Two Crashes, One Attack Ad, and a $1.9 Million Post | Negligent Discharge Friday | 11.6.2026
Podcast: Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCCPublished On: Fri Nov 06 2026
Description: Michael is back from Spain, which means we open with the high-speed train that slammed into a stopped private train on the same route he rode a week earlier. Sixty-nine people died. Early reporting points to a control center manually clearing trains after the safety system had already halted them. Then the Learjet 60 that went in near vertical over Florida with nine people on board. I walk through what the ATC audio and flight tracking show: light clear ice at 35,000 feet, minus 47 degrees, moderate turbulence, a request to climb that was denied, and a small red cell they flew straight through. I cover why that wing is sensitive to icing, what mach tuck does to the center of lift, and why a 20,000-foot-per-minute descent is not something you recover from. I also address the people trashing the second-in-command online. She was type rated, qualified, and working the radio until the end. From there: a governor's race attack ad built around a candidate's estranged mother, a $1.9 million settlement for a professor disciplined over a social media post, and what the First Amendment actually protects. We close on the slave trade, reparations, and the countdown to Michael's last episodes. Take the Operator Code Assessment: https://www.theoperatorcode.com Today's Sponsors: Firecracker Farm https://www.firecracker.farm AG1: https://www.drinkag1.com/clearedhot
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