Local reporter takes an intro flight

On Feb 22, 11:22 am, C J Campbell
wrote:
Highly doubtful the CFI acted that way. This reporter threw every old joke he
could find into the article.

No, it was not a service to aviation, nor was it intended to be. It is a
joke, a humor piece, and should be seen in that light.

I get the humor, but you're right - it didn't do any service to GA.
Who knows if any of those quotes attributed to the CFI were even said?
I'd hope that even a dopey 22 year old kid would have more sense than
to say those things to a writer looking for story material.

Saying that "Cessnas were the small planes that carried R&B singer
Aaliyah, New York Yankees captain Thurman Munson and boxing champ
Rocky Marciano to their fiery deaths" is needless sensationalism,
never mind he was comparing a 172 to a 402 and Citation jet. Never let
the facts get in the way of a good story, right? Ugh.

C J Campbell wrote:
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:45:22 -0800, BT wrote
(in article ):

Everyone needs to understand this article... this reporters
challenge is to do other "jobs" in the community and then screw it
up and write a funny article about it. I thought it did no service
to further aviation.

If that CFI had worked for me and really acted that way... he would
no longer work for me.

BT (I fly at West Air)

Highly doubtful the CFI acted that way. This reporter threw every old
joke he could find into the article.

No, it was not a service to aviation, nor was it intended to be. It
is a joke, a humor piece, and should be seen in that light.

Well if the feture writer lied or embelihed quotes or actions of the CFI he
should be terminated at once and the paper should print a retraction.

Gig 601XL Builder writes:

I did and I was exactly right about the writer and the only thing I blame
him for is that he thinks he is funny.

I didn't see anything funny about the article. Plus it paints aviation in a
bad light. But even if it didn't, it wasn't entertaining at all (I didn't
realize it was supposed to be funny, in fact--I just thought the reporter
suffered from hysteria).

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Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
Highly doubtful the CFI acted that way. This reporter threw every old
joke he could find into the article.

No, it was not a service to aviation, nor was it intended to be. It
is a joke, a humor piece, and should be seen in that light.

Well if the feture writer lied or embelihed quotes or actions of the CFI he
should be terminated at once and the paper should print a retraction.


I found myself offended at the hatchet job done to GA in the written article but
relaxed as I watched the accompanying video. The thing would have been right at
home on the Man Show. The author obviously didn't expect anybody to take him
seriously.

Time for a beer....



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mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

On Feb 22, 3:51 pm, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
wrote:

Time for a beer....


The weekend's coming - why stop at one? Ramming speed!!

"Marco Leon" wrote in message
oups.com...
On Feb 21, 3:22 pm, "Tony Cox" wrote:
"I haven't even told you about the plane yet. It's a four-seat,
single-engine Cessna 172, which was also my blood
pressure when I spotted it in the field behind West Air.
This $80,000 Costco shopping cart with wings was
undoubtedly chosen for this mission because it's the
fleet's most expendable."

http://flymaniac.notlong.com

If those quotes were all true, then this Bonaventura guy is one hell
of a jerk. If he knew the student was a reporter and going to write
about the experience, then he's either supremely clueless or downright
hostile towards the industry. My bet is on the former.

So many things wrong, on so many different levels.

Marco


Why in the world are they wearing EPAULETS ????

Why in the world are they wearing EPAULETS ????


It is the flight school uniform for the instructors.. but students do not
where uniforms.

More of the joke of the article.. you have to know the reporter.

BT

In article ,
"BT" wrote:



Why in the world are they wearing EPAULETS ????


It is the flight school uniform for the instructors.. but students do not
where uniforms.

More of the joke of the article.. you have to know the reporter.

BT

What do the epaulets on flight school uniforms mean?

The epaulets (and the uniforms) mean that the school is pretentious.

"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
news
In article ,
"BT" wrote:



Why in the world are they wearing EPAULETS ????


It is the flight school uniform for the instructors.. but students do not
where uniforms.

More of the joke of the article.. you have to know the reporter.

BT

What do the epaulets on flight school uniforms mean?

The epaulets (and the uniforms) mean that the school is pretentious.

Isn't it obvious? It's a paramilitary organization with proud traditions.

Orval Fairbairn writes:

What do the epaulets on flight school uniforms mean?

The epaulets (and the uniforms) mean that the school is pretentious.

The same could be said for all of the pseudo-military uniforms that one sees
in civilian aviation.

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