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by flyguy89
Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:38 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: The Rest of Ohio Aviation - 2024
Replies: 299
Views: 28704

Re: The Rest of Ohio Aviation - 2024

That's almost worse than the schedule they ran at the end at DAY. Sometimes, the grass isn't greener on the other side of the river. Difficult to see it that way though given the dearth of success by even other ULCCs at DAY once they lost all the Cincy traffic bleed. Yeah agreed, WN had to start se...

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by flyguy89
Sat Apr 13, 2024 5:11 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: The Rest of Ohio Aviation - 2024
Replies: 299
Views: 28704

Re: The Rest of Ohio Aviation - 2024

I can’t imagine that doing well unless they’re counting on running lots of connections through BNA. Cincinnati to Nashville is quite drivable. Color me surprised. Seems like a "last-ditch" effort to get something to stick. WN at CVG is down to an anemic schedule in June: 2x/day CVG-BWI 2x...

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by flyguy89
Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:58 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: The Rest of Ohio Aviation - 2024
Replies: 299
Views: 28704

Re: The Rest of Ohio Aviation - 2024

WN CVG-BNA is loaded starting June 4, 2024 at 1x/day It's only loaded for June it seems, wonder if it's part of a larger announcement that is not fully loaded? I can’t imagine that doing well unless they’re counting on running lots of connections through BNA. Cincinnati to Nashville is quite drivab...

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by flyguy89
Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:39 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: The Rest of Ohio Aviation - 2024
Replies: 299
Views: 28704

Re: The Rest of Ohio Aviation - 2024

a320flyer wrote:
Update, routes loaded so far are CVG-BOS/CLT/FLL/IAH/PWM.

Um, hmmm…those certainly are some choices.

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by flyguy89
Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:31 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: The Rest of Ohio Aviation - 2024
Replies: 299
Views: 28704

Re: The Rest of Ohio Aviation - 2024

Looks like CVG is set to get some new dining options over the coming months. https://www.wlwt.com/article/cvg-airport-cincinnati-food-beverage-options/46415709# In more CVG news, Candace McGraw, the current CEO, has announced she is retiring June 0f 2025. I think she's done a great job leading the ...

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by flyguy89
Fri Dec 15, 2023 10:26 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Denmark to introduce new fee for aviation
Replies: 80
Views: 9133

Re: Denmark to introduce new fee for aviation

Seems an odd time to do this when SAS is in bankruptcy…unless transit pax are exempt?

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by flyguy89
Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:57 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: JetBlue Wants KLM Out of JFK Over Slot Dispute
Replies: 403
Views: 53383

Re: JetBlue Wants KLM Out of JFK Over Slot Dispute

BTW do you realize how the US comes across in ordering the Dutch what to do? This aviation thing comes above the US meddling into ASML and the way the US approached this. Maybe difficult to understand for someone from outside The Netherlands, but this is more than just aviation. The Dutch aren’t be...

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by flyguy89
Sat Sep 30, 2023 2:17 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: The Rest of Ohio Aviation - 2023
Replies: 561
Views: 119733

Re: The Rest of Ohio Aviation - 2023

With CVG's numbers looking good for the year and looking like they're going to be close to 2019 numbers, I got curious how those look compared to the forecasted numbers from the newest Master Plan. In the below spreadsheet, I've compared, passenger numbers, cargo, and operations on an annual basis ...

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by flyguy89
Sat Sep 30, 2023 2:06 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Transfer passengers to pay 52.86 EUR (return) at Schiphol Airport
Replies: 218
Views: 25810

Re: Transfer passengers to pay 52.86 EUR (return) at Schiphol Airport

Don’t forget that the city of Amsterdam also wants to cut down on tourists! They are going to ban cruise ships from docking in the Amsterdam harbor. There is a message here—if you don’t live here, we don’t want you! Sooner or later, when revenues from tourism and travel drop, they may decide that m...

