Local reporter takes an intro flight

"Not as Arrogant as Mxsmanic" wrote

The same could be said about people who admit they are afraid to fly
telling pilots they know more about aviation.

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Transpose '****' with 'brain' to know everything there is to know about
MXMORON
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You may think you are helping with the MX problem, but now, you are nearly
the last one replying to his messages.

Nearly everyone else is working at cutting off his thunder, by not
responding. Why don't you give that a try, for a while?

He might get tired of being ignored and go away.

Everyone (or everyone that has a brain) knows he is a moron. They don't
need your responses to tell them that. Let him fade away ...Please.

Chief Pilot (most stripes)
MEI
CFII
CFI (least stripes)

Uniforms present a professional appearance to the public, and also work with
the CFIs preparing for moving on towards an airline career.

BT

"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
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In article ,
"BT" wrote:



Why in the world are they wearing EPAULETS ????


It is the flight school uniform for the instructors.. but students do not
where uniforms.

More of the joke of the article.. you have to know the reporter.

BT

What do the epaulets on flight school uniforms mean?

The epaulets (and the uniforms) mean that the school is pretentious.

BT wrote:
Uniforms present a professional appearance to the public, and also work
with the CFIs preparing for moving on towards an airline career.

in other words, the instructors are so eager to dump their students
for an airline job that they can't wait to put on a look-alike
uniform.... not sure this is the best marketting strategy for
a flight school. I know some people really enjoy uniforms and
badges and stripes and ribbons and such, and it might work with
such segment of the population, but I find it somewhat
disingenuous and I don't buy it. You can present a professional
appearance with the right attitude and demeanor (and a minimum
of personal grooming) without pretending to be what you are not.

--Sylvain

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:17:38 -0800, Sylvain wrote:

BT wrote:
Uniforms present a professional appearance to the public, and also work
with the CFIs preparing for moving on towards an airline career.

in other words, the instructors are so eager to dump their students
for an airline job that they can't wait to put on a look-alike
uniform.... not sure this is the best marketting strategy for
a flight school. I know some people really enjoy uniforms and
badges and stripes and ribbons and such, and it might work with
such segment of the population, but I find it somewhat
disingenuous and I don't buy it. You can present a professional
appearance with the right attitude and demeanor (and a minimum
of personal grooming) without pretending to be what you are not.

Anyway, the point of uniforms is to make the people that wear them
interchangeable, and to impress upon them that they are commodities
and can expect to be treated as such.

Don

Don Tuite wrote:
Anyway, the point of uniforms is to make the people that wear them
interchangeable, and to impress upon them that they are commodities
and can expect to be treated as such.

Is that why all high-powered consultants wear suits?

.... Alan
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Alan Gerber
PP-ASEL
gerber AT panix DOT com

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:50:13 +0000 (UTC), Alan Gerber
wrote:

Don Tuite wrote:
Anyway, the point of uniforms is to make the people that wear them
interchangeable, and to impress upon them that they are commodities
and can expect to be treated as such.

Is that why all high-powered consultants wear suits?

They're interchangeable, aren't they?

Ok, you're saying that uniforms also convey mojo, like the
witch-doctor's rattle?

Don

in article , Tony Cox
at wrote on 2/21/07 12:22 PM:

"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


I found the article amusing, and I'm a little surprised by some of the
humorless responses to it. The fact is, it mirrors pretty closely my own
reactions on my first few flights (though obviously exaggerated for effect).

You know, for every person who read it and said "Damn right, you'll never
catch me in one of THOSE things", there might have been two people saying
"Sounds like fun--I think I'll sign up for an intro flight".

Sylvain wrote in
t:

BT wrote:
Uniforms present a professional appearance to the public, and also work
with the CFIs preparing for moving on towards an airline career.

in other words, the instructors are so eager to dump their students
for an airline job that they can't wait to put on a look-alike
uniform.... not sure this is the best marketting strategy for
a flight school. I know some people really enjoy uniforms and
badges and stripes and ribbons and such, and it might work with
such segment of the population, but I find it somewhat
disingenuous and I don't buy it. You can present a professional
appearance with the right attitude and demeanor (and a minimum
of personal grooming) without pretending to be what you are not.

--Sylvain

So perhaps they should wear McDonald's uniforms instead?

Or is that reaching to high for your tastes as well?

On Feb 22, 9:42 pm, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article ,

"BT" wrote:

Why in the world are they wearing EPAULETS ????

It is the flight school uniform for the instructors.. but students do not
where uniforms.

More of the joke of the article.. you have to know the reporter.

BT

What do the epaulets on flight school uniforms mean?

The epaulets (and the uniforms) mean that the school is pretentious.

The last time I rode a cross-country bus, the driver was also wearing
a pilot-like uniform with epaulets. Also sporting a three-day-old 5-
o'clock shadow too, and probably hadn't washed her hair in as many
days either.