Re: Could you please give it a rest.

[Jack]

kenny wrote:
> "drclive" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> We need the money and support for organizations like AOPA which is
>> everyday fighting for our rights as GA pilots. BA and the Concorde
>> bellows to an industry valued around 1.5 billons pounds; they don't
>> need either support or money from us.
>
> hey i belong to both AOPA & NBAA, and am a CFI
>
> i hope the cynical attitudes displayed are in the
> minority. it would be a shame to discourage a new
> generation of young engineers from pursuing the
> next evolution of manned flight hardware. Or to
> dissuade the "kid" schlepping odd jobs at the local
> FBO to pay their way through flight training (on
> the ladder towards the multi turbine 121 platforms).
> Not all of us care to stop our flight training at
> the PPL milestone. - and not all of us care to be
> ALPA union flunkies more concerned about extorting
> more pay from the flying public either....
>
> As a sidenote, the B-52 is still around, and it's
> older than Concorde. Can you say SLEP ? however i
> agree, it would be like trying to fly that ancient
> relic the space shuttle into the next century. time
> to sink it and develop a new generation of hardware.
>
> naysayers can rejoice with the likes of Fred Smith's
> old college professor (who purportedly gave him a C
> on his term paper describing his brainchild).

Who's Fred Smith and why should I care?

Does he cross post OT crap, like you?


Jack

[john smith]

In article >,
Jack > wrote:

> Who's Fred Smith and why should I care?

Founder of FedEx.

[Jack]

john smith wrote:
> In article >,
> Jack > wrote:
>
>> Who's Fred Smith and why should I care?
>
> Founder of FedEx.

So smart that he didn't buy Concorde. Imagine that.


Jack

[matt weber]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:29:17 GMT, Jack > wrote:

>kenny wrote:
>> "drclive" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>>> We need the money and support for organizations like AOPA which is
>>> everyday fighting for our rights as GA pilots. BA and the Concorde
>>> bellows to an industry valued around 1.5 billons pounds; they don't
>>> need either support or money from us.
>>
>> hey i belong to both AOPA & NBAA, and am a CFI
>>
>> i hope the cynical attitudes displayed are in the
>> minority. it would be a shame to discourage a new
>> generation of young engineers from pursuing the
>> next evolution of manned flight hardware. Or to
>> dissuade the "kid" schlepping odd jobs at the local
>> FBO to pay their way through flight training (on
>> the ladder towards the multi turbine 121 platforms).
>> Not all of us care to stop our flight training at
>> the PPL milestone. - and not all of us care to be
>> ALPA union flunkies more concerned about extorting
>> more pay from the flying public either....
>>
>> As a sidenote, the B-52 is still around, and it's
>> older than Concorde. Can you say SLEP ? however i
>> agree, it would be like trying to fly that ancient
>> relic the space shuttle into the next century. time
>> to sink it and develop a new generation of hardware.
>>
>> naysayers can rejoice with the likes of Fred Smith's
>> old college professor (who purportedly gave him a C
>> on his term paper describing his brainchild).
>
>Who's Fred Smith and why should I care?


At Uni, Fred Smith did an overnight package service business plan, I
think he got a C. He took the project and turned into a small
business that has grown a little since them....

Fred Smith is the founder of Federal Express....

[FatKat]

Jack wrote:
> john smith wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Jack > wrote:
> >
> >> Who's Fred Smith and why should I care?
> >
> > Founder of FedEx.
>
> So smart that he didn't buy Concorde. Imagine that.
>
That was during his bean-counting days.

[FatKat]

