Women at ERAU
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KhalReblic23
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Lucky you, you've got one more than I do
lol It's just really frusturating and makes absolutely no sense. Then theres the typical case where you'll befriend one and shortly after she learns she is one of few you become "forgotten" unless of course there's a convinient moment for them to need you for some reason...suddenly you're supposed to forget all the ignored hello's and forgotten favors. Forget that...>_<
Brendan
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It is sad. This is my first post and it think it is served well here too. Girls here seem to be really jaded, but in some ways I can understand. It must be hard to be constantly approached by guys, who usually want only one thing. But here is the deal. THIS IS NOT ALL GUYS! Example, I held a door open for a female today. She glared at me, and didnt say thanks. Heck, I hold doors open for guys too, and I dont want to sleep with them. After some period of time girls here realize that they have power over guys, and they exploit it. What does that do to me, a generally nice guy who treats women well? I treat them terribly in return, and this cycle does little to promote school spirit and personal morale.
Riddle isnt great when it comes to females, but hey, someday I'll meet someone nice. I lost a great long term relationship by coming out here in the first place, and it doesnt seem like I'll be replacing that anytime soon. I just get annoyed when I just try to be nice to someone (b/c sometimes I can be a nice person) and I get shot down like I was making a pass. Oh well....
Cheers
Riddle isnt great when it comes to females, but hey, someday I'll meet someone nice. I lost a great long term relationship by coming out here in the first place, and it doesnt seem like I'll be replacing that anytime soon. I just get annoyed when I just try to be nice to someone (b/c sometimes I can be a nice person) and I get shot down like I was making a pass. Oh well....
Cheers
EatSleepFly
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Example, I held a door open for a female today. She glared at me, and didnt say thanks. Heck, I hold doors open for guys too, and I dont want to sleep with them.
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LOL...if I had a quarter for every time that happened to me at DAB, I could've paid my tuition as I went along. I feel your pain.
Welcome to jetcareers, by the way!
Example, I held a door open for a female today. She glared at me, and didnt say thanks. Heck, I hold doors open for guys too, and I dont want to sleep with them.
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LOL...if I had a quarter for every time that happened to me at DAB, I could've paid my tuition as I went along. I feel your pain.
Welcome to jetcareers, by the way!
Brendan
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Thanks a bunch! Seems like another great webboard to whittle away my priceless time at.
I think I could have covered my multi at least if I charged those icequeens some money everytime it happened. I guess that's life, but I'm gonna shoot down to PHX for the weekend, and see what I can drum up.
Cheers, and have a good weekend.
I think I could have covered my multi at least if I charged those icequeens some money everytime it happened. I guess that's life, but I'm gonna shoot down to PHX for the weekend, and see what I can drum up.
Cheers, and have a good weekend.
KhalReblic23
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Female pilots can feel that they need to act that way to get any respect I suppose.
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I'm glad to hear you never acted this way. It's funny to me to think that an attitude of that sort would be conducive to gaining respect as a fellow student/pilot/equal whatever. Most people that treat me like crap I tend to disrespect regardless of sex. It's just a silly thing, I'd like to get one of them and just sit them down alone for an hour and pick their brain...I know this is all a factor of bad communication. Oh...and the engineers have the same problem...but ya know they're engineers
Female pilots can feel that they need to act that way to get any respect I suppose.
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I'm glad to hear you never acted this way. It's funny to me to think that an attitude of that sort would be conducive to gaining respect as a fellow student/pilot/equal whatever. Most people that treat me like crap I tend to disrespect regardless of sex. It's just a silly thing, I'd like to get one of them and just sit them down alone for an hour and pick their brain...I know this is all a factor of bad communication. Oh...and the engineers have the same problem...but ya know they're engineers
RiddlePilot
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HEY RIDDLEPILOT,
Remember when you were telling me that there are no lexuses and beamers at riddle?
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HEY PROJECT7,
That beamer is a piece.
Oh, and quit talking. Thanks.
HEY RIDDLEPILOT,
Remember when you were telling me that there are no lexuses and beamers at riddle?
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HEY PROJECT7,
That beamer is a piece.
