It is indeed one academy, in Oklahoma. Then two to four years to become a full fledged ATC. And yes, not everyone who applies gets accepted (thankfully). So there is a bit of a bottleneck.

It’s not the pay. It’s quality of life. They are burned out and required to work, in many cases, 6 days a week + mandatory overtime. There’s only so much $$$ you can throw at a problem like this.

Brother-in-law is an ATC. He threw himself into it, had this whole career planned out, up through retirement (with a pension!). Benefits seemed great, pay is good, he enjoyed the work, and he was good at it.

Zelenskyy was a comedian in a sitcom where he played a fish-out-water president, before actually running for a becoming a fish-out-water president.

I’ve bought two homes and sold one. None of these sales/purchases were near the realm of $15M.

Same for my wife and I. Maui, specifically Lahaina and Napili Bay area, became our happy place. I’ve been half-seriously* trying to convince my wife that we should move there for years. My heart breaks for these people.

Donald Trump has never changed a diaper.

At one point does DeSantis’ subversion of democracy require intervention from federal authorities? 

Went to Lahaina and Western Maui for our “babymoon” and it become our Happy Place. We can’t afford to go every year, but when we can afford to go someplace special, that is where we have been going.

Same. Once that happened I went from feeling great to queasy.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/10/28/thousands-of-trump-supporters-left-stranded-in-freezing-weather-after-omaha-rally/?sh=3cb575661233

“People don’t like talking about Elon”

https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/about/meet-our-guests/regina-king

He’s not wrong exactly. Studios today are betting it all on a handful of big budget 4-quadrant movies. Mid-budget fare — whether it’s comedies, dramas, etc — are withering. Feels like the best place left for a talented creator who wants the independence that comes with operating in that “mid-budget” space -- and…

Any tips on where to find To Live and Die in LA? Streaming if possible? 

Seeing the quote w/out context, antisemetism immediately comes to mind. Even with the hashtags I would have then just leapt to the conclusion that whomever Foxx believed betrayed him was Jewish.

Cops in my neighborhood used to play hide-and-seek with each other in the middle of their shifts, I shit-you-not.

This guy is why HOAs were invented. Everyone says they hate them* but if you rely on everyone’s common sense sometimes you draw the short straw for a neighbor. That’s this guy — he’s the short straw.  

This guy is why HOAs were invented. Everyone says they hate them* but if you rely on everyone’s common sense sometimes you draw the short straw for a neighbor. That’s this guy — he’s the short straw.  

This dude’s yard looks like fucking shit. He’s got several tire piles taller than Big Foot and straight up giant ass trash bags sitting there c’mon.