Someone we know ran into this Ric Bucklew fellow in a discussion about Chris Kyle last year over at Right Wing News. Bucklew didn’t like the way people were supportive of Kyle, and of course, his perspective was bolstered by his claim that he was a Navy SEAL;
Well, I chalked it up to discussion forum braggadocio, but then I find where he actually makes the same claims on his LinkedIn Profile;
So we had to request his records from the Army, the Marines and the Navy. The Army said “Who?” just like the Marines Corps (see below for update).
Now he told folks who asked Don Shipley about the status of his SEAL claims, that he had become a Navy SEAL without going to BUDS because he claims that he’d been in the Marine Force Recon units in Vietnam – but the Marine Corps denied any records of him during Vietnam or any other period (see update below), so I guess you know how that whole SEAL thing turned out, right? Nope you don’t. Using the same information that bounced back blank from the NPRC for the Army and Marines turned up a Navy record;
Yup, he’d been at a Navy Special Warfare unit – he was a PR3 – an E-4 Parachute Rigger. According to Don Shipley, who looked at his records, he was a rigger in San Diego and in the Philippines. But, of course, that doesn’t make him a SEAL – it makes him a parachute rigger. An honorable profession that most of us who went to the University of Gravitational Studies at Fort Benning, Georgia certainly appreciate. But he’s not a SEAL, he’s not a good source of information for the application of special warfare of the Naval variety. You’ll also notice that there are no awards for service in Vietnam, no awards whatsoever. I had no awards for my first two years of service, either. He now claims that he’s 100% disabled, and that might be true, but it’s not from anything that happened to him during his pretend military career as a Marine or as a pretend Special Forces soldier, or a pretend SEAL like he’d have you believe. If you read all of his comments on that discussion, you’ll notice that he’s a weapons-grade asshole.
If I ever get on a flight at United Airlines and see that he’s the pilot, or co-pilot, or navigator, or stewardess, or baggage handler I’m getting the Hell off that plane.
We had a nice little exchange on Facebook yesterday. He called me names which proves to me that I don’t know what I’m doing here. He’s totally legit and I was wrong because, in his words, I’m “a lazy alcoholic nicotine addicted bum”.
UPDATE: We got anther FOIA on “Ric” here and it seems that he did have service in the Marine Corps. He was being an asshole and sent out a DD214 to people with explicit instructions to not let me see it. Here it is;
You’ll notice that down in the Education Block it says that he had Marine Recon training “ReconMar – MCI- no date”. He took the correspondence course, but we’re not sure if he completed it or not. That’s the extent of his training as a Recon Marine. He did spend nine months at Division Recon, Camp Lejeune from January, 1970 until September. During that time he attended Rigger School and he was assigned as a rigger to Division Recon unit. Then he went to Camp Pendleton, CA and shipped out to Vietnam. He was assigned to a Security Company in the Headquarters and Service Battalion of the Logistics Command for 4 months. Then he went to 3rd Recon Battalion, but 3rd Recon Battalion left Vietnam in early 1969. He joined them in Okinawa for three months;
So, yeah, we’re sorry that the NPRC technician didn’t check hard enough for a Marine Corps record. We took three shots at it and it came back the same every time. But including the DD214 in the request helped. I asked “Ric” for his Dd214 before I published the post, and all he wanted to do was call me names.
I suspected that he had some Marine Corps service, but that he was still lying about his service and that’s the way it all ended. He wasn’t a Recon Marine in Vietnam. It looks like the Marines took advantage of his services as a rigger. Then he went to the Navy and he was a rigger for them, too. Then he told his lies about being a Recon Marine in Vietnam and a Navy SEAL for decades hoping that no one would ever check on him.
In fact, he lied to his parents and the folks at home while he was in Vietnam;
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Another time traveling, joint services wonder warrior. On paper he wasn’t even in long enough to complete any of the MOS pipelines he claims, but that’s precisely what makes him sooooo legit. Only the best of the best of the best can do such things.
ahmmma get in the lean and rest now as penitence for any doubts I could have had about this great man.
The FAA used to have very rigid standards about who could be airline crew. A 100% disabled vet would not likely be able to do anything around commercial aircraft.
Other than that, this clown is just another lying PoS. Not particularly imaginative or articulate either.
Good point. How does a 100% disabled vet pass a flight physical? He is an especially slimey piece of shit!
A 100% disabled vet would not be flying. Which I think proves he is not at 100%.
http://aviation-business-gazette.com/A15/B31/Pilot-Richard-Earl-Bucklew-Oldsmar-FL.html
Well, since it IS Sunday after all, let’s turn to page 45 in the TAH Hymnal book.
And a 1, and a 2 and a
Fuuuuuuuuccccckkkkkkkkk Himmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Amen
^^ This comment amused me way too much.
What no claim of PJ too?
He has a bad case of ‘virganis injuris’.
LEGIT MAXIMUS!
How about Silicosis of the mangina… may be congenital in this case!
Wow, I just read through all of the comments on that Right Wing News link.
This guy is the DRG all rolled into one.
Dude does have a current ATP cert and rated so A 30 and B737. Issued 11/18/2012.
