Yes, I remember 30 packs. They were rectangular. And in the case of Millwaukee’s Best, available from the convenience store down the block from the dorm for less money than a 24 pack of coke. (We were poor, I know it’s no excuse)

Yes, but not most of the ones employed by ground troops against low flying helicopters.

Lockheed hasn’t decided to sell us a trillion-dollar replacement

I’m an engineer and I could go part time if I really wanted. It would mean the end of my career advancement, bonuses, raises, etc... but I could keep the job. That doesn’t go for everyone in my office. Depends on what it is you do. My situation just happens to be such that I can vary my work load.

Depends on the state, but fired for poor performance usually gets you unemployment benefits, fired for misconduct not as much.

But nobody likes a quitter.

I’m pretty sure that’s the NOS

One other thing Tyler forgot to mention when comparing these to the Wasp in terms of purchase price and operating cost: The Wasp displaces twice what the Mistral does, carries twice the number of troops, has more boat, vehicle, and aircraft capability. And it does this while being 10-20% faster.

I have almost always had them come up with a “fee” after the price negotiation and I always say “that isn’t the price we discussed.” “But it is mandatory, I don’t have a choice” “Then it comes out of your end because that wasn’t the ‘all - in’ price we agreed upon.” The fee usually stays in but it always gets taken…

Yes, the factory will likely happen. Whoever buys them will just have to make sure they aren’t painted with lead paint and don’t use formaldehyde in the insulation.

Unless they clean out their entire tops levels of management, I’m okay with ruining them.

Polaris does demo trucks with the Victory and Indian motorcycles. They should do it with the slingshot. Probably be a pretty tame ride though if you have to follow their leader.

I appreciate the well reasoned response. The F-22 had way more issues than I think people remember. The sofware was crap, much of the electronics were crap. F-22 has more crashes per flight hour than F-35 (none). I believe final F-22 production cost was on the order of $150M, compared to the F-35 which is down around…

You understand it for Hooters but not a casino? Hooters’ business model is to sell overpriced food and drinks. They don’t compete on quality or cost, they do it on the appearance of their servers. Why is it so hard to believe a casino would do the same thing?

Companies change the rules all the time: eliminate pension, reduce health coverage, change dress code, ban smoking on the entire property (not just inside or near doorways), eliminate jobs, change job descriptions, reorganize, etc... Unless you have a contact or some such employment agreement, you are out of luck.…

Because the first time we let a pilot train on an aircraft they should be releasing weapons? Because they don’t need time to get used to how the thing flys? Because they don’t need training on those systems that do work?

And these same types of people were saying the same things about the F-22 10 years ago. Now they say we should just buy more of them. Meh, no pleasing some people.

Yeah, F-104 was pretty awsome in it’s day. Broke so many fricken records.

I don’t know. The lack of any explosives might have been a giveaway, but then I’m not an english teacher.

Not to mention every part imaginable in stock