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The weird thing with the AEGIS selection as well as the giant radar is that it has had such a massive impact on the design itself it means we've had to completely re-engineer a lot of things, do a tonne of work on the crew, add in more design changes for the reduced non-ops room type, and likely...

That wasn't me; we just popped by a ship in the TG about 15 years ago. I've mostly been matrixed into PMOs for the last 5 years for support, including combat recoverability review. Lot of it people focus just on the ship, but from doing that for years now you really need to consider the actual...

@Lumber I did a tour on an AB as the A/EO along with the C.Eng and some of the Cert 2s and 3s; made the mistake of asking their EO a technical question, then ended up just talking to their techs. It was weird for us to figure out what that meant for them, and I think they found it weird that our...

There was a very broad breakdown in the August change that I read at the time, and yes, SWE is O&M, but that was a part of it. Because there is a lot of capitol funding, everything that can be is being pushed at capitol improvements, and a few years ago some accounting weenie created...

Huge inject into infra and parts, but because of the timing it's hard to say how much will actually spend in the FY. A lot of it was also for the pay and benefits increase. Some of the infra spending would have happened anyway, as there are buildings in the 'fix it or lock it up' stage, but at...

There are already a number of products that will contain a LiB fire for a while; you also need to vent off the toxic and explosive gases out of the ship. The challenge is they can burn for hours, and reignite days later when other cells fail, so there isn't a silver bullet. The stuff they pump...

On one hand, glad he's gone. On the other hand, nice to see a politician that actually is committed to his ideals.

Of course she didn't read it, and if she did she wouldn't understand most of it anyway (especially if GoC lawyers had their hand in it; they obfuscate like a mofo and get offended if you ask for contracts in plain language. The remedy clause in the NSS Umbrella agreement is so poorly written the...

Investigators at the DoJ had the files, along with whatever was held locally in Florida etc, as there were multiple investigations and incidents. There was also active and ongoing court cases that more or less wrapped up when Epstein 'killed himself' and Maxwell went to prison. Was anyone in...

This is a much better idea than the corvettes, provided they are fully crewed by the naval reserves and maintained by ISSC. Crewing the Orcas, MCDVs etc with reg for Martechs caused a lot of strain and we don't have people to spare. They broke a few electricians that were on a 'shore posting'...

The actual billets don't transfer either as the numbers are different; we're losing a lot of MSE billets but the ops room and whatever the CSEs look like under AEGIS is a massive increase. Which should reduce some of the pressure with the martech death spiral, but still short of what we need to...

At the time lots of blue collar workers weren't unionized, even in the trades, and even more now as most unions have shot themselves in the foot by being an opponent to the employer (vice a representive of the workers to ensure they get fair treatment). I saw the absolutely dangerous shitpumps...

Criminal cases against ex-FBI director Comey, Letitia James dismissed in blow to Trump administration Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed to U.S. attorney role in Virginia, judge rules repost on CBC of the AP story https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-va-case-dismissed-james-comey-9.6990482...

Which is wild; I miss the NDP that was made up of farmers, unions and other blue collar workers, and would absolutely vote for someone like that with some common sense, fiscal responsibility and focus on getting things done without complicating things. There is way too much that should be niche...

I sure did, that's my superpower, sorry. The delta training can be pretty intense though; normally can take 6-12 months for some packages.

That's pretty standard, and we had the same between CPFs and 280s. Some quals are far more platform specific, so LOE for the delta training will vary. The RCD requirements will be hugely AEGIS dependent for training, and for the ops room team may include specific collective training...

On the east coast they were built overseas; they got an Build in Canada exemption.

And build them where, exactly? Could maybe be done in VSY, but depends on the size if it will fit as a lot of ferries are bigger than JSS, but huge difference if it's an aluminium hull, and their order book if full for the near future. Same reason the fast cat ferries were built overseas; there...

For sure, just seems like they had a series of really bad years to end up in northern Scotland. @Remius Do you suppose early Scottish settlers were following a particularly confused group of sheep, and that sparked the legend of the wee hairy haggis?

What kind of blows my mind about that is people left somewhere really warm, went past places that were equally warm and fertile, went past areas that were less warm and still fertile, then kept going until they hit essentially the end of the earth and settled in a wet, cold place where it's...