I wouldn’t want to be a pax in his a/c.
But no type on the DC-10 which he claims to have been an FO on.
They didn’t require type ratings on DC-10’s or FO’s. That is a recent requirement for FO’s to have a type rating.
I meant for FO’s on the DC-10.
He looks like Dan the auctioneer from “Storage Wars”.
If he did join some branch of the military in 1969, he’d most likely be turning 65 this year, so he’d be aging out as an airline pilot.
…Wow. The lad really did try to cover all the bases, didn’t he?
But just thinking – as has been so often (and rightly so) pointed out here, SV is so often just the tip of the iceberg. If SEALRECONSFBoy here is telling tall tales online, wonder what kind of tales he’s telling at UAL?
Like, maintenance forms and checklists and such.
Just wonderin’.
Mike
Considering ‘judgement and decision making’ is a big part of flying a COMAIR, I might suggest he should not be flying at all.
FAA anyone?
Out!
A friend who flies for Delta said after I sent this guys info….NO WAY IN HELL.
Yeah, guess his life as an airline pilot isn’t glamorous enough, so he has to lord it over us nicotine addicted alcoholic bums.
Sorry, but I don’t smoke, and looking at cigarette prices these days, I’ve no inclination to start. I like my beer, but certainly not to the extent he accuses others.
Hmmmmmm…projection much, asshole? Come back when you get more than 2 years in the fucking reserves.
Check this out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_H._Bucklew
Looks like the asshole stole the identity of a real SEAL.
Oh, and another memo to Bucklew the Blowhard:
Kyle got TWO Purple Hearts. So no, I wouldn’t say he got out “without a scratch” you fucking asshole.
Looks like United won’t get my business anytime soon.
I wouldn’t say United was at fault here.
Kris Kyle has no purple hearts in point of fact.
And it’s CHRIS Kyle, you illiterate cum guzzler.
Huh…no PH’s yet was shot twice? How do you reconcile your comment that he never got a scratch?
Hmm. Looks to me like three separate FOIA requests were submitted – I’d guess almost certainly with each using the same SSN. One request found Navy records on the guy using that SSN, so it certainly appears the SSN used was correct.
He claims service in the USMC from 1969 to 1973. The USMC converted from Service Number to SSN in 1971, well before he claims to have gotten out of the USMC. Therefore, any USMC service would be found using the Social Security number. Logical conclusion: no USMC service.
He claims service in the US Army Reserve from 1978-1980; that’s long after the Army converted to SSN. No records found matching the SSN in question strongly implies no US Army Reserve service.
And, lastly, his actual USNR records on-file at NPRC don’t support his claims of being a SEAL – e.g., no attendance at BUD/S. So methinks there’s a damn good chance (as in “a virtual certainty”) that there’s a problem with his claims about what he did in the USNR also.
I’m guessing he was NSW support vice a SEAL. And I’m guessing the claims of USMC Force Recon and Army SF service are fabricated.
But I guess it’s theoretically possible I’m incorrect in my assessments here. Perhaps he has documents he can copy, redact any PII, scan, and send to Jonn that say otherwise.
Nah, his Page 5 would certainly show TEMDUINST (Temporary Duty Under Instruction) or STU category for NAB Coronado, none of which shows up, and certainly not for the amount of time needed to both attend BUD/S, the other requisite schools (Jump School, etc.) and training required to actually qualify for and receive a Trident.
About the only thing he did have going for him is the fact he was in a SEAL source rating–but that’s about it.
Agreed – he’d either have to do the training, or record of him having previously completed it should be transcribed from his records of prior service (if any).
I also find the timing of his discharge from the USNR – on November 22, 1979, exactly 18 days after the Iranians seized the US Embassy in Tehran – to be . . . rather interesting. But I’m sure there’s a good explanation for the timing.
You know, after looking at the FOIA reply prepared from his official Navy personnel records on file with NPRC, it certainly looks to me like he was a Naval Reservist who did a 2 year tour of active duty from 23 Nov 1977 to 22 Nov 1979 – and then did absolutely nothing else. But I guess it’s possible I could be wrong about that.
Well, I gave him the opportunity to get ahead of this yesterday with documentation, but all he wanted to do was insult me. I have suspicions of a forged DD214 but nothing concrete so it’s merely speculation at this point.
Were any of the insults cool or original?
I always give a poser credit when they are creative.
Because everything on the Internet is true. Perhaps someone should try the national personnel records center in St Lois.
It’s St Louis, not “St Lois”.
Perhaps you are functionally illiterate. That would explain why you missed the fact that the FOIA replies whose images appear above all came in response to FOIA requests submitted to NPRC.
The NPRC letterhead is clearly shown on the reply to the Army FOIA. Obviously that one came from NPRC.
The USMC reply came from USMC Manpower and Records. NPRC refers USMC FOIA requests there at times. Obviously, you were ignorant of that fact. Someone familiar with the current NPRC FOIA process knows that.
The Navy reply above is on NA Form 13164, and contains an extract from the individual’s official military personnel file. For veterans serving in the 1970s, those records are stored at NPRC. The NA 13164 is the form NPRC uses to “answer the mail” when it finds a veteran’s records. So yeah, that reply did come from NPRC.