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by flyguy89
Sun Sep 24, 2023 6:41 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Transfer passengers to pay 52.86 EUR (return) at Schiphol Airport
Replies: 218
Views: 25810

Re: Transfer passengers to pay 52 EUR at Schiphol Airport

It's like a once great trading and commerce Nation committing slow aviation suicide. Oh well, who wants jobs and prosperity anyway....am I right? They don't want to be under water, that's understandable, no ? Do you you think the Netherlands pursuing self-sanctioning and de-growth is going to accom...

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by flyguy89
Mon Sep 11, 2023 2:19 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Indianapolis Aviation - 2023
Replies: 417
Views: 89323

Re: Indianapolis Aviation - 2023

Gosh. No new routes. The ongoing pilot shortage will continue to crimp capacity/network growth unfortunately. I don't think IND is going to suffer too much from it since there's not really a shortage of mainline pilots. It's felt really heavily at the regionals and one of the solutions is to upgaug...

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by flyguy89
Sun Sep 10, 2023 4:46 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Indianapolis Aviation - 2023
Replies: 417
Views: 89323

Re: Indianapolis Aviation - 2023

bringbackATA wrote:
Gosh. No new routes.

The ongoing pilot shortage will continue to crimp capacity/network growth unfortunately.

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by flyguy89
Thu Sep 07, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Back to the office mandates
Replies: 101
Views: 8737

Re: Back to the office mandates

A few points from myself re. the whole debate about WFH… I don’t know about other countries, but in the UK at least the contract will typically state where you’re expected to work. If a contract specifies an office and it was never updated, then in my view there’s not much those who now want to con...

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by flyguy89
Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:58 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Back to the office mandates
Replies: 101
Views: 8737

Re: Back to the office mandates

Sounds like over controlling people born before 1980 who want people back in the office. Sounds like lazy people born after 2000 wanting to stay home in their jammies and can't cope with the thought of a world being beyond their computer/phone screens. As a rebel Millennial (not Gen Z, but whatever...

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by flyguy89
Sat Sep 02, 2023 5:38 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Back to the office mandates
Replies: 101
Views: 8737

Re: Back to the office mandates

Hybrid seems to make the most sense to me in allowing a degree of WFH flexibility while keeping some structure in place for those that need it. Our work group has one mandatory in office day per week where everyone is in at the same time with the rest of the week being flex…seems to be working out ...

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by flyguy89
Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:48 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Back to the office mandates
Replies: 101
Views: 8737

Re: Back to the office mandates

If I had to guess, I think the default moving forward will be hybrid…2-3 days in office. It’s just such a complex issue though that really varies by job type. The problem I see generally is that, if we’re being honest, the majority of employees aren’t elite performers and frankly (and this has just ...

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by flyguy89
Mon Aug 14, 2023 5:25 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Breeze Airways - News and Discussion - 2023
Replies: 1133
Views: 253777

Re: Breeze Airways - News and Discussion - 2023

IIRC, FL had a nice niche carved out overall at DAY until WN took them out back and shot them to move to the perceived greener pastures of CVG, where they've only been able to manage a similar level of service (four year-round, three of which have heavy competition). Same thing happened with CAK. M...

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by flyguy89
Thu Jul 27, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Indianapolis Aviation - 2023
Replies: 417
Views: 89323

Re: Indianapolis Aviation - 2023

Midwestindy wrote:
Let's not overcomplicate it, the answer is much more obvious, DL used to operate a hub at CVG and the TATL service to CVG is a holdover from that.

Held over for a reason despite being essentially dehubbed for well over a decade.

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by flyguy89
Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:48 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Indianapolis Aviation - 2023
Replies: 417
Views: 89323

Re: Indianapolis Aviation - 2023

And I want to make this extremely clear and this needs to be screamed all over this forum. BA selected CVG not because they are the stronger market/economy (they're not by the way Cincy is a very stagnant and mediocre economy) but because CVG (Ohio and Kentucky) offered a far superior subsidy packa...

