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- Published on Feb 11, 2026
- Tonight we take a very deep shallow dive into this weeks biggest aviation stories! Bring your questions for some live discussion! Heavy on fighter pilot opinions light on facts!
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Interesting. That letter from Delta to its crews, matches - in spirit and letter, to a Crew Management Office Notice issued by Conrail to its operating crews back in the '90s. It also generated the same response. The railroad extra list is a bit more demanding in that you can get into 12 hours on -10 hours off, no fixed starting times on a 2 hour call cycle. And, on top of it all, a hostile attitude from lower management.
Terrific show. Thanks gentlemen.
Gonky not following sports makes him my spirit animal 😂 I too just cannot be bothered lol.
Reference the Delta situation. As a retired Supervisor we had employees who would continually be sick to extend their days off. It was very apparent. These employees were the ones who never had enough leave time when they actually needed it. Then they were begging for leave from those who didn't waste theirs. I suspect that is the problem with those receiving those letters. JMHO
same, it's a huge problem where i am as well.. it's always the same 5-6 people that repeatedly call out friday saturday during football season because they have sunday monday off.. one of the downsides to union jobs, makes it miserable to try and get rid of them while they're screwing over their fellow co-workers and union members by not showing up to work..
Gonky, re the MV-22, they have a deployable gun turret on the underside that pops down just behind the nose section, its capable of carrying a bunch of various autocannons and miniguns.
IIRC it can be controlled by the cockpit by copilot or one of the other crew stations.
That letter from Delta is like the speech of our Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz, where he sead that we germans have too many sick days :)
But what they don't see: Since 2020 there are 2 different flu viruses coming over the poulation each year now.
Don't ask him how many "sick days" members of parliament have on average, tho....
That 737 low gear transition was wild
Epic you mean.
R.550 Magics are old missiles, France now uses the MICA IR FOX 2. Probably cheaper to use up the Magics in Ukraine than to have them disposed.
Love to watch your videos love from Pakistan 🇵🇰
Great show gentlemen
The Canada deal entails manufacture in canada
What happened to that single rotor/pusher prop prototype replacement for the Blackhawk?
That thing looked sick.
J-35 has an export version J-35AE and the key question is when Pakistan will get them. A good time point is when India is in the middle of the introduction of the 114 Rafael. It is highly unlikely in next 3 years. 1. J-35A is in early adoption stage in PLAAF 2. More J-10CE would be good enough for maintaining the air power balance 3. J-35AE is from Shenyang Aircraft Corporation. Last time SAC provided a fighter to Pakistan is in 1980s with J-6 (MiG-19). It would take a long time to create a good working relationship between SAC and Pakistan Air Force. On this matter, Chengdu has much better experience.
I think below 50ft the gear warning goes off as well but I’m sure there’s a bypass on the A139
The MV75 will need a larger LZ in wooded terrain.
I don't fly commercial, but if I did, and being under an approach route, I'd prefer any pilot to be in their best form, especially for folks on the ground! Thanks guys, love the show always!
Slight correction on the tilt rotor: the Osprey IS single-engine capable. But it doesn't have one drive shaft going through the middle, due to the dihedral wings (needed for carrier stowage) that wouldn't work. So there's two shafts and a gearbox, which is obviously mad complexity.
I have unlimited PTO as well, but for a huge company it is for a major different reason than workers morale. Companies have to keep money in an account for employees that accrue PTO. With unlimited PTO they don’t have to keep that account.
only the 737-100 & 200 was powered by the Pratt & Whitney JT8D, the 737-300 was the first of the classics to be powered by the CFM56-3C-1 high bypass turbofan engine.
That United 321NEO (delivered to UA in 2023) wheel loss looks like it was filmed from the FO side on that Sun Country 73 holding short. Also that Serve Air Cargo is a 737-3(BDSF) delivered to MALEV in 1991, converted to a freighter in 2007 and has since been written off. 5/05/2024 Damaged beyond repair after landing in Kinshasa ( overran the runway due to engine issue). Info from Air Fleets
Another great show Gentlemen - actually hurt myself laughing so hard this time around.
Did you see Sam Eckholm ( US RUclipsr ) did a piece with the RAF A400's in the Mach Loop?
General aviation lol. I saw it. 🤣 Good spot mover 🤣
I don't get it... some help required please... 😔
in the pilots defense Orlando was reporting 56 kt wind gust at the time, on the other hand they probably should have diverted to Tampa or Fort Myers and not attempted a landing with 56 kt wind gusts. but that's hindsight, i think a little "get there idous" might have played a small part.
1:02:00 On that topic, I say welcome to what the rest of us have been dealing with forever. Every company I've worked for has rated attendance as the #1 metric by which they measure an employee's worth. I've seen good workers and quality people get canned for being unlucky enough to get sick or have a family emergency "too many times" in a certain time frame, with no attempt by HR to learn, sympathize with, or understand the employee's individual circumstances to offer some grace. They just follow their made-up blanket policy. They do this because they know most people will just shake the dust off their feet and go somewhere better, rather than undertake any legal challenge, if there is any to be taken. Most of us just want to get on with our lives and not fight the witches covens of HR.
Of course Gonky doesn't know what 7-minutes in heaven is... 🤣
Yes, that is how you take-off in a 737: no risk of tail strike. :-) Spitfires, Mustangs, DC-3s, etc., do take off like that too from unpaved runways. Get in the air quickly so you don't hit potholes, ridges, dogs, kids, or the fence. Then keep flying low in ground-effect to gain speed, and then zoom up. Why don't planes do it like that always? Definitely looks cooler.