Bottom line: NPRC was involved in all 3 FOIA requests – Army, Navy, and USMC. I’m relatively sure the same SSN was used for all 3 FOIA requests. The Army and USMC requests came up with nada. The Navy FOIA request came up with a record of Bucklew’s service – but that record did NOT include either qualification or service as a SEAL.
And no, nothing was “lost in the records fire”. Bucklew’s claimed Army/Army Reserve service ended too late for his records to have be affected by that fire. Further, the fire is known to have affected zero USMC or USN recotrds – and his claimed service in the USMC and acual service in the Navy each ended too late for that to have been possible anyway.
All 3 FOIA requests here were for service claimed by Bucklew that allegedly ended years after all services had changed over from service number to SSN. Therefore, no “records hit” on the SSN is fairly conclusive proof that the individual did not serve under the name “Richard Earl Bucklew” in either the USMC or Army/Army Reserve – unless he’s acquired multiple SSNs and used different ones while serving in different services. That would be legally problematic for other reasons.
If you have documents that say something to the contrary, I’d suggest you send copies of them electronically or by snail mail to the site owner. However, be advised he can indeed reach out to people who know what “right looks like” – and who can identify fake documents of that era pretty easily.
If you don’t – then it’s time to shut up.
Is St. Lois where the Fench live?
I would say its time for YOU to shut up if you cannot even produce what are obviously forged FOI wrests with NO SSN and NO serial number.
Listen, tool – all you’re doing here is displaying your abject ignorance of the FOIA process.
A FOIA request is filed by an individual wishing to obtain publicly-releasable information the Federal government has on file. For military records, that publicly-releasable information is fairly extensive, and can be released without the consent of the individual in question. The images shown above are FOIA replies – e.g., the information returned by NPRC and/or the services pursuant to a FOIA request.
A FOIA request often contains the SSN or serial/service number – if the individual filing the FOIA request has the SSN or serial/service number. It’s often not necessary; however, the SSN was apparently available and used in all 3 cases here.
The FOIA reply from NPRC will not in general contain a SSN (the SSN is not releasable pursuant to a FOIA request, so NPRC doesn’t list it on their replies; the full SSN is only shown on a FOIA reply if someone at NPRC screws up). In contrast, the individual’s military service/serial number is publicly releasable. However, service/serial numbers were only assigned for service beginning in roughly mid-1971 or prior.
As noted above, repeatedly: ALL of Bucklew’s claimed service ended AFTER all US military services had transitioned to SSN. The fact that records of Bucklew’s Navy service were found using that SSN indicates the SSN used was in fact Bucklew’s actual SSN. Therefore, the fact that no records were found for either USMC or Army/Army Reserve service indicates he either (1) never served in those branches of the military, or (2) did so under a different SSN – which would be legally problematic, as having or using multiple SSNs is in general not legal.
I did not file the FOIA requests on Bucklew whose replies are shown above. However, I have filed in excess of 100 other FOIA requests. Those above appear fully consistent with what I’ve seen in the past, and appear to me to be completely legit.
Finally, here’s a bit of unsolicited advice. I would strongly suggest that when you don’t have a clue, you go grab a big steaming mug of STFU and refrain from commenting. That way you won’t look like an ignorant jerk.
And if you are who I suspect strongly you are, you are cordially invited to GFY.
Its, simple, everyone has a copie of their own service record. The simple thing black out SSN and other type info and send a copy of an Evaluation with SEAL or something with NSW on it. The problem is you can’t so if for what ever reason you don’t have your record that is on you not on others. Have a NICE DAY!!!!
Hey, you know what rhymes with Bucklew?
Fuckyou!
Well, we need to take care with that. Use his first name, too: Dick. The reason is that while poking around the ether, I stumbled upon a legit Navy fellow by the same last name:
https://columbus.gov/Templates/Detail.aspx?id=45179
Going through the comments on there, I don’t think he was the only case of Stolen Valor in that comment thread.
But hey, if you’re going to lie, everyone knows you need to add Astronaut/Space Shuttle Door Gunner. That’s where every other SEALFORECONSF I’ve known has ended up.
A truly “Phildosical” dude.
All-Points Logistics is just a step away….
He could be their chief pilot.
Well, if the FAA doesn’t get wind of this and pull his ticket.
http://aviation-business-gazette.com/A15/B31/Pilot-Richard-Earl-Bucklew-Oldsmar-FL.html
As noted below – the article is nearly 2 1/2 years old now.
So he’s the equal of the mass murderer Lubitz?
http://aviation-business-gazette.com/A44/B58/Pilot-Andreas-Guenter-Lubitz-Rheinland-Pfalz-.html
All that means is that you got your ATP rating, meathead. Everyone who gets an ATP rating gets an identical writeup.
Eden, it’s a BS website that allows you to put your name in to generate a “press release”… there are a few others out there that do the same for “civic service” and other crap.
There have been a couple of other SV posers that have used sites like that to show the world that they are “pillars of the community” or of the industry that they work in.
Trying to figure out what he is pointing to in the picture.
And why he is smiling.
