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Doug Taylor said:
As I mentioned to another user last night, there isn't really a clique.

However a lot of us know one another indepedently of the website and the back 'n forth banter you see is only the visible tip of a much larger 'social iceberg'.

Similar to how we tease Mavamb about the Russian brides, but he's part of the non-intarweb social circle. "Special" people aren't invited to functions, 100% of the people that are in the local area from the website are invited and encouraged to attend. Hell, I've had people in my home on many occasions who I didn't know beyond a screenname on the website.

Take a chance, meet some people from the website. But if you don't take that chance and feel a little "left out" from time to time, take some initiative and attend the next function in your town.

These are only the top 500 US geographic areas out of over 2500 plotted. Chances are there's someone right down the street.
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Hell, I'm in Rochester, NY. Two of my students are on this site. There are JCers everywhere.
 
frog_flyer said:
What do the different circle sizes mean?
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Looks like LAX, PHX, LAS, SLC, IAH (I think?), southern FL and Georgia have high concentrations of JC Users.

I'll have to look at a expanded view to see specifically where.
 
If there has been a single constant throughout my aviation career it has been this website. When I first started as a student, I was constantly asking questions, reading other peoples input and utilizing the vast knowledge base this forum provides. I got my first real CFI job through a job listing post that a JC member listed. (who now is a good friend of mine and is at the same airline as I am)

I got the opportunity to spend a few days in Las Vegas on a JC users buddy pass, and was able to put a face to the user names I saw so often on here. ( I am one of the few that knows what Eagle actually looks like.)

One of the strongest and most important messages I learned early on was the importance of networking in this industry. It has been proven to me several times in my career already and this website has provided opportunities to myself and many others that may not of been attainable had it not been for the contacts and interactions that happen here daily.
 
jtrain speaks the truth! I have made some great friends and awesome connections through this site. You would have to be insane to not make it to Network JC if you have the hours and are looking for a job.
 
honestly, i don't feel as though there are cliques on the site.. sure, some of us know each other by face AND username but i don't see how that equals cliquish.

We don't have cheerleaders and jocks... we have airlinepilots and freightdawgs etc....of which when we get together at NJC, there really isn't a whole heck of a lot of aviation talk at all.. no fr8dawgs rule-corporate pilots rule banter....just comingling of lives, putting a name to a face and making contact.

if there's anything that's a clique, this board as a whole is a clique and anyone who joins it becomes one with the family we call Jetcareers...
 
I can't begin to describe what this site has meant to me. I had zero hours and was looking for a place to do my training when I joined in November 2001.

This site, the folks on here, not only saw me go through my training, instructing, interviewing and finally landing my job as a First Officer with American Eagle, they also played a valuable part in keeping me on track.

There were many, MANY times I didn't think I could do this, and folks like:

sbe
C650Capt
Pilot602
MTSUav8tor
Jtrain
Doug
Kristie
MikeD
Jep
aloft
TonyW
FlyChicaga
Kristie
Seggy
MQAAORD
TheWife
davetheflyer
john_tenney (a/k/a "Mr. Creepy")
Eagle
theshortone
....
...

and the list goes on and on and on and on......

...talked me down out of MANY a tree, off MANY a cliff, and redirected me more times than they are aware.

That said - I've never once been able to make it to Vegas - even when a LOT of help was offered.

Not because I didn't want to go, but because I had other commitments that I just could not leave.

One day I will make it.

But for now, the best thing I can do is to offer my assistance and direction to those who are where I was back in 2001-now. That's how I intend to pay Doug and Kristie back for their efforts.

I hope that will do for now.

Stan
 
ZUKO said:
When is the next vegas event?

I never really considered it because I am under age and still very much a new person on this website. But I would still love to be able to pick the brains of several pilots who have followed the path I want to follow.
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October 21-24.

If your over 18, you can attend...we do hang out in other places than just bars/casinos! Tonyw usually offers a group hiking trip...and we are always meeting in restaurants of which your more than welcome to join!! :)

Keep in touch with the NetworkJC forum under JC Events...

we'll be announcing the official NJC Vegas hotel shortly.
 
I just could not make it last year, and I was very new when it came about. This year is much more of a certainty. If I get drunk with someone in a hot tub, will you walk my resume in? I kid I kid.