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by flyguy89
Tue Jul 25, 2023 7:59 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Indianapolis Aviation - 2023
Replies: 417
Views: 89323

Re: Indianapolis Aviation - 2023

And I want to make this extremely clear and this needs to be screamed all over this forum. BA selected CVG not because they are the stronger market/economy (they're not by the way Cincy is a very stagnant and mediocre economy) but because CVG (Ohio and Kentucky) offered a far superior subsidy packa...

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by flyguy89
Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:38 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: "It gets better" was a sham for some of us
Replies: 46
Views: 5068

Re: "It gets better" was a sham for some of us

I hear you, and I’m sorry you’re experiencing these challenges. Just know that you aren’t alone. Sounds like we’re around the same age. For me, I didn’t fully accept my sexuality and start coming out until I was around 30 (also single for most of that time, no kids of my own, etc), so for the longes...

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by flyguy89
Mon Jun 26, 2023 3:47 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18096
Views: 1507408

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Thing is, Russians will know that the first thing Putin did was to flee Moscow, which has to damage him, particularly among people who believed he was a strong leader. Well what do you expect western media houses to say with their political propaganda, there is a lot to be said about having control...

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by flyguy89
Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:42 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18096
Views: 1507408

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

tomcat wrote:
I'd like to know how the Ukrainians view this move and more generally how they feel at the end of this day.

I mean, it certainly doesn’t hurt the position of the Ukrainians, so I doubt they disappointed.

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by flyguy89
Mon May 15, 2023 6:43 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Indianapolis Aviation - 2023
Replies: 417
Views: 89323

Re: Indianapolis Aviation - 2023

Indianapolis is the number one unserved US market to Europe. A quarter of a million passengers flew between Indianapolis and Europe https://simpleflying.com/indianapolis-airport-rebuilding-southern-runway/ But sure....IND needs $10-15M+ to prove its viability to Europe, despite already profitably s...

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by flyguy89
Sun May 14, 2023 9:14 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: AA Flight Attendants Suspect Father to be a Human Trafficker
Replies: 71
Views: 13710

Re: AA Flight Attendants Suspect Father to be a Human Trafficker

I’m not sure I would call being accused of kidnapping/abusively exploiting your daughter a “limited inconvenience.”

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by flyguy89
Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:37 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: US Budget Deficit $1.1 Trillion in first 6 months of FY23
Replies: 54
Views: 4974

Re: US Budget Deficit $1.1 Trillion in first 6 months of FY23

Too bad neither political party has even a remote interest in addressing this.

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by flyguy89
Tue Apr 11, 2023 1:42 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is Macron right? Europe must resist pressure to become ‘America’s followers,’ says Macron
Replies: 148
Views: 10020

Re: Is Macron right? Europe must resist pressure to become ‘America’s followers,’ says Macron

Without the ability to project power and maintain credible defense what can you do but follow? I don’t believe “blindly” following the US is what’s required, but if you’re going to cede your military power leaving you nothing but economic weight to throw around (which can’t realistically carry you t...

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by flyguy89
Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:56 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Would Trump Have Won in 2016 if the Stormy Daniels Story Came Out BEFORE The Election?
Replies: 22
Views: 2406

Re: Would Trump Have Won in 2016 if the Stormy Daniels Story Came Out BEFORE The Election?

We should all know by now that for his most hardcore supporters there is literally nothing he could do that would dissuade them (except for encouraging Covid vaccination apparently).

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by flyguy89
Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:01 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs measure rolling back child labor protections
Replies: 8
Views: 1051

Re: Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs measure rolling back child labor protections

Not sure how this really stacks up against other states to know if it’s really a big deal. IIRC in my state if you were under 16 you just needed parental consent and were capped at the weekly hours you could be scheduled. No requirement to obtain permission from some state board— that seems a bit on...

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by flyguy89
Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:40 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Rep. Greene calls for "national divorce"
Replies: 119
Views: 8622

Re: Rep. Greene calls for "national divorce"

Who else but pure market fundamentalists would side with her. You can see them grinning from ear to ear - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTWIHv7myJg Apparently, Laura Ingram has said something to MTG, some sort of catfight but can't get any news about it atm. The mistake here is of course thinking...

