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B767Driver · March 17th, 2005, 14:51

Undoubtedly, the quality of your education and the talent of the instructors you learn from will set the basis of your skill and knowledge as an aviator. However, the time you spend with an instructor and the years you spend in school are nothing more than a license to learn. Graduation is called a "commencement"...which means a beginning...not an end.

When you complete a degree program or earn a new license...this only means that you have met the basic requirements. It is up to the individual to really go out and learn...learn everything you can....read everything you can...test the limits of your knowledge.

The article discussed in this thread is tragic. The fault for poor performance should be placed on the applicant...the applicant is responsible for her own level of knowledge.

The flight school is probably to blame for inflated expectations. All the marketing seems to indicate that if you have a degree from their program and 1000hrs...you can fly 747s across the world and back. Regardless of what you actually know.....

March 17th, 2005, 14:51	#7
B767Driver Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,960	Re: All Aspiring pilots! Undoubtedly, the quality of your education and the talent of the instructors you learn from will set the basis of your skill and knowledge as an aviator. However, the time you spend with an instructor and the years you spend in school are nothing more than a license to learn. Graduation is called a "commencement"...which means a beginning...not an end. When you complete a degree program or earn a new license...this only means that you have met the basic requirements. It is up to the individual to really go out and learn...learn everything you can....read everything you can...test the limits of your knowledge. The article discussed in this thread is tragic. The fault for poor performance should be placed on the applicant...the applicant is responsible for her own level of knowledge. The flight school is probably to blame for inflated expectations. All the marketing seems to indicate that if you have a degree from their program and 1000hrs...you can fly 747s across the world and back. Regardless of what you actually know.....