Captain Amy
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TBH, I'm more worried by the fact that her predecessor was named Captain Slaughter.
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Margaret Thatcher ran an entire country back in the 1970's. And, it has to be said, she wasn't exactly a push-over.
What's the big deal?
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She's never trapped on a carrier. She's a chopper pilot by trade.
To command a carrier, you have to be a naval aviator with a college degree, command a nabval unit, have a deep water command, and be an exec on a carrier.
AFAIK, she's the first person in modern times to be appointed as a carrier captain without trapping an aircraft on a carrier.
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In this climate, with this administration, one always has to question the politics behind an appointment like this.
Pity.
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In this climate, with this administration, one always has to question the politics behind an appointment like this.
Pity.
@jolly said in Captain Amy:
In this climate
Yes
with this administration
Do you think this would have happened with the previous administration?
I do.
Wokeness (ahem) trumps administrations' policies. This kind of crap was happening with 45.
Now, that said, I don't know enough about the new captain of this boat to make a reasonable judgement. She might be exceptionally well qualified.
I hope so.
Are there other sailors who are just as qualified? Or, perhaps (shudder) more qualified?
I don't know. And none of us ever will.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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There's always been politics with senior appointments. The specifics may change, but it would be very naive to think otherwise.
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@jolly said in Captain Amy:
In this climate
Yes
with this administration
Do you think this would have happened with the previous administration?
I do.
Wokeness (ahem) trumps administrations' policies. This kind of crap was happening with 45.
Now, that said, I don't know enough about the new captain of this boat to make a reasonable judgement. She might be exceptionally well qualified.
I hope so.
Are there other sailors who are just as qualified? Or, perhaps (shudder) more qualified?
I don't know. And none of us ever will.
@george-k said in Captain Amy:
Are there other sailors who are just as qualified?
A. She only got the job because of her gender
B. There have been thousands of women qualified for this, but misogynists held them back.
C. "I don't see a woman, I just see a Captain." Will Stockdale