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by flyguy89
Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:31 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Rep. Greene calls for "national divorce"
Replies: 119
Views: 8622

Re: Rep. Greene calls for "national divorce"

I'm a registered Republican. I'm socially moderate to liberal. I'm fiscally conservative. I believe in a great many, although not all, of the ideas coming from the "America First" ideology. And I hereby call upon Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from office, immediately. ht...

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by flyguy89
Wed Feb 15, 2023 6:39 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Alleged police brutality death in Memphis
Replies: 56
Views: 6934

Re: Alleged police brutality death in Memphis

What is truly absurd is these non-persons of color experts on race issues involving this case...go absolutely silent on two other phenomenons centered division/hatred and disdain for .. 1. Sexism - Not one of them will dare publicly deny it's existence or impact present, past or future of it (solut...

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by flyguy89
Tue Feb 14, 2023 6:55 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: NFL playoffs!
Replies: 143
Views: 8680

Re: NFL playoffs!

Philly had a 10 point lead at the half, despite spotting KC seven points on the (unforced) Hurts fumble. The inability of their defense to hold a lead in the second half is what decided the game, IMO. None of us know what would have happened if the late penalty wasn't called. PHL could have gotten ...

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by flyguy89
Sun Feb 12, 2023 6:53 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Car dependency
Replies: 121
Views: 11776

Re: Car dependency

I am in real estate development, thus urban planning is one of my interests. Being from the Netherlands, it interests me how people get around and why American/Canadian cities have been designed in such a way that the only viable way to get around is by car. So it is not a choice to go by car, but ...

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by flyguy89
Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:18 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: State of the Union Speech
Replies: 33
Views: 3743

Re: State of the Union Speech

I thought I would be more annoyed by the raucousness…but I honestly quite enjoyed the heckling as well as how Biden seemed to revel in taunting and serving it back. All seemed very parliament-like. Honestly I think it’s time we return to the Jeffersonian tradition of the State of the Union being del...

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by flyguy89
Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:37 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Alleged police brutality death in Memphis
Replies: 56
Views: 6934

Re: Alleged police brutality death in Memphis

I will back law enforcement any chance I get but things like this make it really difficult. Don't you realize that everything is recorded now, everywhere. So this guy obviously pissed you off, you didn't stop to think, while beating the brakes off this guy, that it might be, I don't know, recorded?...

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by flyguy89
Tue Jan 24, 2023 9:49 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Atlanta unrest
Replies: 38
Views: 2956

Re: Atlanta unrest

Negative. Communists and socialists definitely believe in necessity of the state. Err, not quite. Anarcho-communism and social anarchism are well-established schools of anarchist thought: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-communism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_anarchism Naturally, b...

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by flyguy89
Tue Jan 24, 2023 9:36 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Atlanta unrest
Replies: 38
Views: 2956

Re: Atlanta unrest

Could also categorise them as Libertarian. Or communists or socialists. Negative. Communists and socialists definitely believe in necessity of the state. Err, not quite. Anarcho-communism and social anarchism are well-established schools of anarchist thought: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho...

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by flyguy89
Tue Jan 24, 2023 9:25 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Atlanta unrest
Replies: 38
Views: 2956

Re: Atlanta unrest

Then these people aren't anarchist then as the violence was not random but targeted and had a political motivation behind it. Its complicated, the only "political" view of anarchists is that there should be no state. So they are against all state institutions (for example police). They do...

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by flyguy89
Tue Jan 24, 2023 6:28 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta Air Lines Network - 2023
Replies: 4249
Views: 934710

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2023

BA744PHX wrote:
or LAS however both are already connected by KL to AMS.

Paris is a pretty big hole in the LAS European route map considering LHR, FRA, AMS, ZRH, and MUC are all successfully served thus far. Perhaps they split a daily frequency between between both AMS and CDG?

