I have to agree with the general feeling of this list. Lately it seems to be the big push with society to change everything if it "offends me", even if they don't have any idea of its historical value or its history in the first place. We are rapidly losing our history to under or uneducated masses who only want what appears to be a totally socialist society.
Ricky, I have to agree with you. I flew in the RC-135M in the Gulf and it is always a chance that something will go wrong. Had some interesting landings, but luckily we didn't lose anyone or any planes. Can't be said for everyone. I hope that the families of this crew will find peace and comfort soon.
A couple of quick comments. Trans-Texas was frequently referred to as Trans-Treetops for some of the smaller commuter flights, and World airlines was also a favorite of the military transport groups for U.S. to overseas movement of both service members and their families.
It is interesting that CFA's stance on the LGBTQ issue is that they serve everyone, and hire everyone that qualifies for a job. They don't discriminate like these airports.
It is kind of interesting that the Air Force wasn't interested in the F-5 when it was first brought out, but did buy it as the T-38 once it became popular with other countries overseas. I am glad to see that it is still in use, even if it is coming up for replacement. Proves it was a good airframe to start with.
As I understand, the instructions to correct the issue were in the training on an IPad that the backup pilot had read, but the primary pilot had not read. Seems that the information was there for both, but only one took the time to read it.
At least they grounded the planes and got the inspections taken care of quickly. Thats better than some of the other airlines would have done at that time.