It looks like it could be a bird strike, and the smile could be because (making an assumption) he was in command or crew of that aircraft when event occured. Or he could have smeared poo poo on the plane, and thought he made a funny.
Looks like snarge (birdstrike remains), whenever we have a birdstrike we take a sample and send it to The Smithsonian for ID.
Why? Is it on the off chance it was pterydactyl strike?
“Pull my finger”
Well, if that is the remains of a bird strike and he was on-board at the time of the incident . . . I can certainly see why he’s smiling. A foot or two farther inboard and that could have been real trouble.
This character is a captain for United Airlines and is spouting delusional fantasies online then defending it with hostile and aggressive attacks on those who question his fantasies? This guy seems a bit unbalanced to be entrusted with the lives of hundreds of passengers.
Anyone here at TAH know anyone in the FAA medical department? They should be notified ASAP.
Unlike most of the clowns exposed here, this guy could pose a real threat to the public.
He may be an airline pilot as he is a SEAL. I did see that his education claims a slew of colleges.
Yes — -I know someone at the Medical Department of the FAA. He just passed a Flight Physical which includes a psychological evaluation.
Gotta love how these phonies get mad when their sorry asses get caught lying! They need to learn accountability & integrity…they should have learned in their fake military careers.
So… Capt. Pissy Pants has a problem with people who smoke Cohibas, drink rum, and live in West Virginia? Good thing he doesn’t know about the dwarf tossing…
I read the original post, a “weapons grade asshole” indeed.
Does this prick really get to pilot commercial airliners full of good human beings? What if he gets a really urgent mission call and has to bail out mid-flight?
Is this clown really a pilot employed by United Airlines? If that is true, United needs to take a serious look at how it recruits and retains air crew. Based on his responses to legitimate questions, he clearly doesn’t have the temperament and judgment to be in the cockpit of an airliner.
Wow, Dick Buckfucklewme sure has a case of congenital red ass… and he’s a commercial pilot on top of that. Maybe the FAA and UAL need to reexamine why Dick is flying?
Anger issues + flying commercial aircraft = Bad Things Happen
BTW – Dick Buckfucklewme, you’re TAH/Google famous now, bitch!
Oh, Christ, the guy worked for the TSA, too?? Imagine that butt munch giving you an “enhanced screening”…. JEEE-SUS!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvrsnY6_XQ
Wow, talk about a heavy duty case if manginus inflamus maximus, WTF is he gonna claim next?
Someone with a similar name is in fact an ATP:
Airmen Database Search Result
Name : BUCKLEW, RICHARD EARL
Airman’s Address : Bernath Blvd
South Bernath, FL, 34685-3317
FAA Region : Southern
Date of Medical : Jan, 2015
Class of Medical : 1
Expiration of Class 1 : Jul, 2015
Airman Certificates : Airline Transport Pilot
Airplane Multi Engine Land
Commercial Pilot Privileges only
Airplane Single Engine Land
Flight Engineer
Turbojet Powered
Ground Instructor
Advanced
“Name : BUCKLEW, RICHARD EARL
Airman’s Address : Bernath Blvd
South Bernath, FL, 34685-3317
Bernath BLVD?
please say you edited that…….
Haha, ah shucks, yeah I made that up.
There IS a Bernath Parkway in Toledo. Also a “Bernath Club House.”
What kind of fun adventures take place in the Bernath Club House? Do they have a flight simulator that crashes 200 yards after taking off? Maybe a workshop that meets every week to discuss filing frivolous lawsuits. And of course, classes on how to properly use Photoshop.
Ironically, The Bernath Club House is located on Airport Highway in Toledo. And it is listed on Yelp, but no reviews are posted.
How these terms say ” red neck hillbilly” like its a bad thing. They used to call Regan a “cowboy” and he , like I, took it as a compliment. Improud to be a called a cowboy and only wish I was a red neck hillbilly
I wonder if United or the FAA will stumble upon this TAH post?
Hell, I wonder if Rick the Dick will come here and run his cockgobbler about being a sooper sekrit sealreconspecialfeces type?
Bet you that Rick the Dick is addicted to dick!
Well, according to his claims, he was a part of the ‘armed pilot’ program.
That’s not FAA exactly, but as far as the ‘small world’ theory of reality goes it just so happens that some of the initial instructors for that program were former Teamguys.
I think maybe they might have been shown this specific TAH post.
But hey, it’s not like they’d have any contacts at the FAA, right?
This is where that old-fashioned word ‘trust’ comes in handy. This person insists on lying about his service, which was certainly nothing to sneeze at. Riggers are people who have a LOT of TRUST placed on their technical skills. But not only is he lying like a cheap rug from the Dollar Store, he displays the emotional maturity of a spoiled 6-year-old. If he can’t behave any better than this, and he has a job that demands trust by the passengers on any plane he flies – if he even flies at all – then, yes, his employer will be liable if anything happens because of his distempered freak behavior.
Whether or not he’s a pilot or even a navigator for a commercial airline, or whatever he is, he’s responsible for what he says and does, and has no business blaming other people for uncovering his fabrications and mendacity.
Ole Dick could hire a lawyer from Fla and when not doing legal antics they could talk about airplane fuel management techniques. Dick has to worry about fuel for multi engines. Wonder if he uses a Garmin for nav and duct tapes dogs in the cockpit?