Oh, and quit talking. Thanks.
KhalReblic23
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HEY RIDDLEPILOT,
Remember when you were telling me that there are no lexuses and beamers at riddle?
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Dont get to excited, someone else here has an M3 ..|.,
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HEY PROJECT7,
That beamer is a piece.
Oh, and quit talking. Thanks.
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And as for you I'm gonna run you over with it when I come to pick you up in a bit
HEY RIDDLEPILOT,
Remember when you were telling me that there are no lexuses and beamers at riddle?
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Dont get to excited, someone else here has an M3 ..|.,
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HEY PROJECT7,
That beamer is a piece.
Oh, and quit talking. Thanks.
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And as for you I'm gonna run you over with it when I come to pick you up in a bit
KhalReblic23
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That plate brings up a question of mine...
When I head of to ERAU in PRC, will I need to get Arizona plates or can I keep my California plates?
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You can keep your Cali plates as long as you keep your car registerd and stuff like normal. I still techincally am a Californian and use my addy back home in LA and stuff for all my DMV things and such. So yeah u can keep them ^_^
That plate brings up a question of mine...
When I head of to ERAU in PRC, will I need to get Arizona plates or can I keep my California plates?
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You can keep your Cali plates as long as you keep your car registerd and stuff like normal. I still techincally am a Californian and use my addy back home in LA and stuff for all my DMV things and such. So yeah u can keep them ^_^
mtsu_av8er
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. . .I held a door open for a female today. She glared at me, and didnt say thanks.
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I'd have kicked her in the box....
Of course, I have no tolerance for "jaded women", suck it up, and move along...
No pun intended...
. . .I held a door open for a female today. She glared at me, and didnt say thanks.
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I'd have kicked her in the box....
Of course, I have no tolerance for "jaded women", suck it up, and move along...
No pun intended...
EatSleepFly
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Dude, no offense....just a friendly word of advice:
Don't go using that pic as your avatar on flightinfo.
lol...you'll be smoldering from the flames for weeks (not to mention permanently listed in a particular, famous, on-going thread).
Don't go using that pic as your avatar on flightinfo.
lol...you'll be smoldering from the flames for weeks (not to mention permanently listed in a particular, famous, on-going thread).
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Female pilots can feel that they need to act that way to get any respect I suppose.
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I'm glad to hear you never acted this way. It's funny to me to think that an attitude of that sort would be conducive to gaining respect as a fellow student/pilot/equal whatever. Most people that treat me like crap I tend to disrespect regardless of sex. It's just a silly thing, I'd like to get one of them and just sit them down alone for an hour and pick their brain...I know this is all a factor of bad communication. Oh...and the engineers have the same problem...but ya know they're engineers
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No I never stooped quite so low...even though I did encounter a very bias attitude against female pilots at Riddle. Had a CFI tell me I was too cautious because I was a chick and should look into another line of work.
Once I get my ratings I'm gonna go and shove them down his throat.
...But I still love the school.
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Female pilots can feel that they need to act that way to get any respect I suppose.
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I'm glad to hear you never acted this way. It's funny to me to think that an attitude of that sort would be conducive to gaining respect as a fellow student/pilot/equal whatever. Most people that treat me like crap I tend to disrespect regardless of sex. It's just a silly thing, I'd like to get one of them and just sit them down alone for an hour and pick their brain...I know this is all a factor of bad communication. Oh...and the engineers have the same problem...but ya know they're engineers
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No I never stooped quite so low...even though I did encounter a very bias attitude against female pilots at Riddle. Had a CFI tell me I was too cautious because I was a chick and should look into another line of work.
Once I get my ratings I'm gonna go and shove them down his throat.
...But I still love the school.
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Personally, I took up smoking as a way to meet girls
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gomntwins, you sound like my current roommate. He and a friend decided to take up smoking as they believed the girls would instantly find them attractive. Quite possibly the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. Now I have to deal with the smell of smoke in my room constantly as he smokes probably 1/2 a pack a day.
