Retired professionals to replace pilots...what a moron

I'm thinking this artical was written as satire. Swift's A Modest Proposal deals with what to do with all the extra children floating aroun Ireland. (He suggests eating them. It's a very funny paper if you haven't read it). The thing is it starts off very serious and you don't really realize that the whole thing is satrire until it is almost over. This artical goes the same way

Now.... The problem of course is that many people will read it and *not* realize it is satire (as seen on this site) and they will think it is a good idea and what not. Salon should have tagged it as such.
 
BobDDuck said:
Now.... The problem of course is that many people will read it and *not* realize it is satire (as seen on this site) and they will think it is a good idea and what not. Salon should have tagged it as such.
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If you have to tell people it's satire that misses the point. :-)

Maybe we should put emoticons at the head of each newspaper and magazine article. This is a sad story, this is a happy story, this one will make you sad at the beginning but has a happy ending. This story is ironic. This story was badly written so while it was supposed to be ironic it isn't. This story uses analogies to make it's point. This story uses historical perspective to make it's point.

At some point either the writing speaks for itself or it doesn't. And if it doesn't it's crappy writing.
 
That is the stupidest piece of • I've seen in a long time. What the hell?!?! Pilots don't go through thousands of hours of flight experience and a four year college degree to babysit a computer, hell of alot more to flying. While we're at it, lets let retired professionals supervise WebMD while it performs surgery on a brain tumor patient. :sarcasm: Or better yet, let's let "retired professionals" run the government...oops, wait, they already do:rolleyes:
 
BobDDuck said:
I'm thinking this artical was written as satire. Swift's A Modest Proposal deals with what to do with all the extra children floating aroun Ireland. (He suggests eating them. It's a very funny paper if you haven't read it). The thing is it starts off very serious and you don't really realize that the whole thing is satrire until it is almost over. This artical goes the same way

Now.... The problem of course is that many people will read it and *not* realize it is satire (as seen on this site) and they will think it is a good idea and what not. Salon should have tagged it as such.
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OK, now I'm kinda embarrassed about my last post, lol.
 
CFIse said:
If you have to tell people it's satire that misses the point. :-)

Maybe we should put emoticons at the head of each newspaper and magazine article. This is a sad story, this is a happy story, this one will make you sad at the beginning but has a happy ending. This story is ironic. This story was badly written so while it was supposed to be ironic it isn't. This story uses analogies to make it's point. This story uses historical perspective to make it's point.

At some point either the writing speaks for itself or it doesn't. And if it doesn't it's crappy writing.
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Rule number one: Writing for mass media is all about writing for the lowest common denomonator. If you run a "straight" news rag and you throw in something that's "satire" you mark it as such. It's that simple.
 
I guess most people don't realize how much time and effort it takes to become a pilot. As a student pilot I'm still amazed how much training is required just to become a private pilot. Commercial is a whole new ball game and ATP takes an amazing commitment.

In all seriousness I think very few professions require you to spend nearly as much time actually doing the job, before you even get certified / licensed / stamped.

I'd be really curious to see what percentage of people who start a PPL actually complete it.

On the flip side, I heard that the exam failure rate for Chicago cab drivers is worse than the bar exam, so go figure.
 
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