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I've taken all of AOPA's courses, and they are usually useful and at
least enjoyable. the obviously put quite a lot of work into them. I think you might have misinterpreted the intro comment: "Most pilots don't realize that low ceilings and restricted visibilites are aviation's most deadly killers. I dont't take that to mean that most pilots don't realize that these conditions are killers. I took that to mean that most pilots wouldn't think that these conditions are so statistically much higher than other causes. Either way it isn't good though. Sure hope I don't show up on the list someday... |
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![]() "Skylune" wrote I really like the "most deadly killer" phrase. What is the "least deadly killer?" Reminds me of what someone once said about the Piper Cub - it think it was something like that it was the safest airplane ever built because it could just barely kill you. BDS |
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SKylune wrote:
Ah. So what they meant to say was most fatal GA accidents are due to flying into conditions with low ceilings and restricted visibility? That'd be my personal guess, but you'd have to check with them. They have way more hours and research time than I do. :) As a former technical writer, I know how easy it is to write something you intended one way, only to have some reader take it in a completely unforseen direction. |
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by "Dave Stadt" Mar 20, 2006 at 04:36 PM
Quoting McCain doesn't do much for your credability. I have no trouble understanding what Boyer said. I didn't quote McCain. (I said John McCain dismissed Boyer as not credible. One more reason to like Sen McCain.) |
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Skylune wrote, in part:
But since the organization has a president who makes George W. Bush sound well- spoken by comparison, I'm pretty picky about what gets written, because the author has time to think, proof, and change. But I am very forgiving of most impromptu speaking situations. Speakers are thinking as the form the thoughts and phrases, and frequently change and adjust midstream. If I recorded my own speaking, I'd probably destroy the tapes. There is an exception to this, and that is tv and radio newscasters--newsreaders. THey have a prepared script, and it is all wrong. I am seriously considering giving up on listening to tv news, because they are nearly all reading the stuff in newspaper-headline style. They use no verbs, or everything is "--ing" I once heard an entire segment on tv that had not one single sentence. And we wonder why our population can't talk properly. The above paragraph might appear thusly: "An exception for tv newscasters. Having prepared scripts, all wrong. Listeners considering giving up listening, because newscasters reading in headline style. Using no verbs, or everything is "ing" Listeners hearing entire segments without a single sentence. And we wonder why our population not talking properly." C'mon, the newsreaders are setting the example. |
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Here is an example of AOPA speak:
"Now representing more than 400,000 owners and pilots, AOPA keeps the individual needs of each member of utmost importance." LOL. What do they do with the individual needs of members of less importance? Inquiring minds want to know. |
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