Nah… they both use a $0.99 iPad app that doesn’t measure airspeed
2 years as a Naval Reservist…………..yeah; definitely high speed.
I may be wrong but I’m pretty sure that this guy Richard Bucklew works the next stall over from me in the truckstop men’s room.
It’s hard to definitively recognize him without the assless chaps and balls swinging from his chin. Rigger? SEAL? That makes me laugh as he is one usually trying to rig a tight seal on his non-tight seal ass.
he should stick to the male flight attendents.
anyway, back to work. There’s nickels to made and money doesn’t cum from trees, you know.
sincerely
John “Faker 6” Giduck
I like this guy, he has fake spunk and I say go big or go home!
I certainly hope you told him to FUCK OFF.
To nearly every modern-era Frog who hears the name ‘Bucklew’:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_H._Bucklew
The wiki entry on him doesn’t come close to doing him justice, either. The tales about his deeds, I could not properly illustrate them with words.
There are plenty of former military pilots at United, and the pilots have a vested interest in maintaining them image. Someone should pass on this clown’s conduct to whomever is applicable at United.
I’d guess that this story is getting passed around – pilots for major airlines probably comprise a fairly small fraternity.
I just looked at the pictures of his comments re: Chris Kyle.
Kicking a hornet’s nest is one thing.
Deciding to fuck one is another thing entirely.
It appears his fellow Airline Pilots are aware, and appear to have satisfyingly similar attitudes on the issue of stolen valor.
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/military/49320-military-poser-alpa-magazine-65.html
HA…good comments there to go with my coffee.
Do you ever wonder if someone like this shows up at EAA fly-ins or airshow days? And if he’s such a hot dog, why is he on the ground?
Someone stated that Rick the dick is on Unpaid Leave (August 2015 to November of this year). They suspect that he hits his B-day in November and mandatory retirement.
A new member of the forum using the name “leadballoon” is sticking up for Bucklew. It appears that other members of the forum have concluded that it’s Bucklew himself.
Sounds like he went over like his (presumably) new screen name. (smile)
Well, we can only hope that his free-fall will continue to accelerate. Looking around at different blogs, etc., one can conclude that this ass is a bonafide prick.
Yep… they caught him real quick.
Bravo Zulu for posting there, mr. sharkman.
The mods at APC dropped the banhammer of Thor on “leadbaloon” on 22 Feb.
“Everyone is free to express an opinion here (within the confines of the Terms of Use and Forum Rules), but when you are exaggerating, embellishing, or even outright less than forthcoming (this is legalese for lying), you should pack up your bags and go away, particularly after so many have produced irrefutable evidence. ”
Sucks to be you, Ric the Dick!
He’s back on their forum as WTFover1234
I read that, and I get where the suspicion comes from.
My gut tells me it isn’t him. The profile claims F-18 pilot. I’d have to assume that even a dumbass like ‘Ric’ would realize that those professional pilot types would track down claims of F-18 pilot very quickly and very easily.
But hey, I could be wrong. It wouldn’t be the first time (this hour).
That entire thread (the remaining 68 pages) is about another guy that claimed similar things that are extremely easy to track down (specific NJANG unit, FDNY Ladder 2 house), and when called out on it, just dug his heels in.
Banned under that name, too. All posts by or quoting either username deleted.
Apparently the FAA does not agree with most often negative comments here: http://aviation-business-gazette.com/A15/B31/Pilot-Richard-Earl-Bucklew-Oldsmar-FL.html
The date on that is 2013. It is not current news.
“The FAA hopes new pilot training standards will enhance airline safety
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is recognizing Richard Earl Bucklew with inclusion in the prestigious FAA Airmen Certification Database.”
Hahaha haha
Haha haha haha
That was a good one, Dick!
Nice try, Buckalew.
One kudo doesn’t begin to mitigate the fact that the documents posted at the top of this page totally contradict your specious claims.
The Marine Corps said you never existed. You claim that you’re a Marine. Do tell, what sekrit squerrell documents do you have that contradict what the Marine Corps said?
If you don’t have any, you can contact Forgin’ Frank Visconi for some. You two should get along just fine.
Or, along the lines of what I posted below, how about a Marine boot camp graduating class # and the name of his lead DI? I imagine those are things no Marine ever forgets.
And a graduation photo?
For all these phonies, the devil will always be in the details. SFC Lilyea, TAH, and all the other Stolen Valor hunters provide the figurative coffin and nails.
Hey Bucklew, may your wife eat MRE’s and may you have to smell EVERY one of her farts afterward.
The same “honor” as the murderer Lubitz? You must be so proud.
http://aviation-business-gazette.com/A44/B58/Pilot-Andreas-Guenter-Lubitz-Rheinland-Pfalz-.html
Everthing you read on the Internet is true. My date tonight is a Fench Super Model.
A number of people have given you an opportunity to rectify this, Ric. I even gave you a chance days before it published to prove that I’m wrong about this. Instead, you’ve called us all names, insulted us and reinforced your reputation as a weapons-grade asshole. If you ever want to come clean, you know where to find me.
