MDE plan 2 is no assurance of security. There was an incident where Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, pushed out definitions that caused the removal of many valid app shortcuts freaking users out that all of their apps were deleted. This is not an isolated incident. MDE makes sweeping changes to millions of machines that Microsoft appears to barely test at all.
The mindset of that pilot inherently dangerous and complacent. A friend of mine was a casual GA pilot in college. He was constantly practicing failure modes and making contingency plans such as engine failure at different points of takeoff and practicing stall recovery at various speeds, altitudes, bank angles, and AoAs.
This year's El Niño storms were as bad as those in the early 90's. Back then, I recall a storm where most fences were blown down and the dining room window pane glass flexed and bowed in visibly, I thought it would eventually break.
We're poised to experience a repeat of last year and supposedly a La Niña next year.
Or rather late seating. Last year I got injured 1 day before flying and end up asking for assistance because I was alone with my kids and carrying a heavy hiking back pack while using crutches that I borrowed from family and were too small for me.
Airline just told us to sit in a chair next to the gate and they would call us and help us at the very end of the boarding phase. It was much more comfortable for me and my daughters to stay in the lounge in a comfy chair than boarding early and have to wait ages on a tiny economical seat while being sometimes smacked by other passengers bags and stuff while they were looking for their seat.
Repeated layoffs: how to tell your other employees that you hate them and want them to leave also.
These damn investors and MBB consultants put a bug in managements' ear that costs must be cut everywhere while mindlessly sabotaging core profit centers and essential infrastructure in myriad indirect ways.
