Nothing is fucked. On landing the plane.
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yakov_a_jerkovК новости о том, что Trump’s lawyers are trying to whittle down their 140-page counterreport to about 50 pages. Это counterreport к докладу, который, если кто уже забыл, fully exonerates and vindicates Trump.
Вот ответ Барра на вопрос о том показал ли Барр доклад Мюллера Белому Дому. "I'm landing the plane right now", поэтому я не скажу, показал ли я доклад Белому Дому.
P.S. Просто понравилось, Bill Barr's "A Tale of Two Cities":
Вот ответ Барра на вопрос о том показал ли Барр доклад Мюллера Белому Дому. "I'm landing the plane right now", поэтому я не скажу, показал ли я доклад Белому Дому.
Видео по теме.AG Barr on “landing the plane.” pic.twitter.com/2sMY4blk9y
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 10, 2019
P.S. Просто понравилось, Bill Barr's "A Tale of Two Cities":
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Date: 2019-04-15 06:03 pm (UTC)В Washington Post нашли подходящую фотографию для иллюстрации:
Можно вспомнить, что предыдущий генпрокурор верой и правдой исполнял политику Трампа, более того - был во многом автором этой политики. Он впал в немилость по единственной причине - из-за того, что взял самоотвод в расследовании Рашагейта.
По какой причине на его место был нанят Барр, тоже понятно.
А про “landing the plane” появилась другая ассоциация.
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Date: 2019-04-16 03:35 am (UTC)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Shuttle
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is conducting the investigation, found a broken part in the landing gear mechanism and also said a bushing inside the locking mechanism of the landing gear had been missing for as long as nine years.
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/08/18/Tapes-from-Trump-Shuttle-landing-released/8473619416000/
A scratch on a rotor blade that occurred during the helicopter's manufacture apparently led to a 1989 crash that killed five people, including three Trump casino executives, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
Developer Donald Trump himself was scheduled to be on the doomed flight but decided at the last minute that he was too busy to leave New York.
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/05/21/NTSB-blames-manufacturer-for-1989-Trump-helicopter-crash/6833706420800/
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Date: 2019-04-16 11:22 am (UTC)Citation needed indeed.
История обанкротившегося Trump Shuttle хорошо иллюстрирует гениальность Великого Вождя.
On airplanes that were worth about $4 million each, Trump spent about $1 million apiece to redesign them. He wanted a T on the tail of the plane as big as possible. A giant TRUMP was painted on the side.
The in-flight magazines featured Trump on the cover. The labels on the wetnaps had Trump Shuttle on them. New seat belt buckles were made of chrome, and he wanted all flight attendants to have necklaces with real pearls. (After warnings that would be too costly, they gave out fake strands.)
Trump also designed new uniforms that, for the flight attendants, turned out to be impractical.
“We had this pretty white blouse that showed a little cleavage,” said Catalano, the former flight attendant. “You can’t have that kind of a uniform. As a flight attendant, you’re bending down or picking things up.
“Many of us put safety pins in the back to keep them closed,” she added. “They had to change the style after enough of us complained.”
Trump wanted the planes to feel like a private jet. The wood panels were made of bird’s eye maple. The burgundy carpet was the most plush in the business, but it was too thick: The center panel had to be ripped up after flight attendants struggled to push drink carts down the aisle.
In the lavatories, Trump — who relied on an adviser who had helped design his yacht — wanted the sink to be made out of real marble. After being told the fixture would be too heavy, faux pink marble was used instead. The lights installed were bright makeup lights, not the dim fluorescent that most planes had. The sinks had an automatic sensor to turn on the tap.
To some at the time, it all seemed a bit lavish. The flights only lasted for 45 minutes, and most were using them to commute to business meetings. Surveys of passengers found the three most important things to them were schedule, reliability, and the frequent flier program.
“We paid too much to refurbish the airplanes,” said Nobles, who was later fired by Trump, after which they settled a contract dispute out of court. “My argument at the time, which fell on deaf ears, was no one was going to fly on our planes because they looked better. He disagreed because his modus operandi was to make things look flashier than anyone else.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/05/27/donald-trump-airline-went-from-opulence-air-crash-landing/zEf1Er2Hok2dPTVVmZT6NP/story.html
Про пилотов Трампа тоже есть интересные истории. Как он заступался за своего вертолетного пилота, пойманного на перевозке кокаина https://yakov-a-jerkov.livejournal.com/1493700.html?thread=52005060#t52005060
Или как он пытался назначить своего личного пилота главой FAA (Федерального управления гражданской авиации).
But the notion of Trump's pilot as FAA chief is drawing skepticism from people in the industry, who note that recent leaders of the technocratic, $16 billion-a-year agency have typically been people with long experience either in the government or running large organizations. In contrast, John Dunkin's experience since 1989, according to a Smithsonian documentary, has been working "on and off" for Trump as his personal pilot. Dunkin is the Trump Organization's director of aviation operations for a fleet that includes a Boeing 757, a Cessna Citation X business jet and three Sikorsky helicopters.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/26/trump-pilot-faa-post-skepticism-366199
После того, как этот план не осуществился, позиция оставалась вакантной.
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Date: 2019-04-16 01:04 pm (UTC)Ну вы совсем чукча, я двумя строчками ниже дал цитату на
"locking mechanism of the landing gear had been missing for as long as nine years."
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Date: 2019-04-16 04:28 pm (UTC)Хотя у Великого Вождя свои представления о том, из-за чего падают самолёты.
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Date: 2019-04-16 04:50 pm (UTC)а) самолет принадлежал Eastern Airlines
b) 9 лет не чинили поломку
IQ не хватает?
100% разумно, хоть и тривиально, хоть из уст Трампа.
Есть другая точка зрения - экипаж должен состоять из пилота и собаки.
Пилот кормит собаку.
Собака кусает пилота, если он пытается что-нибудь покрутить на пульте управления.
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Date: 2019-04-16 08:43 pm (UTC)Mr. Trump looked for ways to economize.
He pressed Mr. Nobles to cut the flight crews in the 727s from three to two. His personal 727 had only two pilots, he pointed out. Mr. Nobles said he explained to Mr. Trump that the 727s used by the Trump Shuttle were configured for a pilot, a co-pilot and a flight engineer. The planes would require a costly redesign to be certified for only two pilots. Mr. Trump replied that he suspected Mr. Nobles was trying to protect the pilots’ jobs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/us/politics/trump-boeing-aviation.html
Nobles had offered his resignation in early 1990, because he disagreed with some of Trump’s ideas for cutting costs, some of which flew in the face of reality. “He insisted I fly the planes with only two pilots in the cockpit,” said Nobles, instead of the required trio at the controls. To a layman, that might not seem unreasonable, but it spoke volumes about Trump’s lack of understanding of the airlines—and of his very own fleet. The 727s Trump owned could not be flown with two pilots; it was designed for three and “would have been unflyable” otherwise, according to aviation expert (and Beast columnist) Clive Irving. “The FAA would have never permitted it,” he said.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-crash-of-trump-air
Смекалку не пропьёшь.
Океания опять воевала с Истазией.
Date: 2019-04-15 06:42 pm (UTC)