And you STILL have only supplied fabricated documentation designed to put doubt in the minds of the credulous. When are you going to post some real results from a search of the National Personnel Records Center on St Louis. That is where peoples military records are kept.
Ricky,,Ricky,,Ricky,,,why not post your BUDS class#, or a ODA class#, how about a DD-214 with all your finery. All you have to do it block out the SSN. Your a big man on the interwebs,,,still waiting for that visit to my house.
Well, Sandman – he’d have to have a BUDS class number, an SFQC class number, or a legit (e.g., unaltered or unforged) DD214 showing all of those quals to send it.
I’m guessing that (e.g., “no gots the docs”) is the problem. But I suppose I could be wrong.
They got damaged at the flood at his Mom’s house… they were in the sea bag/duffle bag/foot locker in the basement!!!
Tom, how about you do a FOIA request with the NPRC and send your results to the admin. Easy enough, right?
Just be sure that everything that you send to them from your request is valid. Not that I’m saying that you’d doctor up some FOIA replies to support your case, but I’m a bid “trust, but verify” kind of guy, and I’m sure that the guys running the site are, too.
Not even a nice try, “Watkins”.
Those are FOIA replies. And at least two of them came directly from NPRC, you functionally illiterate dissembler.
OH, Ri-i-i-c! If you decide to be a flight instructor, try sticking to the subject matter instead of yourself.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fench
I like definition 5.
Definition 6 appears applicable as well – in this case, with a highly negative connotation.
I hear Ric likes his models from SWEADEN. With cheese. Lots of cheese.
Maybe his date tonight is this “Fench super model”.
Or, given his apparent personality, maybe his date is named “Rosie Palm”. I doubt any decent woman would give him the time of day, much less a date.
I just got off the phone with The Pope after sending him the link to that picture.
His reply (translated from latin or italian or something like it) was “IDC SARC would bang her like a cheap gong. Amen.”
I’m just sayin’…
Upon reflection, I may have been too hard on “A10gunner”. We’re all human; who among us hasn’t misspelled a word from time to time? So, I’m prepared to concede that “Fench” may have been nothing more than a spelling error – and that “A10gunner” has, in fact, dated a Felch Super Model.
Who’s your date, Vinyl Veronica?
Here’s my personal opinion of you, Ricki.
If I decide to pay for ground school and you show up as the instructor, I’ll ask for a different instructor or a refund, not because you aren’t qualified to teach it but because I don’t believe you can be trusted.
Ditto actual flying lessons: you can’t be trusted.
Your attention is all on yourself. I’m sure you are far more interested in puffing yourself off for whatever derring-do you can cook up, but I’m not interested in your gloryhounding. I’m only interested in learning to do something correctly, so that I won’t crash and burn.
I’ve paid for classes in which the instructors spent half the class time dropping names and rattling on about their exploits instead of sticking to the subject. When they were asked to stick to the subject matter, it pissed them off a lot.
Egotistical blowhards are a dime a dozen, you see, and they are the kind of people who make careless mistakes that do a lot of damage. They can’t be trusted. You’re one of them.
That’s just my personal opinion.
You know who could probably use flight lessons? I think they would be a good match.
Here’s another story about a pilot who lied through his teeth…same thread as quoted above from the Airline Pilots Forum:
American Eagle pilot suspended after lying about background
By CHRISTINE NEGRONI
A pilot for a commuter airline that flies out of all three New York airports was suspended after telling multiple lies about his background to make himself look a poster boy for his industry in a magazine profile, The Post has learned.
Timothy Martins, who flies for American Eagle, told the magazine, published by his union, that he’s an active member of the New Jersey Air National Guard, an FDNY firefighter and a graduate of an aviation school on Long Island.
None of it was true, officials of the agencies said.
The safety of regional commuter carriers and their pilot training came under heavy scrutiny after a Colgan Air jet crashed near Buffalo last February, killing 50 people.
Many of the smaller carriers pay their pilots peanuts, give them insufficient rest time between flights and make them commute thousands of miles.
The story about Martins was written, in part, to counter the bad publicity resulting from the crash and other highly embarrassing incidents – including an airliner overshooting Minneapolis while its pilots chatted about their schedules.
Andrea Huguely, a spokeswoman for American Eagle, which is owned by American Airlines, refused to comment on the allegations.
But she insisted that Martins holds all the required FAA certifications for his job as a first officer. There’s no indication he lied to his employer about his background.
Martins, who has been grounded, did not respond to a call and an email requesting for comment.
The controversy began after the lengthy article appeared in the April edition of the Air Line Pilots Association magazine.
Questions about his claim to be an F-16 pilot in the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard soon began circulating on the Internet.
Major Yvonne Mays, spokeswoman for the Jersey Guard, said it didn’t “have any record of a pilot” named Martins.
The 24-year old, who is from Long Island, also claimed to be a firefighter and paramedic in New York. But an FDNY spokesman said, “He’s not a firefighter, he has not worked for our department.”
Dowling College confirmed that Martin attended the school, but said he did not graduate and his years of attendance do not correspond to the dates he said he was there.
Jim Hall, former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said if Martins lied, it should be of concern to American Eagle.