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by flyguy89
Mon Jan 23, 2023 7:28 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: NFL playoffs!
Replies: 143
Views: 8680

Re: NFL playoffs!

The Bengals have beaten the Chiefs twice now in the past year and wouldn't bet against them this year, especially now seeing how they rolled the Bills. Would be great to see Philly advance to the Super Bowl to play the Bengals, but 49ers game has been strong this year. I am biased, but hope to see t...

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by flyguy89
Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:55 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: British government to block Scottish gender reform law
Replies: 60
Views: 3753

Re: British government to block Scottish law

For the 85% of people that don't care I think you inadvertently summed it up here. Most people don’t care (for leftist virtue signaling as well as right wing culture war nonsense on this issue). Thus it’s challenging to see this being a wedge issue that will meaningfully impact independence sentime...

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by flyguy89
Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:17 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: British government to block Scottish gender reform law
Replies: 60
Views: 3753

Re: British government to block Scottish law

It's an abrogation of their sovereignty. Legally speaking I think it’s been established that it’s not. As a devolved nation in the UK their sovereignty only extends so far. Again, it’s yet to be demonstrated that this episode at all moves the needle as to the question of independence among the gene...

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by flyguy89
Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:27 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: British government to block Scottish gender reform law
Replies: 60
Views: 3753

Re: British government to block Scottish law

The cynic in me says that Nicola Sturgeon and her party introduced this law knowing that it would be challenged by Westminster as items relating to the equality act are not devolved. They can, and will, now use this to increase pressure for independence. Are trans issues in Scotland really so galva...

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by flyguy89
Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:29 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: British government to block Scottish gender reform law
Replies: 60
Views: 3753

Re: British government to block Scottish law

The cynic in me says that Nicola Sturgeon and her party introduced this law knowing that it would be challenged by Westminster as items relating to the equality act are not devolved. They can, and will, now use this to increase pressure for independence. Are trans issues in Scotland really so galva...

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by flyguy89
Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:12 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: British government to block Scottish gender reform law
Replies: 60
Views: 3753

Re: British government to block Scottish law

The cynic in me says that Nicola Sturgeon and her party introduced this law knowing that it would be challenged by Westminster as items relating to the equality act are not devolved. They can, and will, now use this to increase pressure for independence. Are trans issues in Scotland really so galva...

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by flyguy89
Wed Jan 11, 2023 3:46 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Car dependency
Replies: 121
Views: 11776

Re: Car dependency

In the US, there is a larget land area and a much lower population density in general than Europe. https://www.stockingblue.com/img/gc20180214.png https://www.stockingblue.com/article/128/eu-and-us-states-by-population-density/ There are very few states beating out the EU for density. in the 1950's...

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by flyguy89
Wed Jan 11, 2023 8:54 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Car dependency
Replies: 121
Views: 11776

Re: Car dependency

In the US, there is a larget land area and a much lower population density in general than Europe. https://www.stockingblue.com/img/gc20180214.png https://www.stockingblue.com/article/128/eu-and-us-states-by-population-density/ There are very few states beating out the EU for density. in the 1950's...

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by flyguy89
Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:43 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Kevin McCarthy makes history... first in 100 years to fail Speaker vote
Replies: 276
Views: 16772

Re: Kevin McCarthy makes history... first in 100 years to fail Speaker vote

Not sure that you are understanding the rules. They can obstruct the process with amendments to delay the bill, to the point that they force a vote due to time. Congress can't allow the US to default. As opposed to the current rules where they obstruct by withholding their votes until the 11th hour...

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by flyguy89
Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:07 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Kevin McCarthy makes history... first in 100 years to fail Speaker vote
Replies: 276
Views: 16772

Re: Kevin McCarthy makes history... first in 100 years to fail Speaker vote

Since that is must-pass legislation, and they are now free to add amendments without committee approval To clarify, they could propose amendments which would be voted on, not that they’ll necessarily pass to ultimately be included in the final bill. Yes, as I explained, the issue is the legislation...

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