Hope you download all your shows before boarding @Delta
Someone made a Delta Starlink tracker website similar to United's. 😂😂😂 @elonmusk
deltastarlinktracker.vercel.…
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🚨 JUST IN: Anti-Elon Musk Delta CEO Ed Bastian is facing MASS OUTRAGE from LOYAL customers now threatening to leave the airline — including Diamond-level flyers — after he REFUSED to equip flights with Starlink because he doesn't like Elon
Delta internet currently sucks.
Absolutely HORRENDOUS business move!! What is he thinking?
X is currently being FLOODED with loyal Delta flyers saying the airline needs to get with the times, put Elon Derangement Syndrome aside and go with Starlink to fix their CRAPPY internet
Or loyal customers will move to airlines like United, with over 600 aircraft now Starlink-equipped
Betting against @ElonMusk is a seriously dumb move. How could an established airline CEO fumble so badly?
For a few hours today, Illinois has some actual leadership on the ground. 🇺🇸
We are honored to welcome the Honorary Chairman of the 2026 Presidents Cup, the 45th and 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
#PresidentsCup
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Fascinating. Illinois' gas prices today are nearly 90 cents higher than Indiana's.
Illinois: $4.91 per gallon
Indiana: $4.03 per gallon
A huge part of the difference is higher gasoline taxes in Illinois. Pritzker and the legislature doubled the motor fuel tax in 2019, and also made sure that the tax rises with inflation each year.
Illinoisans also pay a sales tax on gasoline (Illinois is one of just a handful of states with a sales tax on gasoline). Unsurprisingly, as gas prices go up, the taxes go up.
Grossly inflated gasoline prices. Just one more reason we need political change.
#twill @ILGOP @GovPritzker
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This 9/11 is the last major anniversary where many of us who were alive are either still prime adults or somewhat youngish,
By 2051, everyone who was an adult that day will be quite elderly or dead, and those of us who were young will be in our 50s and 60s,
The technological and cultural gap between 2001 and 2051 will be entirely immense too, to those born just before or after the event, or in the decades ahead, it will feel like a completely different world, one less easy to relate too.
This was the last great 9/11 anniversary as a result. One where it could still be interpreted as what we were, not “damn people were really living like this?”
9/11 is now firmly passing into the realm of an “old civilization” event.
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I’ve seen enough.
This is a complete CRM disaster by the crew. Pilot error - both seats.
A clusterfuck. Complete chaos. No excuse.
Feel for them a little, but this killed people.
Reeks of inexperience frankly.
Updates from the NTSB on the runway overrun of the 21 Air 767 in Miami. All times = number of seconds before end of the Flight data recorder.
-0:30: Nose gear + Right main landing gear touchdown at 158 kt ground speed
-0:23: brakes applied, 146 kt
-0:19: Left MLG touchdown, 134 kt
-0:15: Brakes released, 120 kt; throttles “increased to values consistent with go-around thrust”
-0:11: throttles reduced to idle, brakes reapplied, 117 kt
-0:07: Lateral, longitudinal, and vertical accelerations change, 96 kt
-0:00: Final ground speed 65 kt
“No indication in the reported data that speedbrakes or thrust reversers were deployed.”
Don’t forget that a A321XLR needs only a narrowbody gate at the hubs.
United announces new international routes Tuesday.
The XLR is a game changer - and I think United is going to do incredibly exciting things with it.
Today I’m sharing my A321XLR predictions. Tomorrow I’ll share my guesses for the rest of United’s network.
I have no inside information and don’t know anyone at United - this is just my analysis!
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When he’s not flying the A320 out of DFW, CA Mike Sadler works as a consignment director at Heritage Auctions. He was kind enough to let us know about an item up for bid that should be of interest to many pilots.
youtube.com/watch?v=qDqEwDSf…
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6 AM Call to Action
If you have a colleague here on a visa who clearly cannot do their job, report them anonymously.
They are here on the promise that employers could not find qualified Americans. Part of that qualification is the ability to communicate effectively and perform the work at the required level. Your company's bottom line might be in jeopardy if you don't.
You can report this safely and anonymously.
- USCIS Tip Form: uscis.gov/report-fraud/uscis…
- Department of Labor (Foreign Labor Certification issues): dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign…
- DOL Wage and Hour Division: 1-866-4-USWAGE (1-866-487-9243)
This is not about nationality. It is about competence. If someone cannot do the job they were sponsored for, they should not be in that role.
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Happy birthday America! Celebrating 250 years of FREEDOM!Wishing everyone an outstanding Independence Day from the entire team at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point NY! 🇺🇸💥🫡
#Sail4th250
#USMMA #KP #KingsPoint #MerchantMarineAcademy #MerchantMarine
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Most intimidating B-2 shot of the year goes to...
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Permanent Daylight Saving Time when last tried:
—“It is absolutely ridiculous to have DST at this time of year [in winter]…”
—“Safety has become a great concern…”
—“Students dislike getting up an hour earlier…”
ALT Newspaper article from Missouri in 1974. Permanent DST changed sunrise from 7:28am CST to 8:28am CDT. Headline “Parents Don’t Like New Daylight Time”.