap down ?
NO...you have to CURRENTLY be a bureaucrat
Don't worry....he slaps down the military a few times too so at least the family is covered!

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What's "MMA"?
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Old 10-25-2011, 12:10 PM
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What's "MMA"?
Mixed martial arts, like UFC
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Old 10-25-2011, 01:17 PM
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NO...you have to CURRENTLY be a bureaucrat
Don't worry....he slaps down the military a few times too so at least the family is covered!

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Hey, I just want to be your friend is all, but all you do is to criticize me.

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Hey, I just want to be your friend is all, but all you do is to criticize me.

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Now if you're going to say such things then at least be truthful so that all of your 'converts' that are reading this thread and hanging on every word are given an accurate picture.
I have always agreed with much of your message, disagreed with most of your presentation, and have NEVER attacked you personally. It you wanted to be most accurate, your descriptions that could applied to me have been most insulting. You've chosen descriptions in the past that called me an automaton, indentured servant, and criticized me for being gone from family and friends in the course of both my present and past duties.
I think that we've come to the understanding that we will more than likely agree to disagree on many items on the forum, but that last shot from the top rope was new for you.

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Old 10-26-2011, 05:48 AM
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Now if you're going to say such things then at least be truthful so that all of your 'converts' that are reading this thread and hanging on every word are given an accurate picture.
I have always agreed with much of your message, disagreed with most of your presentation, and have NEVER attacked you personally. It you wanted to be most accurate, your descriptions that could applied to me have been most insulting. You've chosen descriptions in the past that called me an automaton, indentured servant, and criticized me for being gone from family and friends in the course of both my present and past duties.
I think that we've come to the understanding that we will more than likely agree to disagree on many items on the forum, but that last shot from the top rope was new for you.

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USMCFLYR,

Honestly I just want you to be a friend and am sorry to disappoint you. You have never attacked me directly but you do criticize my style and my style is essentially me. In addition I never have directed any of my professional evaluations at you at all. You are one of the smart ones.

Early on you wisely picked a career in the military and stuck with it. After you retired you again avoided the trap by going to work for the FAA over the airlines. The only thing I have in regards to you is that you really have never had to endure what a full time civilian pilot has to. To try and live on what they earn and to live the life of an abused pilot in a corrupt system that's main purpose is to manipulate the worker.

You have no common experience at all with what the essence of this forum is about. You fly planes but that is about all. Good for you. I however stand by all the heart that I put into my writing because I lived it. It is just as miserable and hopeless as I portray but to your credit you would not know that.

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USMCFLYR,

Honestly I just want you to be a friend and am sorry to disappoint you. You have never attacked me directly but you do criticize my style and my style is essentially me. In addition I never have directed any of my professional evaluations at you at all. You are one of the smart ones.

Early on you wisely picked a career in the military and stuck with it. After you retired you again avoided the trap by going to work for the FAA over the airlines. The only thing I have in regards to you is that you really have never had to endure what a full time civilian pilot has to. To try and live on what they earn and to live the life of an abused pilot in a corrupt system that's main purpose is to manipulate the worker.

You have no common experience at all with what the essence of this forum is about. You fly planes but that is about all. Good for you. I however stand by all the heart that I put into my writing because I lived it. It is just as miserable and hopeless as I portray but to your credit you would not know that.

Skyhigh
I did 20 years in the military, now I'm a civilian working for Delta. Do I qualify to post on this forum based on your arbitrary rules? I think USMCFLYR has plenty of reasons to post, and his posts are thoughtful. Likewise gov't jobs aren't the security they once were, reference the 3-week FAA shutdown and the national political push to downsize gov't. Just because your life sucks (or sucked) doesn't mean it sucks for everyone else. Take people at their face value.
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