I would not be surprised if their next step would be to ban wearing underpants on the flight...I know that the American aviation cannot adapt every measure applied by the Israeli carrier EL AL which have only 30 aircrafts, but they can definitely adapt some of them, such as profiling!

I'm sure the love of flying has something to do with that too and it would also play part in your decision to stay in the unit or not.I have to tell you, thought that learning to fly a new aircraft must be a brain challenge that would keep you sharp (Even though it may seem going backward F-16 to A-10...

When receiving the approval for a short payoff, check the verbiage over to make sure there is no contra-assiginability clauses.4.

Good tenants understand, the problem ones don't.Current landlords, sadly, are often a contra-reference.

I am close by you as I am in Contra Costa Bay Area in Northern CA.I would be happy to chat with you and explore working together sometime.

With all the back-lash against higher education and "elitism" (I've even seen it here on this forum), those that have the opportunity to get the type of education that is required to develop the technology to win this "war" are being discouraged from doing so.Improve our educational system, once again encourage our citizens to become the most technically advanced in the world (instead of discouraging it), and then we'll be able to fight this "war" in more effective ways than putting ten thousand troops into a random village.In addition, take the $100B this country is going to spend in the next 5 years on advanced aircraft that won't do us any good in this particular war, and use that money to build communications technology that WILL allow us to disrupt our enemies, as well as build technology like that which Bryan is working on, which can accomplish much more for much less cost, risk, and collateral damage.Ask any military historian what the most instrumental part of winning WWII was, and he won't say the atom bomb or our superior aircraft -- he'll say it was our ability to break into our enemy's communications channels and then ultimately break their codes -- allowing us access to their strategies and locations.

Have experience closing deals in the aggressively competitive Oakland market, as well as Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Martinez, and East Contra Costa County. 

I&E tech (blue colar) in a local plant and before that aircraft mechanic.

I'm currently interested in East Bay (Alameda & Contra Costa) as well as Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Merced, Solano and Sacramento counties.As an absolute beginner (this is my very first post) and currently working a full-time job (unrelated to RE), my main objective is to learn different REI skills hands-on.What I bring to the table:1) Funds - possibly for 10% to 25% of down payment (widely depending on deal/rehab costs, of course)2) Hustle - evenings and weekends could be 100% dedicated to REI (finding/analyzing deals, meetups, cold calling, drafting/reviewing, whatever I can help with)I would love to learn at least one of these skills:1) Finding off-market deals2) Estimating rehab costs3) Managing contractors4) Managing tenants5) Negotiating dealsI'm hoping someday I'd be able to add value beyond funds and be part of a great REI team :)If you're interested in connecting, please let me know.Best,JC

I am an aircraft engineer and very fortunate to have quite a bit of free time with my work schedule.