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Here's what MFO contributor Linter had to say, way back in June:
linter
June 11
Ted said:
@MFO Members: A year from now the flying public will say, 'what was the name of that plane that was grounded last year" ? The safest form of transport…
"Is it possible the FAA, for whatever reason(s), is more politicized and also more subject to pressures from vested interests?"
@hank- Is the Pope Catholic?
"the people back the anti-tax pols"
@hank- Yes, here in CA we had exactly that situation. A fixed fuel sales tax as the primary funding source for our highways was steadily being eaten away over the years by ever-increasing better mileage of vehicl…
@BenWP- Thanks for starting this thread, and for your comments on our posts. One of the many reasons that I have great respect for the NTSB is that they do not shrink from calling out bad actors, even if those actors are very large and powerful busi…
Adding to hank's comments, we have this from a current NPR news article:
The [NTSB] report found that "neither Boeing's system safety assessment nor its simulator tests evaluated how the combined effect of alerts and indications might impact pilots'…
From the article:
"To be smack in the middle of income in America, you need to bring in about $30,000 per year."
Mind you, that's 30k gross, not net after taxes.
30k per year in California will get you a really nice tent under one of the better f…
"Maybe they can actually close a fund one day."
I don't think that they know about this "closing" thing. It's a fairly new concept, and they aren't noted for quick embracement of this new stuff.
That said (in jest) American has done very well for …
@hank- I'm sorry hank, but while your NPR article did provide quite thorough coverage on the background, present effects, and future probabilities of the Cook collapse, it didn't have Ted's great graph, with all of those cool colored lines.
Better …
@Ted: I have no idea what the "presentation administration" might be, unless that's a grand title that you have just awarded yourself. If you believe that either hank or I are regarded as some sort of problem by the real site administration, I sugge…
And there you have it folks. I was about to call him a total _______, but then realized that was crude and unnecessary, as you can easily form your own opinions of a person such as this.
@catch22- In horsing around using DuckDuckGo I came up with these two sites:
Find An ISA Member
How to Pick an Appraiser to Value Your Heirlooms or Collectibles
They are at least a starting point for you.
OJ
"The article is applying a double standard."
Yes, having finished the read, that's my opinion also. Mr. Langewiesche effectively makes the point that in many parts of the world the training, proficiency and experience requirements for commercial pi…
"How on earth does the author intend to document his (rather dismal) assessment of the copilot? "
This is exactly the type of statement that seems to me to be without reference to information source, and therefor offers a strong suggestion of "slan…
Yes, here in the US the normal progression of an airlines pilot is from training at a facility such as San Carlos, mentioned (it seems to me, disparagingly) by Langewiesche, then to those small feeder airlines, and after a few years, hired on at a m…
"Generally, there’s a very “slanted” tone to much of the NYT piece"
• @hank- Yes, that's my impression also, but it does contain a wealth of background information that hasn't been given coverage so far in the major media (at least that I've seen).…
Just to check in on this, even though I do have a Times subscription I am unable (for unknown reasons) to access the Times from this particular computer. Hank was kind enough to email me a pdf of the article, and I've started to read it as time perm…
@Ted: OK, we've been through this before. You know the rules, and I don't want to bother David unnecessarily, so please stop this stuff. I'm asking nicely, this time.
@Derf- Hi there. No sir, I don't- in the page which comes up from this link it says "sign In" and "Subscribe" up in the upper right-hand heading area. I do allow their cookies, though, and they have a whole slew of them on this browser. I don't have…
@Derf- You need to differentiate between a post that links to a site which is primarily an ad (typically for some financial product), and sites which have useful and pertinent information (which may or may not be accompanied by ads). As hank mention…
Manager Change:
• T. Rowe Price Global Technology:
Haven't cut fees:
• DFA U.S. Micro Cap
• DFA U.S. Targeted Value
Rob Arnott: excessively tilted toward emerging markets and value
• PIMCO All Asset All Authority
• PIMCO All Asset
(See Ted'…
"I was thinking more of employing a dead manager. Low expenses (just the cost of ice)"
@hank-
Poor Jud is dead...
A candle lights his head.
He's lookin' oh so purty and so nice.
He looks like he's asleep...
It's a shame that he won't keep...
But i…
"The industry pours vast oceans of money into research, most of which never yields a profitable drug."
To say nothing of the vast oceans of money spent bribing the United States Congress.
According to the court records:
An MIT dean emailed the head of an MIT committee overseeing the plan: "If we're not switching to Vanguard or TIAA Cref, I am going to expect something big and good coming to MIT"
Jerry Schlichter, the attorney for th…