“Anyone who is charged with a responsibility for transporting the lives of other people safely who is evidently intentionally fabricating or embellishing credentials or falsifying stories, that’s obviously a terrible problem that should be of concern to the airline,” he said.
An ALPA spokeswoman declined comment.”
The vast majority of pilots (military and commercial) that I’ve known and worked with (a lot), are professional and straight-up. A few turds occasionally slip through the cracks and manage to get into the cockpit nevertheless.
Buckalew appears to be one of the latter.
And Martins is still flying commercially, just not for American Eagle anymore.
Ric the Dick is addicted to dick….
Damn, Rick, you’d think you would learn to stop digging after you found yourself in a hole.
About the only difference between you and Bernath is at least you take off with sufficient fuel.
Whoops, not anymore, what with being on unpaid leave and all.
Unpaid leave of absence for a medical condition pays $98,000 per year tax free at UAL. The insurance company takes over the pilots payments after his sick leave and vacation time have been used. $98,000 tax free is the equivalent to 127,000 taxable. I am guess ing that is more than most of the blow hards here will ever make in their entire lives.
Key word here Genius ‘Unpaid”
Tom,
Anyone who had the background that you claim would know that character beats cash every time. I can always make cash, I can’t make character.
BTW, I’m not overly impressed by your $98,000 tax free. Honestly, I’m taking that home now from the day job and I get to tack on my military retirement and VA disability on top of that, plus some cash from side jobs. I know that I’m not the only one here in the same boat.
Try again, Scooter. Last time I made less than six figures was about 2000.
Even so, you can’t put a price on integrity, or more to the point, your lack thereof.
If the day comes (probably next week) that I’m homeless on the street in Ciudad Juárez with a cardboard sign reading ‘Will shoot faces for free bullets and handjobs from syphilitic transgender hookers’ at the end of each day I’ll look in some mirror and say with utter sincerity “At least I’m not ‘Ric’”, and then I’ll fall asleep in my soiled cardboard box with a contented sigh.
“Yeah but I’ve got more money!” said no Warrior, ever.
Way to out yourself, fool.
An unpaid leave of absence means he is on medical leave. Medical leave at united airlines if covered by insurance and he would be making $98,000 / year tax free. I am guessing that is more than most of the blowhards hate mongers here make in a lifetime.
LOL!! guess again assclown. I make more than that in retirement, plus VA disability and Social Security. And I never had to lie about my Navy career to get it either. Look in the mirror real close, if you squint you can see the “L” on your forehead.
So, you get that much for a fractured taint, Dick? Wow….
I think that you’ll find if you start comparing paychecks with this group, you will wind up getting your Bucklew, err, your Richard, sorry, I mean your Dick pounded flat on an anvil.
Oh, and that Aviation Business Gazette that “A10gunner” points to as proof of Bucklew’s awesomeness? It appears to be a canned article that Aviation Business Gazette uses over and over, and just plugs in the names of various pilots. When I Googled “aviation business gazette airmen certification database”, this was the top hit:
http://aviation-business-gazette.com/A44/B58/Pilot-Andreas-Guenter-Lubitz-Rheinland-Pfalz-.html
If the name Lubitz sounds familiar, it should; he was the Germanwings pilot who deliberately flew his plane into a mountain, killing all 150 on board.
This Newsweek article reveals that Aviation Business Gazette “has an identical article for every member of the FAA’s Airmen Certification Database, published on the same date, 18 September 2013…”
http://www.newsweek.com/fake-article-claims-faa-praised-germanwings-crash-pilot-andreas-lubitz-316849
If Bucklew is proud of having received the same “prestigious” recognition as Lubitz…well, he can have it.
Why would Lubitz be recognized by the FAA — he was from Germany and never flew in the US. The FAA has nothing to do with certification of pilots in Germany. Sounds like you are another big mouth know nothing who has to make shit up in order to make a point.
And yet, there it is, right on the aviation business gazette website.
The Aviation Business Gazette website is BS. If I recall, Denny/Dennis/Chevy Chevalier was one that used it to show everyone that he was “highly recognized” pilot.
We’re on to your bullshit, Ric the Dick… you were “just” a PR2 in the Navy Reserve. The only other quals you have are two hole inspecting and taint tickling… maybe sekrit skwirrl sphincter or rump riding recon.
Not even that. PR3. Basically, he fogged the mirror and they gave him his crow.
It sounds like bring selected to appear in this year’s edition of Who’s Who. Hack Stone once received an email stating that due to his many accomplishments, he has passed the vigorous screening process and for the modest sum of several hundred dollars, he could be included in the latest edition.
Lubitz is a german pilot and had never flown in the US. He was not licensed by the FAA and therefore would not appear in their data base. You are typical of a poser and a liar who has to make shit up to prove your point.
Logic doesn’t seem to be your strong suit, Ricky. See if you can follow this. Some sockpuppet (you may speculate freely as to his true identity) posted an article from Aviation Business Gazette with Bucklew’s name on it, as evidence that Bucklew was great. I pointed out that Aviation Business Gazette published that same article, changing only names and locations, about many other pilots, including the murderer Lubitz. Therefore, the evidentiary value of the Aviation Business Gazette article about Bucklew was essentially nil. Can you follow that line of reasoning, Ricky?
