HAH! Here's the babel fish translation I got for that. I mean, I more or less knew what it meant, but I wasn't sure about the usage in the last part:

Good night ladies and horsemen, speak their Captain to them.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

I thought it was Apple....

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

I thought Mac did. They were going to play the part of the "PC" .....

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2014 C250 21,XXX my new DD ** 2013 GLK 350 18,000 Wife's new DD**

- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

I think apple is just waiting to see if this computer story holds out. They might just change it again.

If it sticks, the slogan should be: (MAC or PC depending which they had) So much fun that you would lose your job to play with it.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Yes, I hear they're also signed to do commercials for Vallium, and Benedryl.

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Does anyone have a link to the current rules? I got pretty familiar with the OTR truck driving hours when I was going for a CDL, but I know nothing about the aviation rules.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

Skippy...

I just heard a story that the OTR the road rules changed today. The number of hours a driver can do in a day just went from 11 to 10. I am sure there is more to it that that but that is all I heard.

Something to do with trying to reduce driver fatuge.

For FAA regs you can go to www.FAA.gov.

There is a search area there. I typed in 'sleeping during a flight' and found a Word document on Pilot sleeping recommendations from the FAA that I bet every airline management person is going to find waiting on their desk come Monday morning.

Or at least they should if they are really worried about the problem of Pilots sleeping during a flight. Turns out the FAA identified this problem long ago, did a study on it, presented a number of practical solutions, and.....

Yeah, looks like the airlines are really eager to take them up on their suggestions.

Thanks. I found what I was looking for in FAR 121. The basic breakdown of 1000 hrs in a year, 100 in a month, 30 in any seven days, and 8 hours in one shot is pretty simple, and doesn't seem like many hours. The part about required rest periods is a bit confusing to say the least.

For comparison, the FMCSA guide located here: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/truck/driver/hos/fmcsa-guide-to-hos.pdf

allows up to 11 consecutive hours of driving and up to 14 consecutive hours on duty. It also has a limit of 60 hours on duty in a seven day period or 70 hours in an eight day period. This can theoretically be all driving time but usually includes some other duties (pre-trips, waiting to get loaded/unloaded, etc). I've known quite a few drivers who fudged the books in order to do even more than what is allowed under the regs.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

250 since 1991 works out to some seriously good odds. I'm sure the number of people killed in privately owned car crashes due to the same cause is several orders of magnitude higher than that.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.