We don’t “let” them. We vote for them, again and again.

so carriers are hiring foreign pilots

Fuel prices have spiked too. AvWeb.com just reported that Jet Fuel prices in some parts of the US are north of $7/gallon, in some places it’s cheaper to get Aviation Gasoline or Sustainable Aviation Fuel...but even then you’re paying about 50% over and above what auto gas sells for.
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So we force pilots to retire at 60 but we let walking corpses run the government?

To be fair, most airlines suck at the best of times.

I dunno, this kid’s obviously a dick, but these ubiquitous platforms banning people because they say naughty things that hurt people’s feelings is just making me feel icky. We shouldn’t celebrate every time someone we don’t like gets ousted from the public square, unless we are the ones doing the ousting, not the…

The company can’t afford to rebuild it and has launched a crowdfunding campaign to see it happen. However, given the conditions of the country right now that money would probably be better spent on supporting the people.

I am in no way, shape, or form a bus aficionado but DAMN this is a fine          ve-hicle. I’d charter this and just drive by the masses and say “ I am in here, you are NOT !”

So my wife hates that I hate the beach.  We live in the mountains of North Georgia and I just like the mountains.  I’m in my late 30's and took my first cruise about 4 years ago and absolutely loved it.  I know some people hate it but man I really enjoy vacating that way.  I would absolutely cruise more if I could…

This guy’s been at it so long bet he has friends who hit certain cruise lines on a regular basis. You know he has to be a bit of a celebrity with ship crews.

I expect “family” means siblings, nieces, nephews, etc.  

If it could be done in an environmentally responsible manner, I think I’d actually quite like living life on a cruise ship. Or really any kind of vessel. Meet tons of new people. Constantly seeing new places. Not worrying about cooking or buying your own food.  I mean, unless you have some burning desires to see the…

Yeah I found myself commenting then thinking actually it might work ha. Now during Covid though. That would have been interesting.

The guy isn’t married nor does he have children. But nice jump to conclusions there sparky.

there’s a whole community of people that do this. they only disembark for minimal time when there’s a refit or deep cleaning. Or they spread across a few ships over the course of a year. When you buy in bulk, there are additional discounts plus the rewards deals they rack up. It’s cheaper than a long term care…

Yeah, pretty much zero other bills except for a cell phone.

I would bet that for many people there wouldn’t be much difference if you calculated it.  Especially when you include that he doesn’t have a car or home, so that cuts a lot of expenses out.

Actuallly I (we) were thinking about something similar. Not a cruise ship but an all-inclusive somewhere in the Caribbeans. A good retiring home would cost about 2400$ for 2 per month. A nice all-inclusive would cost about 200$ a week (800$ per month) including booze, and restaurants, and beach.

Wouldn’t the Ukrainians just, you know, keep the vehicles? Throw in some diesel? 

If you’re familiar with international travel, you’re familiar with showing up somewhere and catching a mild cold or similar. Probably going to the UK this summer (family), and I’ll be masked. It's just one more way to mitigate another mild inconvenience, covid notwithstanding. I like to take a shit before I leave the…