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bullmastiff · September 11th, 2004, 00:53

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Remember "American Fighter Pilot?" Probably not .... it was on for one episode before CBS pulled it due to dismal ratings. Little known but true factoid about this show is that it was funded by an oil company .... they had a good year and some corporate guys voted to reinvest a good deal of the profits into producing this show instead of dishing out bonuses.

The lessons here .... (1) the American public in general probably won't watch a reality show on what it takes to be a pilot and (2) oil executives shouldn't produce reality tv.

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Yeah if they cant make it work using fighter pilots, then the odds get really low for any other kind of aviation field

September 11th, 2004, 00:53	#13
bullmastiff Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hockey Town, MI,USA Posts: 839	Re: New Reality Show \" The Captain\" [ QUOTE ] Remember "American Fighter Pilot?" Probably not .... it was on for one episode before CBS pulled it due to dismal ratings. Little known but true factoid about this show is that it was funded by an oil company .... they had a good year and some corporate guys voted to reinvest a good deal of the profits into producing this show instead of dishing out bonuses. The lessons here .... (1) the American public in general probably won't watch a reality show on what it takes to be a pilot and (2) oil executives shouldn't produce reality tv. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah if they cant make it work using fighter pilots, then the odds get really low for any other kind of aviation field