Local reporter takes an intro flight

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.


--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

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 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....



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
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!!