OP ED-"Little Timmy Wants to Know Why Nobody Likes Airplanes Anymore?

[flyboy0681]

Sooner or later, the other shoe is going to drop. God help us all when it does. Venezuela, Greece ... here we come!

 

To tell you the truth, I've been hearing this for decades. Thus far - nothing.

[AndyFromCB]

To tell you the truth, I've been hearing this for decades. Thus far - nothing.

 

And last time I checked, Greece is still there, and meat and wine still flow freely. And Greeks still forget to pay any taxes...

[flyboy0681]

Was it $118 last year? I don't really pay attention. I just pay what the CPA tells me to pay.

 

For 2014 it was $117k and 2015 $18,500. 

 

If you really want to see how it moved over the years, check this out. Interesting how it stayed steady 2009-2011

 

http://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/cbb.html

[AndyFromCB]

For 2014 it was $117k and 2015 $18,500. 

 

If you really want to see how it moved over the years, check this out. Interesting how it stayed steady 2009-2011

 

http://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/cbb.html

 

you want to stimulate the economy, drop the maximum, apply across to all income including capital gaines, and drop the rate considerably...What happens right now is that Mitt (yes, I know, my favorite example), pays less in taxes than a Walmart cashier. Because the Walmart cashier at the very least has to pay 15.3%, even if she/he does not pay any other taxes.

[John Pleisse]

You really miss that $15K? I mean, if you hit it the max in April then your income exceeds $300K a year. Small price to pay should you hit some hard times in your old age.

 

I am slumming in a vintage Bonanza...you are the one driving a Bravo, right? I also work very hard. In Feb...it'll be 12-14 hours a day straight.

[flyboy0681]

I am slumming in a vintage Bonanza...you are the one driving a Bravo, right? I also work very hard. In Feb...it'll be 12-14 hours a day straight.

 

Not sure what you do for a living, but as a software developer I'm sitting in front of a screen a minimum of 12 hours a day, six days a week.

[AndyFromCB]

I am slumming in a vintage Bonanza...you are the one driving a Bravo, right? I also work very hard. In Feb...it'll be 12-14 hours a day straight.

 

I work in spurts. 4000 hours every few years, then I mostly chill, fly around the country, do sales and training. Yes, Bravo as personal toy, TBM as a corporate plane...I know, I know, hard life...Spend last year and half restoring an old house, now I'm ready to go back tow work, soon. I can count on two hands how many times I've been in the office last year.

[flyboy0681]

Not sure what you do for a living, but as a software developer I'm sitting in front of a screen a minimum of 12 hours a day, six days a week.

 

 

Correction: On Saturday I typically work 4 to 5 hours.

[AndyFromCB]

Why do you stay here in America with us idiots?

Cause you're pretty easy to detach from your money, that's why...I like it here and would prefer not to lose my head in a revolution when the poor realize how badly they are being fucked. I consider food stamps to be a small price to pay to keep the guillotine at bay.  My liberalism is very selfish.

[John Pleisse]

Not sure what you do for a living, but as a software developer I'm sitting in front of a screen a minimum of 12 hours a day, six days a week.

 

Nielsen TV sweeps. Ratings periods 4 times per year....all hands on deck. The only time during the year all clients send requests at the same time all year.

[flyboy0681]

Nielsen TV sweeps. Ratings periods 4 times per year....all hands on deck. The only time during the year all clients send requests at the same time all year.

 

That actually sounds pretty interesting.

 

Certainly more interesting than my brain-numbing career.

[AndyFromCB]

Don't worry about us here in the US of A. We'll miss you, but we'll be ok.

Like you said, we can never fail,

we will just print more money. Debt is irrelative.

You have PhDs in economics and world finance I see ...

 

Actually, BS in CS, masters in political science and an MBA...Private pilot, instrument rated, deep dive certified...

[AndyFromCB]

That actually sounds pretty interesting.

 

Certainly more interesting than my brain-numbing career.

 

Funny, the I find all other aspects of business boring, programming is fun. Still nice to show young punks how to write a proper framework...Really enjoying XAMARIN...Working on a 4 platform, single code base app right now...

[flyboy0681]

we will just print more money. Debt is irrelative.

 

 

Wasn't it Cheney who once said "deficits don't matter"?

[AndyFromCB]

Clearly with your extensive education you can spell "your" and "off." Not like those poor idiots holding the signs!

We'll really miss you, but we understand socialist utopia awaits you ...

