Oops... Airliner lands at the wrong airport...

"Nathan Young" wrote in message
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Nice!!!

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:51:18 GMT, "OtisWinslow"
wrote:

NWA has an excuse though because they'll just print a big write up in
their magazine saying that there were GA planes in the way and that
made them have to land at the AFB and that all those pesky GA planes
should be banned.

It seems to be the major "thought curve" of the MBA schools, right after
"bean counting", is "excuse making".

Tom Sixkiller wrote:

It seems to be the major "thought curve" of the MBA schools, right after
"bean counting", is "excuse making".

Judging from the experience of my wife and sister, both of whom have MBA or MTS
degrees, this is not taught. As far as I can tell from my own experience, it's either
a natural talent some people have, or it comes as on-the-job training.

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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It seems to be the major "thought curve" of the MBA schools, right after
"bean counting", is "excuse making".

[...] As far as I can tell from my own experience, it's either
a natural talent some people have, or it comes as on-the-job training.

It's a cultural fact, at least in the US (and probably lots of other
places). It's never your fault...there's always an excuse in which someone
else is to blame.

In other words, it's a "natural" (culturally taught) talent most people
have.

Pete

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Tom Sixkiller wrote:

It seems to be the major "thought curve" of the MBA schools, right after
"bean counting", is "excuse making".

Judging from the experience of my wife and sister, both of whom have MBA
or MTS
degrees, this is not taught.

Not as a class by that name, but under the heading of "Public Relations", or
"Investor Relations" :~)

As far as I can tell from my own experience, it's either
a natural talent some people have, or it comes as on-the-job training.

Mostly the latter enhanced by the former! :~(

When was the last time you every heard some CEO just say "Hey...we screwed
up!". Pretty rare. No, it's "There's too much regulation" or "We can't get
good people". Tom Peters madea career of making fun of those types.

(Maybe I had a odd upbringing, but we used to call that "immaturity".)

Tom Sixkiller wrote:

It seems to be the major "thought curve" of the MBA schools, right after
"bean counting", is "excuse making".

Geez. So EVERYBODY'S inept but Tom, huh?

-c

Spoken by someone who, I suspect, has never completed an MBA program.

Michael
(MBA, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Univ. of N.C. at Chapel Hill, 1982)


"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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It seems to be the major "thought curve" of the MBA schools, right after
"bean counting", is "excuse making".

"Michael 182" wrote in message
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Spoken by someone who, I suspect, has never completed an MBA program.


You'd be wrong.

Michael
(MBA, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Univ. of N.C. at Chapel Hill, 1982)


"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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It seems to be the major "thought curve" of the MBA schools, right after
"bean counting", is "excuse making".

My first encounter with MBA-types was as an undergraduate at Columbia. I
witnessed an astonishing argument over the use of some lawn space. The
argument was between a class of business students and a bunch of volleyball
players. Apparently my friends and I took up too much room on "their" field
and the teaching assistant or professor or whomever was teaching the class
that day ranted and raved and behaved like a spoiled child. We sat down and
watched her finish her class then continued our usual daily routine of
playing volleyball on that field. (they were playing croquet. ) We later
learned the class lecture was about negotiation.

I thought that was hilarious.


"Michael 182" wrote in message
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Spoken by someone who, I suspect, has never completed an MBA program.

Michael
(MBA, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Univ. of N.C. at Chapel Hill, 1982)


"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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It seems to be the major "thought curve" of the MBA schools, right after
"bean counting", is "excuse making".

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:52:41 GMT, "Richard Kaplan"
wrote:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/0....ap/index.html


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Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com

I'm amazed that in today's paranoid environment that the airliner
wan't intercepted prior to landing. Surely, the base radar could see
where they were going. I'm surprised that they were allowed to land,
especially seeing that they were told to pull the shades and don't
peek. I don't know what it is they weren't supposed to see, but they
clearly didn't want an uninvited civilian airplane on their property.
If we can't perform an intercept where the planes actually are, how
are we going to scramble and go get them somewhere else?

Rich Russell

Richard Russell wrote:

If we can't perform an intercept where the planes actually are, how
are we going to scramble and go get them somewhere else?

The interceptors were likely sent to Rapid City.

- Andrew