Personally, I took up smoking as a way to meet girls
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gomntwins, you sound like my current roommate. He and a friend decided to take up smoking as they believed the girls would instantly find them attractive. Quite possibly the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. Now I have to deal with the smell of smoke in my room constantly as he smokes probably 1/2 a pack a day.
KhalReblic23
Well-Known Member
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Dude, no offense....just a friendly word of advice:
Don't go using that pic as your avatar on flightinfo.
lol...you'll be smoldering from the flames for weeks (not to mention permanently listed in a particular, famous, on-going thread).
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HAHA, thanks for the advice, although I seriously doubt I can handle balanceing another webboard in my already over bookmarked "e-life" lol
Dude, no offense....just a friendly word of advice:
Don't go using that pic as your avatar on flightinfo.
lol...you'll be smoldering from the flames for weeks (not to mention permanently listed in a particular, famous, on-going thread).
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HAHA, thanks for the advice, although I seriously doubt I can handle balanceing another webboard in my already over bookmarked "e-life" lol
flyn_ace_99
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I'll have to agree... I was usually "one of the guys" as well. I think I was friends to about everyone I met.
As far as ER's view towards women, I would have to agree that is still much of a boys club. I too was told in a round about way that I couldn't be a pilot because I was female
. Things like this tend to push girls to demand the same respect... I don't want to demand respect... I expect to be given the same respect no matter who I am.
I feel bad for the nice guys who get a bad wrap for hangin' around the "bad guys"... they tend to get grouped in with them. Or what I have seen is that a guy will think a girl is nice and wants to get to know her, but won't because his buddies don't think she is hot. Unfortunatly, if the guy isn't willing to standup for what he thinks or for the girl in general, he is no better than the "bad guys"
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Just my 2 cents.. or food for thought... or whatever..
Anyway... if I didn't say it (but I'm pretty sure I did)... thanks to all you gentilemen who opened the door for me, it didn't go unapprecated.
Marilyn
As far as ER's view towards women, I would have to agree that is still much of a boys club. I too was told in a round about way that I couldn't be a pilot because I was female
I feel bad for the nice guys who get a bad wrap for hangin' around the "bad guys"... they tend to get grouped in with them. Or what I have seen is that a guy will think a girl is nice and wants to get to know her, but won't because his buddies don't think she is hot. Unfortunatly, if the guy isn't willing to standup for what he thinks or for the girl in general, he is no better than the "bad guys"
Just my 2 cents.. or food for thought... or whatever..
Anyway... if I didn't say it (but I'm pretty sure I did)... thanks to all you gentilemen who opened the door for me, it didn't go unapprecated.
Marilyn
Brendan
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It's a self defeating system here. Guys dont go up to girls because they think the girl is crazy/jaded/married/has a chip on her shoulder, etc. Girls arent forward with guys b/c of the social stigma that can cause. So what happens? You sit in class brooding over the one female wondering why she is so stuck up, and you never talk to her. Then you get paired in a group, find out the chick is nice, and then she never talks to you again. Who knows, and honestly I have stopped giving forth any effort to meeting girls.
I still cant sink my teeth into the girls need to prove themselves thing. I still think a taboo exists around female pilots, but not to the extend most females feel it. In general there is a very competetive atomosphere around here, with everyone trying to prove themselves. I guess my view might change if I was female, but from the outside looking in I just fail to see it.
Well, as this semester wraps up, I think I need to worry more about flying and less about females. Single life can be nice, but there is a time limit on it. I still hope for some magic to happen, but in the end, I think I should devote as much time to that as going for a PhD in German Baroke music. Girls are funny around here, and I am yet to fully get my finger on why.
I still cant sink my teeth into the girls need to prove themselves thing. I still think a taboo exists around female pilots, but not to the extend most females feel it. In general there is a very competetive atomosphere around here, with everyone trying to prove themselves. I guess my view might change if I was female, but from the outside looking in I just fail to see it.
Well, as this semester wraps up, I think I need to worry more about flying and less about females. Single life can be nice, but there is a time limit on it. I still hope for some magic to happen, but in the end, I think I should devote as much time to that as going for a PhD in German Baroke music. Girls are funny around here, and I am yet to fully get my finger on why.