Next to the Staff turnover last year, the largest change we've had is in how we apply and manage warnings. In the old days, it was by manually slapping a huge banner on a user's account, writing it up and then manually removing it when the time came. The new approach is simpler and more transparent, for everyone. It's also streamlined to keep the Staff from becoming bogged down in managing warnings.

Overview:

• A 0% warning can be used if a "warning shot" is needed, with no impact.
• Users may apply a +5% warning to another user via the MilPoints Assessment screen, this falls into line with our users policing users approach.
• At 10% a user is added to a watch list for the staff.
• At 25% a user is moderated (all posts must be approved)
• At 50%+ a user is muted (they cannot post)
• Warnings automatically decay at a rate of 10% per day.
• Each Staff can apply no more than 50% to a given user, on a given day.
• This means any Staff can mute a user immediately, but concurrence from another Staff is required to keep it in place.
• E.G. A user with 70% warning will be unable to post for 2 days, and back to normal usage in 7 days.
• A user's entire warning history is displayed on the warning screen.
• Staff can decrease warning % at any time.
• All messages and warnings are logged, this helps any review process.

If you receive a warning that you wish to dispute, PM me and I will look into it. Please do not PM any Staff you see online. We're trying, as much as possible, to streamline how we handle matters like this, and a common approach is what is required.

Any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.

Interesting article and development at UWaterloo Engineering relating to surveillance of Canadian airspace
https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/quantum-radar-will-expose-stealth-aircraft

Quantum radar will expose stealth aircraft
New $2.7 million project funded by Department of National Defence will develop technology for quantum radar

Stealth aircraft in the Canadian arctic will be no match for a new quantum radar system.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo are developing a new technology that promises to help radar operators cut through heavy background noise and isolate objects — including stealth aircraft and missiles — with unparalleled accuracy.

“In the Arctic, space weather such as geomagnetic storms and solar flares interfere with radar operation and make the effective identification of objects more challenging,” said Jonathan Baugh, a faculty member at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and a professor in the Department of Chemistry who is leading the project with three other researchers at IQC and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN). “By moving from traditional radar to quantum radar, we hope to not only cut through this noise, but also to identify objects that have been specifically designed to avoid detection.”

 more at link above....

Boeing was hit Wednesday by the WannaCry computer virus, raising fears within the company that it could cripple some vital airplane production equipment.

Mike VanderWel, chief engineer at Boeing Commercial Airplane production engineering, sent out an alarming memo calling for “All hands on deck.”

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-hit-by-wannacry-virus-fears-it-could-cripple-some-jet-production/

Has anyone heard any reviews on the new parka yet?  Is it any sort of improvement on the old blue gortex?

Cheers,

AK

I forget the beginning of the armorer song and it's really bothering me. Can anyone chime in? I only remember

We drink when we're thirsty, we drink when we're dry
We're armorers we're armorers so F*** OFF and DIE

I'm heading in to multi-engine PHIII pilot training and I have yet to meet someone who has both tactical airlift and SAR experience. I do believe that it would be a good career path for my family and I but it is based off of limited opinion and speculation. I'm just wondering if there are any pilots out there that have experience in both these worlds that could enlighten me on how the career transition and progression went for them