Good Post JohnnyTrain.
 
ummmyea....that hottub thing was a one time thing.. we learned a few lessons there just like we learned a few more lessons last year too! hahahaha

;)
 
Kristie said:
honestly, i don't feel as though there are cliques on the site.. sure, some of us know each other by face AND username but i don't see how that equals cliquish.
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It never seems like a "clique" to the ones that are known. I can see an outsiders point of view of that it SEEMS like their is that cliquish feeling going on. I have been around awhile and know some people on this board, so I know there aren't any clique's, just people that know each other and josh around with each other. Now I see us regular members maybe extending the olive branch a little more when the newbies post (ie. include them on the general conversations). If someone lurks and doesn't try to get involved, then they turn around and yell "JC is full of cliques" then shame on them.
 
Well some of you may remember some of my posts most probly dont. I really hardly post at all but i read this forum almost ever day. For those who dont know im a senior in highschool. I have asked a few questions about schools and have always gotten responses. Although im still very young this site has alrdy helped me alot in giving me a solid direction. I have pretty well moved away from the idea of going to ERAU. (thanks in large part to this site but other reasons as well) i am now looking at attending University of OKlahoma and going through their flight program. Before anyone asks, yes i am going to get atleast a minor in a non aviation program. Anyway i just wanted to say that even thogh i dont post much i still read everything and have gotten alot of influence out of you all. I look forward to being in yalls shoes sometime.
 
Sprint100 said:
It never seems like a "clique" to the ones that are known. I can see an outsiders point of view of that it SEEMS like their is that cliquish feeling going on. I have been around awhile and know some people on this board, so I know there aren't any clique's, just people that know each other and josh around with each other. Now I see us regular members maybe extending the olive branch a little more when the newbies post (ie. include them on the general conversations). If someone lurks and doesn't try to get involved, then they turn around and yell "JC is full of cliques" then shame on them.
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I can attest that from a new member standpoint the forum might seem a bit "clique."

I only joined recently and I feel right at home. I participate actively and have had good post-reply interaction, not to mention I have already had nice PM contact with plenty of fine folk so far.

However, I can recall ,while I was still lurking, that I thought the site looked to be a bit of a members only club, with the same members posting all the time, and other members seemingly only really taking interest in the old timers that they knew.


I think most people on board here extend a pretty warm welcome to newcomers, I know I got a nice welcome when I joined, and a lot of help (local information) within the first few weeks I was a member. I guess one thing you have to keep in mind when you are new to a forum, or anything else for that matter, is that you are NEW.

You wouldn't walk into a new job and expect everyone to be your buddy on the first day, would you. There are already going to be people there that know each other, and interact better with each other then they will with you, at least for a while. I think a forum is not so different. If anything it is better in many ways, as I feel that people here are more inclined to help others much quicker then you might in a different environment, such as school or work.

I personally plan to meet as many JCer's as possible once I get back to American soil (Which should be soon!), and then I will take it as it comes. If it is a bit of a closed shop, then so be it, you can't be everyone's best friend. However, if it was truly a member's only mentality, which I am pretty certain it isn't, then there wouldn't be any meet and greats or conventions. What would be the point? The "cliques" would simply meet on their own, without any public announcements on the forum, and enjoy themselves

I feel that if you have posted endless and get little attention or reaction, have attended NJCs or meet and greats and felt shut out, well then you might have something to complain about, but (As Sprint stated above) if you don't make any attempts to get involved, then you only have yourself to blame.

I kind of figure that you will get out of the forum what you put into it.
 
Doug Taylor said:
As I mentioned to another user last night, there isn't really a clique.

However a lot of us know one another indepedently of the website and the back 'n forth banter you see is only the visible tip of a much larger 'social iceberg'.

Similar to how we tease Mavamb about the Russian brides, but he's part of the non-intarweb social circle. "Special" people aren't invited to functions, 100% of the people that are in the local area from the website are invited and encouraged to attend. Hell, I've had people in my home on many occasions who I didn't know beyond a screenname on the website.

Take a chance, meet some people from the website. But if you don't take that chance and feel a little "left out" from time to time, take some initiative and attend the next function in your town.

These are only the top 500 US geographic areas out of over 2500 plotted. Chances are there's someone right down the street.
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I see myself in that picture:nana2: I know that there is no other JC member in Haines, thus I am trying hard to get an Alaska Meet n Greet going.
 
ASpilot2be said:
thus I am trying hard to get an Alaska Meet n Greet going.
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You pay, we'll come! ;) I saw The Guardian last night, have you seen it? Wondering if there is really a "Kodiak, AK" and if the seas are as bad as they look in the movie. Cause if so, I don't know why anyone would go on them! But I'm a chicken.
 
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