I would have just said no, but I don’t know if military can do that:
“The personnel action was reversed, though, when it was determined that no other pilot was immediately available to operate the aircraft for the return flight.”
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so basically she told him he was fired then realized pilots don't grow on trees and immediately reversed it?
Would have been so hilarious after all that if he just told her to call an Uber.
Yeah can’t really say no to orders in the military. (Unless they are obviously unlawful)
With talk like that, expect a lawsuit from the administration. How dare you!
And that's only kinda true. You have to prove that the order had no way of being lawful basically.
Which a JAG officer would be able to help with.
If they haven’t all been fired yet.
I literally would have told her to fuck off. Or at least delay the ever living fuck out of the flight.
I imagine that would be a career-limiting decision for a military pilot.
If he instead acts "professionally", which means putting up with her bullshit for the rest of the day, then he has a decent chance of getting quickly reassigned to a role where he doesn't have to deal with her again.
reassigned to a role where he doesn't have to deal with her again.
Which , I'm sure, would make him very happy.
"Sorry, I'm already drunk."
"Sorry, I need to poop. For the next four hours."
He should fly the plane like he's eluding fighter jets or SAMs. Maybe throw in a barrel roll or two. Definitely should go hard on takeoff and landing.
[slightly rearranged]:
a maintenance issue required a change of planes. [Noem's] personal blanket was not transferred [to the new plane].
How about you be responsible for your own fucking shit, Noem? What about "personal responsibility"? The pilot is there to fly the fucking plane, not be your personal body-slave.
What about “personal responsibility”?
LOL, since when has a Republican ever cared about that?
They do, they say: "Look what you made me do!"
Also why is that the pilots duty? Does she really not have a PA who’s job that is?
All I can think is "My blanket, I waaaant it, waaah!"
He's the fucking PILOT, not your god damned nanny (no offense to nannies intended). Move your own blanky.
After they fired him, and told him to take a commercial flight home:
The personnel action was reversed, though, when it was determined that no other pilot was immediately available to operate the aircraft for the return flight.
A DHS spokeswoman did not address the specific episode but said Kristi Noem has made personnel decisions intended “to deliver excellence.”
So they fired the guy, kicked him out, and then had to go get him back because they had forgotten that someone had to fly them home.
Can you imagine that guy, stalking through the airport toward the Southwest desk to buy a ticket home with his own money, muttering angrily under his breath, when a bunch of ICE Apes roll up on him, and demand he return.
"Why?"
"You have to fly the plane home."
"I'm fired, remember? Go find someone else."
"There isn't anyone else."
"It's an airport, there are pilots everywhere! Go kidnap one, and force him to fly her."
"Yeah, that's YOU! You're coming with us, that's an order!"
"I'm fired, I don't take orders from anyone. And even when I wasn't fired, I didn't take orders from YOU."
"If you're looking for some trouble, you're going to find some trouble," and they all took a step closer, and slightly raised their weapons.
The pilot, trained to keep his head under extreme stress, didn't flinch, and said "Listen, boys, this is an easy problem to fix. If you want me to fly that plane so badly - make me an offer."
"Huh?"
"Make. Me. An. Offer."
"An offer?"
"Did you hit your head? Go ask your boss how much it's worth to her for me to enthusiastically fly her plane, or else I can fly my LAST flight as an unemployed, suicidal pilot, flying the psychopath who is FORCING me to work, like a slave. You go ask her what she'll pay "to deliver excellence.""
I'd watch this movie
Nothing on AO3 can beat this writing
Unfair to Linus, who is a kind and caring individual. For instance young Snoopy often stole his blanket and he never shot the puppy.
Makes me wonder if blanket transfer is on the checklist. I know pilots rely a lot of checklists, so if it wasn't on the list, then the checklist maker is the one at fault and should immediately self-report to Leavenworth to await general court martial and inevitable incarceration.
Nothing short of execution.
He should be grateful he wasn't taken out to a rock quarry and shot! /s
I’d call her a cunt, but vaginas are actually useful
You could call her a twat, but English readers would wonder why going so easy on her.
She has neither the warmth nor the depth
This administration is just 97 Karens in a trenchcoat
What kind of blanket is THAT important? Does Noem have a security blanket she travels with or something?
She shoots puppies in the face for less.
Well it's not like she can pick up dead puppies bare handed.
If that's a fireable offence, what does that make being an accessory to murder?
Holy fuck there is no blanket I have ever traveled with that I would fire someone over. You expect to lose/spill/damage travel blankets. Anyone who spends that much on makeup alone has no excuse to lash out over a blanket. All those detainees not getting blankets would like a word, lady.
He's lucky she didn't shoot him.
Finally they're doing something about the corruption in the Coast Guard!
Who gives a shit. He's an accessory to the murder and enslavement of so many people. Fuck him