GoJet pilot on the radio

MikeD said:
What schools did you guys attend? Went to public school all through grade school and high school, and no one really ever bothered me or me bother them. High school was mostly auto shop in the afternoons with all the long haired 80s rocker dudes and the token tomboy female. But no one harassing me or me having to harass them.
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Another one, here.

Don’t yearn for those days, long gone, but don’t regret them either.
 
MikeD said:
What schools did you guys attend? Went to public school all through grade school and high school, and no one really ever bothered me or me bother them. High school was mostly auto shop in the afternoons with all the long haired 80s rocker dudes and the token tomboy female. But no one harassing me or me having to harass them.
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It wasn't so much the other kids, as it was that I was obligated to waste my time doing useless assignments from moronic teachers, which squandered most of my time. I think what got to me was the fact that I knew what I wanted to do, and I knew how I could go about pursuing it. Had I actually been learning anything, perhaps it would have been alright. But instead, it was a lot like the Office Space scene about "In a given week, I do about 15 minutes of real, actual work."

I wanted to do something. And I was being required to exchange 7 hours of each day for almost nothing of value.
 
MikeD said:
What schools did you guys attend? Went to public school all through grade school and high school, and no one really ever bothered me or me bother them. High school was mostly auto shop in the afternoons with all the long haired 80s rocker dudes and the token tomboy female. But no one harassing me or me having to harass them.
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The biggest problem at Paradise Valley High was. The scandal of 85: "OMG, Biff's driver is driving a three year old Mercedes, out of warranty."
 
Once upon a time I was at a flight school recruiting pilots for one of the TSH regionals, since Gojet is also owned by TSH they were present too. It was quite funny listening to them talk to a room full CFI's wearing their KCCO lanyards and basically saying " Ya, we know we're the crappiest regional but we all have a lot of fun goofing off while flying and on overnights." Face Palm.
 
ClarkGriswold said:
Once upon a time I was at a flight school recruiting pilots for one of the TSH regionals, since Gojet is also owned by TSH they were present too. It was quite funny listening to them talk to a room full CFI's wearing their KCCO lanyards and basically saying " Ya, we know we're the crappiest regional but we all have a lot of fun goofing off while flying and on overnights." Face Palm.
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Do people still Chive? I stopped because it was making me miss my early 20's.
 
pete2800 said:
It wasn't so much the other kids, as it was that I was obligated to waste my time doing useless assignments from moronic teachers, which squandered most of my time.... Had I actually been learning anything, perhaps it would have been alright. ...
I wanted to do something. And I was being required to exchange 7 hours of each day for almost nothing of value.
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Maybe it was the era, but we didn't really question the curriculum, much. Pretty standard stuff, worked out over decades and before new fads took over. I still remember Geography with Mrs. Divine, although damn near every country in Africa now has a different name. Now individual teachers; some did qualify for the Monday Moron badge. Like the guy explaining the origins of the military tank: "The British, they took a tank, mounted a field gun on it, and called it a Tank."

I think he was the same ROTC instructor who was flying USAF fighters in +/- 1960s 'Nam. His pilot relief tube sprung a leak, and shorted out his ejection seat. He punched out, while the aircraft splashed. Would have loved to hear the Carpet Dance on that one.
 
But were they reaaaaaally being jerks? Maybe he was just joking around with the captain and controller being a little sarcastic with an extra 3 syllables at the end of the call. With no intent to belittle the student pilot at all. I don't really find it offensive at all, should have just made it clear to your student it was a joke and moved on with life IMO.
 
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FloridaLarry said:
Maybe it was the era, but we didn't really question the curriculum, much. Pretty standard stuff, worked out over decades and before new fads took over. I still remember Geography with Mrs. Divine, although damn near every country in Africa now has a different name. Now individual teachers; some did qualify for the Monday Moron badge. Like the guy explaining the origins of the military tank: "The British, they took a tank, mounted a field gun on it, and called it a Tank."

I think he was the same ROTC instructor who was flying USAF fighters in +/- 1960s 'Nam. His pilot relief tube sprung a leak, and shorted out his ejection seat. He punched out, while the aircraft splashed. Would have loved to hear the Carpet Dance on that one.
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Yeah, I fell off the bandwagon when the physics teacher tried to explain that warm air and reduced density had a positive effect on airplane performance. She also couldn't get her own test questions right. That and the English teacher that couldn't use correct grammar.

The whole thing was just so damn obvious. It was clear that not only were they teaching to the dumbest kid's intelligence level, they were teaching to his effort level as well. Public school is nothing more than subsidized day care disguised as education. Another crossword puzzle! Golly! I wonder what I'll learn from this one!
 
Having been at a regional and a major/legacy-ish, by far the "childish" stuff I heard on the radio was moreso from my regional days versus today. Not saying it doesn't happen at the majors, but it's much much less so.
 
ChasenSFO said:
But were they reaaaaaally being jerks? Maybe he was just joking around with the captain and controller being a little sarcastic with an extra 3 syllables at the end of the call. With no intent to belittle the student pilot at all. I don't really find it offensive at all, should have just made it clear to your student it was a joke and moved on with life IMO.
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Social awkwardness and ineptitude is a disease and not a crime. ‍✈️
 
ChasenSFO said:
But were they reaaaaaally being jerks? Maybe he was just joking around with the captain and controller being a little sarcastic with an extra 3 syllables at the end of the call. With no intent to belittle the student pilot at all. I don't really find it offensive at all, should have just made it clear to your student it was a joke and moved on with life IMO.
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Yeah, but you don't really think anything is offensive. ;)
 
pete2800 said:
The whole thing was just so damn obvious. It was clear that not only were they teaching to the dumbest kid's intelligence level, they were teaching to his effort level as well. Public school is nothing more than subsidized day care disguised as education. Another crossword puzzle! Golly! I wonder what I'll learn from this one!
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Private schools weren't always paragons of intellectual challenges and advanced learning either. I got in trouble for reading ahead during my senior year English Lit. My teacher didn't like my comment about "well, that wouldn't be a problem if you assigned us more than 20 pages of reading per week" and gave me a week's detention (which I didn't have to serve thanks to the work-study I did to afford tuition). She also got annoyed when at the end of October I had completed her entire year's syllabus and got permission from the principal to skip her class for the rest of the year but at least I got 50 minutes a day in which to take a nap at school.
 
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