The most perfect landing of all..

[North Shore]

The greaser of greasers, putting Angels, snowflakes, and feathers to shame... https://youtu.be/ADz5i2HHml4

[Beefitarian]

Hey it's Northshore. How's it going?

That guy riding right seat is sure lucky to get some dual from Glorious Leader.

[7ECA]

I'm surprised there's enough room for a guy to crouch down beside the left seat - not a lot of planes with that kind of space around anymore.

And it damn well have better been a greaser, otherwise some poor FO would be headed out to the range...

[photofly]

I wonder if there were a bunch of people in the cockpit taking notes?

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-27116092

[MCB]

Now I just need to figure out how to get the FOs I work with to call me Supreme Leader...

[photofly]

Have a couple blown to pieces by an anti-aircraft battery and the rest will call you anything you like. I guarantee it.

[pelmet]

I have been in contact with a good friend of mine about all this this and have received the following info.

"The glorious Mr. Kim is an aviation enthusiast and is open for business, especially aviation business. We have been hearing a lot of criticism of Middle East carriers being “flags of convenience” just like Panama is for ships with the end result being a significant loss of business and jobs. These critics include ALPA, the mainline US and European carriers along with Air Canada. They actually want legislation passed to stop these airlines.

Well personally, I am for flags of convenience. 8th/9th freedom/cabotage rights because any sort of legislation limiting such flights is anti-competitive, monopolistic, and failing to understand changing times. Anyone should be able to plant a flag in any country, get their pilots from wherever they want, and fly anywhere they want, no?

And I have a business plan that involves the glorious leader. I bet you guys didn't know this, but I went to high school with Dennis Rodman. We're buds. Anyway, he's got an in with Kim Jong-un. You know, our pudgy little cherub from North Korea? Anyway, I'm going to start an airline! Guess where I'm planting my flag? Pyongyang of course! Just a hop, skip, and a jump from 1 billion Chinese people itchin' to join the middle class, spread their wings, and see the world! I'm going to make Pyongyang a one-stop gateway to anywhere and everywhere on the planet.

I'm going to use DPRK air force pilots in the cockpit. They NEVER complain, work for practically nothing, and follow orders. Flight Attendants? Easy. I'll just find the hottest, most subservient, and youngest the DPRK has to offer, and of course also pay them practically nothing, too. You know THEY won't complain.. Below the wing? Kim has PLENTY of unskilled labor in some concentration......eh....I mean "career retraining" camps that will work for free as "ramp interns!" Kim said all I have to do is give them "Dear Leader" haircuts, feed them something, and they'll be happy.

Now, Pyongyang has a bit of uh.....dotted credit history let's say. But no problem! I'm going all Boeing. I'm just going to give the Import-Export Bank a jingle back in the US and I'll get all the cash I need to buy me some jets....and it's cheap money too! Cheaper money that those bloated US airlines can even get! God Bless America.....er.....I mean....God Bless The Dear Leader! Which is kind of like asking the Dear Leader to bless himself.....am I right? Man those jets are going to look good with the Dear Leader's portrait on every tail!

Now I'm going to need some jet fuel, spare parts, stuff like that. Kim's got that figured out. Surprisingly he has lots of new, crisp, $100 dollar bills that he..... well......"obtained" and he's going to loan them to me to get operations going. And if I have a rough start, well, plenty more where those came from! Man, I've got this all figured out.

This plan can't fail. I figure between getting cheap loans for my airplanes, an unlimited supply of the Dear Leader's stash, getting labor for practically nothing, avoiding silly EU and US rules like FAR 117, getting around those crazy labor unions, my costs will probably be half of the Deltas, British Airways, Air Chinas, and Lufthansas of the world. What a bunch of maroons.

I sort of feel bad for what's going to happen to my competitors. Some say that field is always uneven, and all those carriers are just going to have to learn to compete, so I guess that's the way it goes. After all, Air Canada, Delta, American, and United, just had a whole solid year of profits, so they're good! But I'm a nice guy. As these airlines start to fall like dominoes, I'll hire their pilots at least. Of course, they're going to have to move to Pyongyang. That's not so bad, right? You guys like bad haircuts, statues, the color grey, and military parades, right? I hear Kim has just finished the Ryugyong hotel, and she's a beaut! Plenty of room for all my pilots to live!

So are you guys in? "

[pelmet]

Mr. Kim wants you to fly in a microlight over North Korea...

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016 ... plane.html

[Prodriver]

His hair cracks me up!