matt weber wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:29:17 GMT, Jack > wrote:
>
> >kenny wrote:
> >> "drclive" > wrote in message
> >> oups.com...
> >>> We need the money and support for organizations like AOPA which is
> >>> everyday fighting for our rights as GA pilots. BA and the Concorde
> >>> bellows to an industry valued around 1.5 billons pounds; they don't
> >>> need either support or money from us.
> >>
> >> hey i belong to both AOPA & NBAA, and am a CFI
> >>
> >> i hope the cynical attitudes displayed are in the
> >> minority. it would be a shame to discourage a new
> >> generation of young engineers from pursuing the
> >> next evolution of manned flight hardware. Or to
> >> dissuade the "kid" schlepping odd jobs at the local
> >> FBO to pay their way through flight training (on
> >> the ladder towards the multi turbine 121 platforms).
> >> Not all of us care to stop our flight training at
> >> the PPL milestone. - and not all of us care to be
> >> ALPA union flunkies more concerned about extorting
> >> more pay from the flying public either....
> >>
> >> As a sidenote, the B-52 is still around, and it's
> >> older than Concorde. Can you say SLEP ? however i
> >> agree, it would be like trying to fly that ancient
> >> relic the space shuttle into the next century. time
> >> to sink it and develop a new generation of hardware.
> >>
> >> naysayers can rejoice with the likes of Fred Smith's
> >> old college professor (who purportedly gave him a C
> >> on his term paper describing his brainchild).
> >
> >Who's Fred Smith and why should I care?
>
> At Uni, Fred Smith did an overnight package service business plan, I
> think he got a C. He took the project and turned into a small
> business that has grown a little since them....
>
> Fred Smith is the founder of Federal Express....

So I've heard. The real story lurking in all of these "where are they
now" stories is what happened to the "other guy" - as in, what happened
to the professor who had in his hands the business plan that became
FedEx? Also, I was just curious as to how closely the ultimate
business plan conformed to the one that got the C? Maybe that
professor wasn't the doofuss that the above anecdote suggests...

[Casey Wilson]

How about looking up three key words:

blither
blather
and twaddle

....then, PLEASE drop this creepy thread out of the bandwidth

[matt weber]

On 12 Jun 2006 10:52:43 -0700, "FatKat" > wrote:

>
>matt weber wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:29:17 GMT, Jack > wrote:
>>
>> >kenny wrote:
>> >> "drclive" > wrote in message
>> >> oups.com...
>> >>> We need the money and support for organizations like AOPA which is
>> >>> everyday fighting for our rights as GA pilots. BA and the Concorde
>> >>> bellows to an industry valued around 1.5 billons pounds; they don't
>> >>> need either support or money from us.
>> >>
>> >> hey i belong to both AOPA & NBAA, and am a CFI
>> >>
>> >> i hope the cynical attitudes displayed are in the
>> >> minority. it would be a shame to discourage a new
>> >> generation of young engineers from pursuing the
>> >> next evolution of manned flight hardware. Or to
>> >> dissuade the "kid" schlepping odd jobs at the local
>> >> FBO to pay their way through flight training (on
>> >> the ladder towards the multi turbine 121 platforms).
>> >> Not all of us care to stop our flight training at
>> >> the PPL milestone. - and not all of us care to be
>> >> ALPA union flunkies more concerned about extorting
>> >> more pay from the flying public either....
>> >>
>> >> As a sidenote, the B-52 is still around, and it's
>> >> older than Concorde. Can you say SLEP ? however i
>> >> agree, it would be like trying to fly that ancient
>> >> relic the space shuttle into the next century. time
>> >> to sink it and develop a new generation of hardware.
>> >>
>> >> naysayers can rejoice with the likes of Fred Smith's
>> >> old college professor (who purportedly gave him a C
>> >> on his term paper describing his brainchild).
>> >
>> >Who's Fred Smith and why should I care?
>>
>> At Uni, Fred Smith did an overnight package service business plan, I
>> think he got a C. He took the project and turned into a small
>> business that has grown a little since them....
>>
>> Fred Smith is the founder of Federal Express....
>
>So I've heard. The real story lurking in all of these "where are they
>now" stories is what happened to the "other guy" - as in, what happened
>to the professor who had in his hands the business plan that became
>FedEx? Also, I was just curious as to how closely the ultimate
>business plan conformed to the one that got the C? Maybe that
>professor wasn't the doofuss that the above anecdote suggests...
There were some not so trivial impediments to making it into the
business it is today. The largest was at the time, the business was
regulated, so to enter it, Fedex was restricted to aircraft that could
carry no more than 5,000 pounds of cargo. Fedex often had Falcon jets
flying in formation from Memphis to major cities. The idea of a
reliable overnight delivery service was new, and it is the newer
companies that realize that this can cut their capital costs
substantially by not having to invest so much in local and regional
spare parts depots.

What the professor failed to comprehend was the ability of business to
get the rules changes, and Fedex lobby very active to get the 5,000
pound limit removed. It took several years to do, but they did in fact
get rid of it, and that's the point at which Fedex takes off like the
proverbial rocket.