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DENVERPOPS

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41. Over the years
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 07:34 PM
Jun 15

I talked to many other middle aged pilots and this guy and another pilot from Wyoming were legends among United Pilots....

One pilot said: Did he ever tell you about his unbelievable landing in Chicago??????????????? He said that he pulled off a miraculous landing due to a plane malfunction, and United gave him six months off as a reward.......I told him that I had heard a lot of stories, mostly instructional, as he was teaching me, but that his adult daughter had told me there were some he didn't even tell them, and that was one of them......LOL She had to find out about it from another United Pilot at a party.............

I watch those Air Disaster series on the Discover channel, which are fascinating........Amazing the number of them are because of simple pilot errors/judgement, and the number of them that are because of lack of maintenance. or cost cutting on maintenance...... That was almost never the case until the "Greed is Good" 80's............I am waiting for the info on that Dreamliner that just crashed.......

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I caught the same thing early this morning LiberalArkie Jun 15 #1
Meh. Bad graphic designer. johnnyfins Jun 15 #2
No departmental oversight at all. FalloutShelter Jun 15 #3
you forgot to add "drunk" DBoon Jun 15 #22
OMG, yes! ShazzieB Jun 15 #44
Or they outsourced the job to a Russian design shop. tanyev Jun 15 #7
The fact that it was posted over 18 hours ago BumRushDaShow Jun 15 #8
Interesting DENVERPOPS Jun 15 #32
His original AF1 obsession plane (from 2019) BumRushDaShow Jun 15 #35
You always have the best info.............. DENVERPOPS Jun 15 #36
"I used to fly around with a senior United Pilot in the 70's, by senior I mean like 32,000+ hours " BumRushDaShow Jun 15 #38
Over the years DENVERPOPS Jun 15 #41
That was my first thought, too Alpeduez21 Jun 15 #15
Just another "nothing burger" to add to all the other "mistakes", "misspeaks", "oops" that tRump AnotherMother4Peace Jun 15 #25
Exactly. It seems more like an uninformed mistake, tbh. Oneironaut Jun 15 #27
The Admin really doesn't want to pay for professional graphic design. forgotmylogin Jun 15 #39
Agreed. There's no actual blue "stripe" between the red and white. Beartracks Jun 15 #37
It can't bdamomma Jun 15 #4
This is just another example of the dog whistles they throw for their plausible deniability... EarthFirst Jun 15 #5
I don't think... GiqueCee Jun 15 #6
I think they are using Russia AI programs. The little flags are indeed Red White and Blue, just the wrong LiberalArkie Jun 15 #9
The word day is not centered johnnyfins Jun 15 #10
I'm hopeful... littlemissmartypants Jun 15 #11
OOPS!! Canada Kid Jun 15 #12
It's not as if Quality was exactly Job One with them before, either JHB Jun 15 #13
Is there a DU betting pool on Hegseth Gone date? Attilatheblond Jun 15 #14
Who will go first, RFK jr or Hegseth? vapor2 Jun 15 #42
Hegseth! Somebody has to pay a price for Trump's delusion of a big beautiful parade saluting HIM being shattered Attilatheblond Jun 15 #43
I do fakes THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY usonian Jun 15 #16
that is not our flag krasnov!!! cadoman Jun 15 #17
You can't say that we weren't warned... DSandra Jun 15 #26
Wow... just wow. Nictuku Jun 15 #18
Best and brightest most qualified America has to offer. They don't make mistakes. IronLionZion Jun 15 #19
I Don't Know ProfessorGAC Jun 15 #20
trump has been kissing Putins ass for many years. republianmushroom Jun 15 #21
Russian flag? At least it wasn't serious, like wearing a tan suit. twodogsbarking Jun 15 #23
Un-fucking-believable. Martin68 Jun 15 #24
Of course, he's Agent Orange. Magoo48 Jun 15 #28
I can't believe the comments here excusing this. hamsterjill Jun 15 #29
trump works for russia and so had the Russian flag on this post LetMyPeopleVote Jun 15 #30
treasonous G.O.P. wanktoids BoRaGard Jun 15 #31
I have no doubt that this is a subtle brush of the Trump's and Hegseth's combined lips across dobleremolque Jun 15 #33
Clearly clueless but more likely just a designer jgmiller Jun 15 #34
Looks like anything DOD posts passes through the Russians for approval first. nt moniss Jun 15 #40
Wow, that was one hell of a boner! ShazzieB Jun 15 #45
Much ado about nothing Gimpyknee Jun 15 #46
SORRY, but I DON'T SEE ANY RUSSIAN FLAG on that graphic.... Jack Valentino Jun 15 #47
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