What did this guy hit??

Musta been a slow news day in CA yesterday. A Warrior made an emergency
landing with its left main gear hanging by the brake line. Reportedly
there was a student & instructor onboard. I'm guessing they clipped
something after rotation or were way below glidepath on landing
approach?? blind speculation mode off

The narration had me rolling my eyes - "The pilot managed to touch the
runway before the left wing collapsed" As a former aiport ops/crash
truck driver, I've seen my share of gear-up landings and (call me
jaded) they're just not a big deal if handled with a cool head. I also
understand your typical media type has little or no understanding of
aviation and the planes we fly.

http://player2.clipsyndicate.com/pla...?clip_id=93797

I also understand your typical media type has little or no understanding of
aviation and the planes we fly.

I, too, get annoyed at ignorant stories about aviation.

But to be realistic, you can't expect "your typical media type" to be
expert in all the fields he or she has to write about: aviation,
criminology, firefighting, public finance, education, agriculture,
ecology, the military, economics, politics, etc.etc.etc.

I would suggest, though, that "your typical media type" knows more
about aviation than "your typical R.A.P. poster" knows about English
spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax.

(Despite the fact that every American adult was taught those topics
year after year after year in the schools of this country.)

vince norris

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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I, too, get annoyed at ignorant stories about aviation.

But to be realistic, you can't expect "your typical media type" to be
expert in all the fields he or she has to write about: aviation,
criminology, firefighting, public finance, education, agriculture,
ecology, the military, economics, politics, etc.etc.etc.


Realistically, "your typical media type" knows as much criminology,
firefighting, public finance, education, agriculture, ecology, the military,
economics, politics, etc.etc.etc., as he or she knows about: aviation.

I, too, get annoyed at ignorant stories about aviation.

But to be realistic, you can't expect "your typical media type" to be
expert in all the fields he or she has to write about: aviation,
criminology, firefighting, public finance, education, agriculture,
ecology, the military, economics, politics, etc.etc.etc.


Realistically, "your typical media type" knows as much criminology,
firefighting, public finance, education, agriculture, ecology, the
military,
economics, politics, etc.etc.etc., as he or she knows about: aviation.


Regrettably, that is exactly true.

Realistically, "your typical media type" knows as much criminology,
firefighting, public finance, education, agriculture, ecology, the
military,
economics, politics, etc.etc.etc., as he or she knows about: aviation.

Regrettably, that is exactly true.

Yes, it is. Until publishers and broadcasters become willing to pay
more attractive salaries, it will remain that way.

vince norris

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
...
Realistically, "your typical media type" knows as much criminology,
firefighting, public finance, education, agriculture, ecology, the
military,
economics, politics, etc.etc.etc., as he or she knows about: aviation.

Regrettably, that is exactly true.

Yes, it is. Until publishers and broadcasters become willing to pay
more attractive salaries, it will remain that way.

You mean, the $$$multi-millions they pay the Katie Cupcake, and all those,
isn't enough?

"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
...
Realistically, "your typical media type" knows as much criminology,
firefighting, public finance, education, agriculture, ecology, the
military,
economics, politics, etc.etc.etc., as he or she knows about: aviation.

Regrettably, that is exactly true.

Yes, it is. Until publishers and broadcasters become willing to pay
more attractive salaries, it will remain that way.

You mean, the $$$multi-millions they pay the Katie Cupcake, and all those,
isn't enough?


Take a look at the entry level salaries.

Initial recruitment does contribute to the final result.

Peter

"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
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"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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You mean, the $$$multi-millions they pay the Katie Cupcake, and all
those,
isn't enough?


Take a look at the entry level salaries.

Take a look at the starting salaries in any _glamour_ field. You could say
the same thing for baseball for example. Look at the pay scales for guys in
"A" level ball compared to, say, Roger Clemens and Alex Rodriguez.


Initial recruitment does contribute to the final result.


It's a field for people with little or no talent, but a lot of fantasies.

BTW, do mean to tell me that such a overwhelmingly left/liberal industry is
NOT paying adequate wages for entry level people? I thought only
conservative/rightwingnuts did that?


--
A nation can survive its fools, and even the
ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from
within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable,
for he is known and carries his banner openly.
But the traitor moves amongst those within
the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through
all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government
itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he
speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and
he wears their face and their arguments, he
appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the
hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation,
he works secretly and unknown in the night
to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects
the body politic so that it can no longer resist.
A murderer is less to fear. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero

"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
...

"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
. ..
"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
...

You mean, the $$$multi-millions they pay the Katie Cupcake, and all
those,
isn't enough?


Take a look at the entry level salaries.

Take a look at the starting salaries in any _glamour_ field. You could say
the same thing for baseball for example. Look at the pay scales for guys
in
"A" level ball compared to, say, Roger Clemens and Alex Rodriguez.


Initial recruitment does contribute to the final result.


It's a field for people with little or no talent, but a lot of fantasies.

I would tend to substitute knowledge or diligence, but don't dissagree.

BTW, do mean to tell me that such a overwhelmingly left/liberal industry
is
NOT paying adequate wages for entry level people? I thought only
conservative/rightwingnuts did that?

Yes, I do mean to tell you that; and there is reason to suppose that the
farthest left/liberal components pay the least. BTW, I doubt that this
astounds you. ;-)

--
A nation can survive its fools, and even the
ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from
within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable,
for he is known and carries his banner openly.
But the traitor moves amongst those within
the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through
all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government
itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he
speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and
he wears their face and their arguments, he
appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the
hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation,
he works secretly and unknown in the night
to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects
the body politic so that it can no longer resist.
A murderer is less to fear. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero

BTW, do mean to tell me that such a overwhelmingly left/liberal industry

Matt, can you explain to me why about four times as many of those
"left/liberal" newspapers have endorsed the Republican presidential
candidate as endorsed the Democratic candidate, every four years since
about 1936, except for 1964?

(Source of that info: _Editor & Publisher_, the trade paper of the
newspaper business.)

vince norris