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Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 13h

There is no real good turbulence detection. There is good storm detection, there are wind read out & crowd sourcing apps that measure turbulence at a given location and time—it only seems to work well when there’s a lot of turbulence or no turbulence. You can’t train on nonexistent technology.

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 18h

Most pilots now use iPads for charts and performance apps. One of these apps measures and crowd sources turbulence info, so the ability to collect turbulence data is now here. Of course, I spend a fair amount of effort avoiding turbulence so I’m not sure my passengers would notice this even if true

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 18h

Night flights usually have shorter lines for takeoff and more direct routings because of less traffic.

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 18h

Is the suggested mitigation of contrails at the expense of increased fuel consumption? Polar flights are, in many cases, shorter.

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 18h

I have NOT noticed plane turbulence getting worse.

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 1d

Generally, truth and reconciliation processes focus on investigating and getting confessions to get to the TRUTH and allow societies to RECONCILE.

In exchange for the TRUTH those investigations don’t lead to prosecution.

I think you want something else.

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 1d

Working for a bankrupt airline is like senior year of high school and you’re the only senior without college plans

Every FO for the past 4 Trips (and some trips I’ve had 5) has a CJO, a class date, or an interview

They talk excitedly about where their off to and all I got is🤷‍♂️

#age63andahalf

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Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 1d

We all know where this Maine senatorial election is going: progressives from south of Portland nominate Platner in the primary, the entire state rejects him in the general and they get Collins for another term.

Maybe wells pulls a Lieberman.

But even then…

Sorry, he’s no Paul Wellstone

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 1d

My happy place.

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 2d

So effing Vegas…

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 5d

Looks like some trashy Las Vegas attraction or perhaps a right side up version of those upside down Ripley’s tourist traps.

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 5d

Looks like some trashy Las Vegas attraction or perhaps a right side up version of those upside down Ripley’s tourist traps.

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 6d

On a Taco run I 🤔

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 7d

Jesus God, I canceled Spotify way back during the Joe Rogan controversies. Get with the program.

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 10d

Cummo is a centrist dem?

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 10d

I learned a cool trick, hold your iPhone upside down. It makes spiders look real big.

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 11d

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 12d

What Pete Hegseth doesn’t realize is that the buff, in shape national guard troops are probably the gay ones.

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Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 12d

The next weather system getting ready to roll in.

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 13d

Pittsburgh.

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 13d

This all is dependent on Starship so don’t bet on it.

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 13d

Every year at this time I’m reminded to “never move the deceased to a jumpseat”—Which means that some crew, somewhere, did exactly that and every recurrent for all of eternity we will have to all be reminded 🙃

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Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 14d

I see marathon runners at ORD in their running stuff and think: “you didn’t run as fast as you thought you would”🤣

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 14d

Wolf, it’s not “breaking news” if it’s the same news as yesterday…

Lefty Airline Pilot @leftyairlinepilot.bsky.social · 14d

Morning mist, afternoon sun.