If allowed, maybe you could try those things in a sim? I think you should also try very steep banking turns. I once saw a business jet doing a 70-80° banking turn to final inbetween the mountains, in Sion, Switzerland. That seems to be their "normal" approach. You could also try rolls, loopings, flying in the mountains through narrow valleys, etc... The better you know how a plane handles at the edge of its enveloppe, and where the edge is, the more confidence you get, and the safer you can fly it in normal circumstances in real life. I think.
The Delta letter smacks of "we are trying to justify the cost of a new AI analysis tool and it has identified a correlation between the holidays and cold and flu season."
For posterity and as an Alum, my Indiana Hoosiers are the 2026 College Football Champion 😊
The Delta thing is a negative to airline safety.
100%! I don't want my pilots trying to hold in the symptoms of norovirus while landing in bad weather.
There is a thing called sunk cost fallacy (Canada f35) USA Finnish dual citizen living in Finland... The hate due to betrayal is real.....
If you say so. You either dont know what sunk cost fallacy means or you think the Gripen is the better choice, either or its funny you think that. Or is this TDS?
@MetaliCanuckDoesn't matter if it's an inferior jet. It's dumb to continue buying jets from a hostile nation that can just kill the software for it anyway
1:28:41 fun fact: the AW139's speed limitation (167kts) is due to the fact that the windshield would bend inwards at higher speeds. Uncommon motive for a speed limitation huh
Pakistani Pilots have already gone through with training of J-35, they have been training for the last one year on the final prototypes and on the Simulators. Pakistanis are going to get the export variants but both variants will be rolled out together for both China and Pakistan.
gonky's made 48 coloring character's this year. (23:08)
mv-75 improvement over v-22...engines do not tilt.
districtunderoak must be that guy who once asked my gf is in airforce training far away, will my relationship continue. As for the Delta sick time thing, it probbaly won't affect someone who really only calls in sick when they are indeed sick. And it just says your situation is suspicious. If you are indeed sick there are ways to prove it take a video of you blowing your nose, talk to your supervisor sounding sick etc. Hard to fake those.
Having nut job anti-vaxers in government, (and the idiocy that can generate in members of the public), surely can't be helpful to the health of flight crews either.
I'm betting if you pattern matched public health stats for the flying public around holidays and big sporting events, when more people fly, you'll find the frequency of pilot illness lining up as well.
Waiting for someone to comment that their GF is an F35 and her name is Amy.
j35 has a carrier and an air force variant. pakistan doesnt have a carrier so they will be getting export variant of the air force one.
To be clear I think we as Canadians (and the rest of the world) we don't like your loud mouth disrespectful president and leadership. That does not mean we don't like the people. I still like people. Just not the leadership.
Cheers from your friends in the North 🍻
Well about the Gripen E... Over 10 years ago Saab did an identical song and dance promising the moon to Brazil too. They said they'd give the Brazilians 14,000 jobs and have 36 aircraft delivered by 2025. It's now January 2026 and Brazil got about 250 jobs and 11 planes, with cost overruns equal to about 6 additional airframes. The order completion date has been pushed back to 2032. Even the Swedish government just got their very first Gripen E delivered back in October 2025, and it looks like Saab **might** be able to do about 1.5 planes a month if they really rush it. Frankly speakin' here (and I know this is rough for the JAS 39E fans) that bird is more vaporware than the Su-57.
Also, the Canadians are playin' mad at the US by buyin' a plane that's 1/3rd American by value? Good luck re-coring that airframe if Trump swings the ITAR hammer, because that powerplant is a GE F414. But by all means, I graciously thank you fine Canadians for buyin' General Electric and Honeywell components.
It's extra hilarious when those trying to win anti-US points 'supporting' canada by claiming that Rolls Royce can make an engine for the Gripen E/F, except thats a licenced GE F414, owned by RR USA, with majority US production...
@Ihasanart It's one of the funniest copes I've ever read.
"playin' mad" Really? Are Americans really so oblivious to how you've destroyed your own reputation? You've gone from being regarded as a big dumb brother, that is tolerated because they're useful, to being regarded by many countries, not just Canada, as a threat to the existence of NATO.
As for engines, didn't the Brits agree to buy the early model Apache, but only if they could replace the anemic engines with their own? If I recall they had 30% more power, so no need to take the radar off to save weight when flying in the initial hot sandy war...
@owensparks5013 It took them 4 years to get all the kinks worked out for mating the RTM322 to the AH-64 airframe, and the program lasted 9 years in total. And btw, the Brits are ditching the Rolls Royce Turbomeca for the GE T700. Because it'll save costs and be better integrated into a larger supply chain. That was a very dumb example to use sir.
You want to extend your lead time yet another 3-5 years for vaporware jets that'll still be subject to an ITAR ban hammer, be my guest.
Welp, It seems “Max Afterburner” has jumped the shark…….
He was just on the Jeremy Corbell YT channel talking about his “The U.S. Air Force Pilot Who Had A Dogfight With A UFO.”
Allegedly he details several encounters with UAP’s…….
Perhaps we can get a new series titled……..”MOVER Ruins UAP Encounters!”
Canada has already gone through the procurement process. And the fly off showed that the f 35 was the superior plane in all categories. This is just another waste of money if the current government entertains these offers. Stick with the F 35 safe the tax payers the money with the constant re procurement process.
Are pilots really so unhealthy that they get sick to the point it affects their employer?
No, but you can go to your cubicle with a cold. Can't fly a plane if you can't clear your ears.