This months Aopa 'Flight Training Success Story'

Rudabega

Rudabega

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This months AOPA flight training magazine has the monthly success story on page 45. A first officer that was hired in the 2007 frenzy that is now furloughed and working at his dads electric company.

This is a success story?

I feel bad for the guy, but is this really the best AOPA could come up with?
 
I thought the same thing - what a crappy success story. To my absolute disbelief, right below this sad story was a column by Wayne Phillips where he recommends going to a formal aviation school over an FBO.

The AOPA "Pilot" mag is pretty good, but "Flight Training" has proven time and time again to be a mouthpiece for the flight schools.
 
The AOP mag has an article about a girl who did hers through ATP. I didn't read it, but it did seem like a huge endorsement for ATP.
 
I really need to suggest one of my students that just passed. She's one heck of a "success story".
 
I would like to see a 'Success Story' with a crop duster, alaskan bush pilot, african bush pilot or a guy flying floats in the bahamas. Not everyone wants to go to the airlines, straight and level gets old.

I bet some people on the board could tell some amazing stories. Something to show students that the airlines are not the 'endgame' of aviation.
 
Rudabega said:
I would like to see a 'Success Story' with a crop duster, alaskan bush pilot, african bush pilot or a guy flying floats in the bahamas. Not everyone wants to go to the airlines, straight and level gets old.

I bet some people on the board could tell some amazing stories. Something to show students that the airlines are not the 'endgame' of aviation.
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Or how about a success story where the person buys their own aircraft and uses it to benefit a business outside of flying - strictly flying GA.
 
Murdoughnut said:
Or how about a success story where the person buys their own aircraft and uses it to benefit a business outside of flying - strictly flying GA.
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What a total loser.....remaining in GA and not making it to a regional cockpit.

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Hi Guys,

Awww, heck, in the overall scheme of things, this article doesn't even measure.

Back in the 90's, AOPA did one of those pilot profiles that they put on the last page on a girl who got on at UAL with something like 700 hours, and, as I remember it, went on to claim in the interview how she'd "paid her dues".

Quite the outcry that one caused...

Richman
 
Richman said:
Hi Guys,

Awww, heck, in the overall scheme of things, this article doesn't even measure.

Back in the 90's, AOPA did one of those pilot profiles that they put on the last page on a girl who got on at UAL with something like 700 hours, and, as I remember it, went on to claim in the interview how she'd "paid her dues".

Quite the outcry that one caused...

Richman
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I believe it was less than that. I remember at that time, UALs only advertised time requirement was 300TT, basically unchanged from decades past. Of course that wasn't competitive in the least, but that girl you mention, I believe she was hired with less than 500 IIRC.
 
MikeD said:
I believe it was less than that. I remember at that time, UALs only advertised time requirement was 300TT, basically unchanged from decades past. Of course that wasn't competitive in the least, but that girl you mention, I believe she was hired with less than 500 IIRC.
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But she paid her dues. Lots and lots of dues.
 
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