Some musings..

I have been working what we call the "RON Summer schedule".  RON stands for "Remain overnight" and we perform the service checks plus any other maintenance that demand planning loads on the maintenance package visit for that certain airplane.  Well we had our end of summer celebration and all the mechanics that worked the RON season got a present.

I open it up and it looks like this.

   We mechanics like flashlights, and this is a nice one.  This one will go on my shelf with all my airplane related knickknacks.

  Speaking of airplanes, this pic was making the rounds on Facebook and I spent a lot of time debunking this one...

    People were calling this pic the "Houston Airport" pic and they were complaining about the airplanes and the waste and that Delta did this to write off airplanes on insurance.  Really?   Airplanes are very mobile and any airline will not jeopardize their income stream.  Airlines park their old airplanes in the desert like Victorville  which is very dry and use them as a spare parts depository.

   The pic on top was at LaGuardia that showed the flooding was for a documentary in 2015 that was referencing climate change and it would show what would happen if the Atlantic Ocean rose 25 feet.  Also if you looked at the skyline of the city, it is New York, not Houston.

     Also speaking of Houston, I was pleased to see the people step up and help each other

The massive amount of people that have stepped up to help their fellow Texicans or people from Louisiana coming over to help out, this story has actually brought people together to help.  although there has been problems from looters

  This actually disgust me, people use the opportunity to rob their neighbors..

         Or this..

  This crap actually pisses me off, it reinforces the stereotypes.  We have millions of people that have stepped up  some reluctantly *Cough*Joel Olsteen*Cough* to help their neighbors from food drives, water drives, medical supplies, and many other things that people need.  Even all the government agencies were reacting quickly with the assistance. I saw the mobilization of the Texas National Guard, 30,000 of them to help out.  We have private companies and charities heading there to help their neighbors.  President Trump went there to visit the area and was very warmly received except some hack with the media made some comments about the FLOTUS shoes....Gotta keep it classy, Slate magazine.  

 And speaking of keeping it classy, you have left wing sites saying that this was Gods retribution to Texas for supporting Trump.  Really?   Y'all call out for an omnipotent being that you repudiate on a regular basis and mock believers.   And I saw some media hacks try to score points on Ted Cruz for not supporting the Sandy storm bills, and he pointed out that the bills presented for Sandy had 2/3rds of the stuff in there had nothing to do with the Sandy storm but were loaded with earmarks from the many politicians that loaded it down with pork.  They tried several times to hang Ted with this.   Again...keeping it classy Democrats.