What makes a successful aviator?

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:

Are there still places that use kids for paper routes anymore?

there is tough competition: what I was distributing was not the
morning paper, but essentially junk mail (''free'' paper loaded
with ads); nowdays, the local postman does it as part of the
normal route (brings a little extra I am told). Killed the
business as far as I was concerned.

--Sylvain

Sylvain wrote:
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:

Are there still places that use kids for paper routes anymore?

there is tough competition: what I was distributing was not the
morning paper, but essentially junk mail (''free'' paper loaded
with ads); nowdays, the local postman does it as part of the
normal route (brings a little extra I am told). Killed the
business as far as I was concerned.

--Sylvain

The USPS employee is delivering the "Penny Saver" at the same time as his
mail route? This has got to be against dozens of postal service regulations.

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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Sylvain wrote:
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:

Are there still places that use kids for paper routes anymore?

there is tough competition: what I was distributing was not the
morning paper, but essentially junk mail (''free'' paper loaded
with ads); nowdays, the local postman does it as part of the
normal route (brings a little extra I am told). Killed the
business as far as I was concerned.

--Sylvain

The USPS employee is delivering the "Penny Saver" at the same time as his
mail route? This has got to be against dozens of postal service
regulations.

Depends on the agreement between the paper in question and the USPS. Lot's
of deals cut for blanket distribution through the USPS these days.
Advertising mail is by far the biggest part of there deliveries today.

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:

The USPS employee is delivering the "Penny Saver" at the same time as his
mail route? This has got to be against dozens of postal service
regulations.

it was not a USPS employee, I was not living in USA at the time; no idea
whether this violates any local regulation though.

--Sylvain

" The USPS employee is delivering the "Penny Saver" at the same time as
his
mail route? This has got to be against dozens of postal service
regulations.

Yup. Same here.

--
Mike Flyin'8
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
http://flying.4alexanders.com

Bob Moore wrote:
When launched on a quest to find the "Prime Indicator of Success"
- the Holy Grail of the Nugget Watchers - the study I am most familiar with
came up with the revolutionary but counterintuitive conclusion that it was
not being an Eagle Scout or a BS in AE or the kind of a baby that quit
nursing every time an airplane flew over but whether or not the candidate -
get this - had a paper route."

I personally delivered the morning paper for four years. :-)


Amazing. Wen I think back to the paper boy who delivered our paper when I was
in high school, and how many times he crashed and burned trying to heave a paper
while riding his bike on our very steep hill all I can say is... "Naval
Aviation".



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

Bob Moore wrote:
Some excerpts from an interesting series of posts over on
rec.aviation.military.naval.


"...better shot for a pilot slot by getting his BS in aeronautical
engineering...."

"An engineering degree would have no bearing on selection for flight
training."

"Actually it is true. Degree does not seem to matter. Back in the 80's
when I was working on a masters, I was also a contract simulator
instructor at my old training base (Chase) and did an analysis for my
statistics class of degrees vs completions. What I found was that
there was absolutley no correlation between the type of degree and the
succsess (or failure) of the prospective naval aviator."

"As a career Naval Aviator with experience, albeit dated, in both the
Training Command and OPNAV, I've watched this thread spin out with
some interest. As the Director of Research at the National Defense
University in one of my prior incarnations, I was privy to a study
substantiating your remarks. When launched on a quest to find the
"Prime Indicator of Success" - the Holy Grail of the Nugget Watchers -
the study I am most familiar with came up with the revolutionary but
counterintuitive conclusion that it was not being an Eagle Scout or a
BS in AE or the kind of a baby that quit nursing every time an
airplane flew over but whether or not the candidate - get this - had
a paper route."

I personally delivered the morning paper for four years. :-)

Bob Moore

That doesn't surprise me a bit. Work ethic instilled at a young age. Sounds
about right for most undertakings.