And yet, “Aviation Business Gazette” published an article about Lubitz – which implies that he was indeed listed in the FAA database (see the Newsweek article), regardless of whether he’d ever flown in the US or not.
Logic and reading comprehension ain’t exactly your strong suits, are they – “Watkins/Wisln”?
And of course, no one has mentioned it, but that “prestigious FAA Database” contains the records of student pilots, mechanics, ground(ed) instructors (like Chevalier), sport glider pilots like Birdbath, etc.
The whole notion of a press release to connote inclusion in the FAA Database if just fucking stupid on it’s face.
Why would Food Addicts Anonymous post his name? Kinda kills the “anonymous” part doesn’t it??
Is there an echo in here?
“Sockpuppet” vice echo would be my guess, OWB.
Sockpuppet twins,,,gotta love it. Ricky is to much of a little bitch to post under his own name.
What do you suppose the odds are that “A10gunner”, “Tom Watkins”, and “Tom Wisln” are one and the same?
(smile)
Well, if IP addresses are are any indicator of an intimate relationship among them…yes.
OK Jonn, there you go hitting them with facts again.
Since the three of “them” are posting from the same IP, can we call them the “Felcher Brothers”?
And leadballoon and WTFover1234 on APC. . .
Flailex
As well as “failex”.
lol…indeed
Ric the Dick is addicted to dick… another two hole, taint tickling, real deal anal buttsekks warrior!
Reckon the sock puppets will claim simulator time for their having now rattled around a while in the TAH echo chamber?
My favorite part is the throwing out of salary figures, as if that is somehow supposed to intimidate anyone. It does prove the shallowness of the writer of the comments. Meanwhile, all us little people are not quivering in our boots. Or, maybe we aren’t all that impressed, for a variety of reasons.
The sock puppets are always just so durned cute, aren’t they?
To each his/her own. Personally, I find them as ugly as a bulldog’s . . . well, face. And in my book, using a sock puppet when making comments shows all the courage of the Lion from the Wizard of Oz.
At least this one writes in semi-intelligible English. Whether the individual using the sockpuppet actually can comprehend what they read here – or does, but is deliberately dissembling – is a different issue.
Well…
In my own defense, I was thinking more in terms of an older usage of the word, back when being cute was not a good thing. 😉
I recall someone coming on here trying (unsuccessfully) to intimidate us with his claimed income. If I recall correctly, that did not turn out to well for that individual. Has anyone ran a DNA test on Tom Watkins and Tom Wisln (sic) to see if their sperm is lucky?
Keep yer mailbox door fastened, I’m sure someone will!
Spandex and MD 20/20 are not good for the career paths of pilots.
Ricky is making himself out to be a front runner in this year’s tournament.
I have been to quite a few retirement ceremonies where the honoree thanks his/her spouse and family for all of their support in the contributing to the career success of the individual. I think that it is only fair that during the next Stolen Valor Tournament, we acknowledge the contribution of the sock puppets in keeping these phonies in the spotlight.
Hypothetical question: If Bucklew had a sockpuppet that was, say, 3SEAC….would that trump Killam’s 1SEAC? Does the magical power increase as the number gets higher, or inverse? I lost the cadre ref manual.
I think that we need a “best supporting actor” category in the next SV competition for sock puppet or supporter who does the most to forward the poser’s position in the voting.
Here ‘Ric’, IDC SARC and myself will make it easy on you. We’ll give you real deal brotherly treatment.
The Esteemed SARC is currently surrounded by Army SF types right now (I think he thinks that will save him from winding up in levels 4-6 of the Inferno, but I don’t have it in my heart to break it to him that he’s wrong…yet) if I’ve read correctly.
So you just shoot SFC (ret.) Lilyea 6 names please.
2 Teamguys, 2 Recon Marines, and 2 SF Soldiers, all of whom you actually served with in SOF units. Support billets don’t count (nothing against support guys, you all make the world go ’round – literally, just trying to eliminate the PR working @ NSW angle).
I say 2 because 1 each who would say “I know Ric, that stupid MFer almost got us thrown in prison in Dubai when he banged some noble arab’s wife and daughter at the same time while making them sing ‘God Bless America’ in really bad english” or “He was a commo guy in my 1st platoon” or “He won a case of the clap at Xxxxx Xxxxx school and then gave it to so-and-so’s sister, it was awesome” would basically make you good to go. Assuming your reference checked out.
Prove me wrong, make me a fool, put me in my place.
If you don’t, you’re stealing the good will and gratitude from grateful Citizens by falsely claiming titles and deeds whilst figuratively standing on the bloody, broken bodies of countless great guys who paid with their lives or their health whilst actually doing the deed.
I hope you actually realize and are capable of contemplating what you’ve done some day. That would be a start as far as justice is concerned.
mr. sharkman- you shouldn’t tease my pet lizard like that. He’s going to hear all of those crickets and think it’s feeding time…
That makes plenty of sense, enough to make him screech that he’s gonna lawer up!
I don’t recommend holding your breath waiting, shark.