 

I have technical writers and my assistant to deal with my spelling...And a couple of high school dropouts that would make an airliner pilot cry if he saw their paychecks...

[AndyFromCB]

Wasn't it Cheney who once said "deficits don't matter"?

 

Reagan proved it...

[flyboy0681]

Funny, the I find all other aspects of business boring, programming is fun. Still nice to show young punks how to write a proper framework...Really enjoying XAMARIN...Working on a 4 platform, single code base app right now...

 

I've been doing it since 1981 and am tired. By the end of the day I have few neurons firing, only to wake up and start the cycle all over again.

 

One of my rules is not to fly in IMC forecasted conditions after a long day in front of the keyboard. It was actually interesting to see how I performed during my instrument training when I took late afternoon lessons versus Saturday morning.

[AndyFromCB]

I've been doing it since 1981 and am tired. By the end of the day I have few neurons firing, only to wake up and start the cycle all over again.

 

One of my rules is not to fly in IMC forecasted conditions after a long day in front of the keyboard. It was actually interesting to see how I performed during my instrument training when I took late afternoon lessons versus Saturday morning.

 

I wish I didn't have to sleep. You need a fast car or a bike. I go out for a quick half an hour drive, twice a day, sometimes. Solutions magically present themselves at high speed...

[AndyFromCB]

Airline pilot. Oh heck, this little "hobby" ... Now that I know where:

work 35 hours a week

-enjoy 6 weeks of vacation and extra paycheck to enjoy said vacation with

-free childcare

-free health insurance

-lower taxes than here in the US of A

can be found, I may just uproot from this flawed society and go to where the good life is ...

Of course it will take an application process, several thousand dollars, several years and at least two interviews in Washington - before our free society government will decide if they will allow me to resign my US citizenship ... but for hope of that perfect Euro-Socialist utopia living ... I might be willing to persevere ..,

 

You should, Air France starts their pilots at $100K and after 10 years, it's $300K. Plus their airplanes are not beat up pieces of shit US airlines fly. I had a dubious pleasure of flying United once back from Europe when I missed my Lufthansa flight ;-)

 

Plus like I said before, being you're so debt sensitive, theirs is lower than ours...

[AndyFromCB]

Edited to include relinquishing tax ...

 

Yeah, like I said before, freedom my ass. If I have ever seen an asinine idea, this is it. My sister, who long ago moved back to EU, still has to file US tax returns...

[AndyFromCB]

And:

work 35 hours a week

-enjoy 6 weeks of vacation and extra paycheck to enjoy said vacation with

-free childcare

-free health insurance

-lower taxes than here in the US of A

!!!!!

Of course there was that little problem with flight 447 ... But for $300k and a Socialist utopia ... what does a little lack of performance planning, icing, lack of recognition and high altitude stall matter ... ?

 

Hey,

 

Nobody is perfect. At least on board dining is much better. Which makes me wonder how much the chef must make.

[AndyFromCB]

We could be neighbors when you move too!

 

I make some mean BBQ. Problem is trying to find a decent grill in Europe. I am serious, the socialists are really deprived in that department. I'd miss my outdoor kitchen too much...

 

And I agree our debt is insane. We just disagree on how to fix it. Get rid of the military, NSA, CIA and the HS and bam and it's paid off in 10 years...We spend over a trillion a year on these things combined. Go for the Swiss model, which is what I think the founders have intended...

 

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[AndyFromCB]

Chop 18% of that 20% from defense and I'll vote for you even if you want to chop that entire 13% from the safety net programs. 

[AndyFromCB]

I am worried I may not fit in? Maybe I'll toss out that silly Constitution thingy and get some Marx to read ... ? Maybe read some of Obama's books, and some Alinski ... to get prepared.

I hope they have "grits" in France ... can I take my guns and bible?

 

They have a constitution too. Their motto is Liberty, equality, fraternity. They do, they call it polenta. And you can have guns and the bible, I'm sure. The French love hunting. They have never met an animals they found unsuitable for eating. Fourth highest firearms ownership per capita world wide.

 

[flyboy0681]

You should, Air France starts their pilots at $100K and after 10 years, it's $300K. Plus their airplanes are not beat up pieces of shit US airlines fly. I had a dubious pleasure of flying United once back from Europe when I missed my Lufthansa flight ;-)

 

Plus like I said before, being you're so debt sensitive, theirs is lower than ours...

 

There are some exceptions. Two years ago I flew on Alitalia and the shape of the Airbus was awful, from ripped seats, burned out reading lights to no handle on the faucet in the lav.