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As of now £23,683 raised. A lot of love for this guy. RIP.

Let's hope he can make clear promises regarding these issues that he is able to keep.

I read that USAID has been given sizeable amounts to a British organisation called BBC Media Action. That really surprised me. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyezjwnx5ko https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/ No great surprise that the US Government is looking hard at USAID, but I'm sure that USAID is doing many good things that should be allowed to continue.

Network Rail is spending money on this, whilst not spending enough on the aging rail infrastructure that it is accountable for. Sad.

What emoji should I use for the gratuitous usage of French? Asking for a friend... 🤭🇫🇷

Yeah! His life is about to go to Pot.

Not a single chance I'm going to defend China on this, but when I sit back and think about it I remember reading about many of the human rights abuses my country of birth has meted out over the centuries and more recently. 2 wrongs don't make a right of course.

If not being able to get PR is a big issue to me, then I won't move to Thailand. Simples. If I lived there and I decided it was a big issue due to hassle of renewing/maintaining then I'd move. It's unlikely I'd bitch about it too much, I'd either accept it as outside of my control so why bother, or I'd move.

Good. I hope the money saved on this is used to improve front line services. Interesting. Not sure this is quick enough to help his/her/they/them's reelection effort though. And Buttigieg's failure in his/her/they/its/them's oversight of the FAA may be front and centre of his reelection failure.

Who trained and who supervised this inexperienced social worker? Was evidence of the previous issues made clear to this inexperienced social worker? If the judge had gone against the Social Services Report could the family have appealed and the judge be criticised? Many more questions on this too. Bit of a contradiction here, but surely even judges have performance appraisals and reviews of their work? I recently read a book about the UK's Parole Service, and it appeared that there were reviews if something went wrong in that service. As with many recent child sex abuse cases in the UK, I wonder if the parents' racial background had a bearing too? All in all, a complete shambles, AGAIN, in the UK care services. But, of course, I'm sure 'lessons will be learnt so they don't happen again'. 🙄🙈

Reminds me of this sculpture in Berlin (I think), where politicians talk as the world's oceans rise.

I reckon it should be past tense, not present tense 😂 Not meaning to be rude to you cdemundo.

Hitler gained, then lost, lots of land on the Democrats' watch too.

I'm struggling to make that leap. Seems just conjecture. Could have been Trump giving Putin dire warnings of extreme military action should he do this or that. I've no idea. Or telling Putin a bunch of the most brutal racist and sexist jokes in the history of the universe, or other brutal jokes like, "have you heard about the guy who became president after being convicted of a felony", or "have you heard about the guy who became president who got the highest ever score on the dementia scale"? 🤭

OMG. I have not seen or heard ANYONE use this term since my grandmother used it in the mid 1970s. Ludicrous. 😂😂😂😪

Yeah, you made a similar point to me, only the way you put it is better. In general, society still sees certain jobs being better suited to certain demographics, meaning society is in some cases missing out on large pools of potentially good candidates. Not heard this one before, made me laugh. Yeah. Sad indictment. Totally agree about your point on university, passes the cost of a lot of the training to the student, meaning a lot of potentially good nurses cannot afford to become a nurse.

I’m sure if you read all of the forum rules you’ll understand.

Apologies MicroB. Nothing I’ve written was meant to hit that nerve. My answers have all been looking at front line air traffic staff as that’s what many AN posters and the media have been blaming for this horrendous crash. My general points about ‘best person for the job’ still apply to cleaners and many other non-front line jobs. And, of course, a Down’s person, or someone with another special need, is totally capable of doing so many important roles in any workplace, and indeed can be the best person for that role. But, of course, not every role. I have my doubts about some other AN posters of course, their needs are too far along that ‘special’ spectrum. 😆 Again, apologies, for causing this upset.

Neither. Both are likely detrimental to the core aims of any given company or government (or anything else) if there is a person who could do a better job who is not hired. I’d also add ‘political appointees’ to the 2 you mentioned. There might be more.

Yes, maybe.

Is a good question. I reckon piloting had historically been seen as a man's job before, during and after WWII, and the education/family systems have not really addressed that since. It's generally the same in engineering. On the flip side, there are jobs seen as women's jobs and men don't normally do them unless they are considered to be gay. Some airlines are trying to target more women to be pilots. Like controllers it might get more applicants, but doesn't automatically mean more female pilots as there's a standard that needs to be met that airlines and regulators will not compromise on. I got a friend (female) who is a trainee pilot just now for a major asian airline. She absolutely had to pass all of her exams and tests to the same standard as the men on her course. No exceptions made. This airline targets female recruitment (no, not quotas), but it isn't working that well as the social 'feeling' still exists that piloting isn't a woman's job.

Totally agree.

I'm usually happy to get behind a female pilot. Doesn't necessarily have to be on an aircraft mind you... 🤭

Yeah. Trump 1.0 had a Secretary of Transportation who should have had their eye on that ball, should not all be blamed on Trump. Biden had one of these too; obviously worse than Trump 1.0's pick. But as I've just said elsewhere Trump 2.0 is now addressing it, fair play to him.

Yeah, it absolutely has to. This wokery is crazy. The "‘Bowing To Wokeness Since 2010’: Fmr Air Traffic Controller Says Short Staffing Is ‘Attributable To Obama Admin’ | The Daily Caller" reference is interesting insomuch as there's been a couple of presidents since Obama, and both failed to address that. Maybe as the FAA Directors didn't have the strength to cry foul? But, to be fair, Trump 2.0 is addressing it. Better late than heads continuing to be buried in the sand. A quick Google reveals "The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the agency of the United States Department of Transportation responsible for the regulation and oversight of civil aviation within the U.S., as well as operation and development of the National Airspace System. Its primary mission is to ensure safety of civil aviation." The FAA is very clearly failing in its duty and needs a massive shake up.