Local reporter takes an intro flight

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

Sounds like a feature writer who thinks he is being funny and an instructor
who needs to take some classes in media relations.

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

Sounds like a feature writer who thinks he is being funny and an
instructor who needs to take some classes in media relations.
For goodness sake, lighten up.
If you looked at the other adventures of the reporter you can see the style.

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

Sounds like a feature writer who thinks he is being funny and an
instructor who needs to take some classes in media relations.
For goodness sake, lighten up.
If you looked at the other adventures of the reporter you can see the
style.

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.

As for the instructor, who had better access to the guys previous articles
than I did he, should have known better than to give the guy ammo. This
article did not help GA and it certainly isn't going to get the instructor
or his school any additional serious students.

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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On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:22:54 -0800, Tony Cox wrote
(in article .com):

http://flymaniac.notlong.com

Ah, I thought it was funny. He obviously enjoyed himself, hamming it up that
way. :-)

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

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)

"Tony Cox" wrote in message
oups.com...
"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

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)

It was funny, and I took a look at some of his other articles as well. The
airplane pilot ride was pretty mild in that context. :-)

Peter

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.