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1. Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 00:57:51 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

   • Louis Conde

   Guys always think of the troops, but you know what REALLY lops the legs off any plans for fighting another "police action" war?

   Not being able to fly anything over there.

   I once heard that the USAF is content to let the NG boys have all the 'boring' aircraft, which is why it always seems like the only time I meet Cargo or Tanker guys IRL they come from a guard unit. So I'll spot check, using the laziest, most outdated fleet composition data I can find on wikipedia. It's probably gonna be accurate enough, because aside from the Pegasus they haven't added much.

   C-17: 222 in service 01/18. 157 active, 47 ANG, 18 AFR

   C-130: AF wanted to downsize to 255 J models in 21. Back then 149 of 300 C--130s were operated by the national guard

   KC-135: 398 in service 05/17. 156 active, 172 ang, 70 AFR

   C-5: 52 in service 08/18. No direct count here but only 2 wings active duty, Reserves have 4 wings and a flight test group.
   
   RT: https://mugicha.club/objects/d3cd5f3f-c3ce-4561-81e7-9879c20433cf

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 01:02:36 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Louis Conde

     @LouisConde Understand that basically ALL of the real backbone logistical equipment we're using is extremely old already, Everything above was probably built in the 60's to 80s at the latest, and is only NOW getting updated avionics, powerplants, and control systems. USAF has gotten rid of the oldest of the old, but most everything in flight that's bigger than a fighter is, as guys on the line call it, "my grandfather's plane"

   • Pride of Utopia (deerblood@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 01:05:01 JST Pride of Utopia

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     • Louis Conde
     @WashedOutGundamPilot @LouisConde There are plans to move all logistics responsibilities to the NG, is what I've been told as the commander of a logistics unit
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 01:05:01 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Pride of Utopia
     • Louis Conde

     @DEERBLOOD @LouisConde It does work better as long as they have full control over their guard deployments. The whole lifecycle of a heavy pilot is pretty expensive, even if it's not AS bad as the fighter guys. Problem is, guys willing to fly an airliner-turned-tanker are just as content to just fly an airliner for 5 times the pay the second their contract is up.

     The active duty fighter wings can't even hold on to their jocks, those guys wont' stick around to enjoy that lifestyle either. Might as well let the guard units deal, where they can lie about their pilots can fly for the guard AND the airlines

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 01:08:28 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Pride of Utopia
     • Louis Conde

     @DEERBLOOD @LouisConde Now just imagine each one would cost $115 million to replace, and they haven't opened a production line in 58 years!

   • Pride of Utopia (deerblood@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 01:08:29 JST Pride of Utopia

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     • Louis Conde
     @WashedOutGundamPilot @LouisConde I can only speak to the age of our m915a3 and m915a5 but yeah theyre old as fuck and require constant maintenance
   • veff :trash: (veff@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 03:19:30 JST veff :trash:

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     • Mong

     @McMongoose @WashedOutGundamPilot @LouisConde Some digital avionics systems are actually pretty cool (although idk if I'd trust them like analog) they got those stationary "mice" things

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 03:19:30 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Louis Conde
     • Mong

     @veff @McMongoose @LouisConde Depends entirely on how competent their human factors engineers are. Retards end up giving you a crippling interface with poor menu flow, and you curse it every second you have to use it.

     I've always thought garmin figured it out early on, good wedding cake knobs and sensible layout that aren't exactly intuitive without some thought, but certainly logical and easy once you get practiced.

     Honeywell has some good stuff, too, though I haven't seen the newest anthem thing they keep advertising. Touchscreens are less irritating in larger aircraft, because they're more stable. Last thing I wanna see when a guy buys an 800-lb euro microlight is an all-touch no-name panel

   • Mong (mcmongoose@bae.st)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 03:19:31 JST Mong

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     • Louis Conde
     @WashedOutGundamPilot @LouisConde
     Hopefully they put all the controls on a touchscreen :0160:
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 03:21:19 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Mong

     @McMongoose @LouisConde uh oh

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 03:26:11 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Louis Conde
     • Mong

     @McMongoose @LouisConde What's funny is that the "north up" presentation is like the toilet seat of flying in a dept with women. If you change it from how she likes it (always track up, b/c they can't understand directions outside of "forward")

     It's exactly like how you have one woman and a dozen men at work, and she'll endlessly kvetch that the toilet seat isn't down (because she's retarded and she'll "break her tailbone" when she sits blind)

   • AWIVR (awivr@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 06:15:29 JST AWIVR

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     • Louis Conde
     • Mong
     @WashedOutGundamPilot @veff @McMongoose @LouisConde Proline 21 is one of the most unintuitive avionics suites ever created.
     
     cockpit UX peaked with the garmin 430w, you can basically operate the thing with your eyes closed.
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 06:15:29 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • AWIVR
     • veff :trash:
     • Louis Conde
     • Mong

     @AWIVR @veff @McMongoose @LouisConde 430 is king, but we don't really have much to compete with it at all. Kinda funny that garmin just straight refuses to make a good replacement. Seems like the new fave for boomer buyers is that gay little comm panel touchscreen and a couple 275s. They must have a rebate or something because everyone is going for them instead of a G1k.

     They're not that bad VFR but I wouldn't wanna be stuck shooting a soup slide with one