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Fabio, this goes for you and most of the examiners I have come in contact with at the academy...you couldnt evaluate your way out of a wet paper bag!
As far as I know Jake is a senior instructor at RAA, he claims to be in contact with a couple airlines, but I havent talked to him in a few months. All you managment dung slingers that that whatever he did was unprofessional, I emplore you to voice just what it was, because as far as I know, he (and who knows how many others) was fired for standing up for a student, in front of the student! His student was to fail a stage check because the examiner thought the AIM was regulatory, among other dooky piles...He told me the reason they gave him was that his VFP folder wasnt to the FAA's liking. The FAA doesnt look at VFP folders. You tell me just what was wrong with that picture. To side with the bastard, I could only wish more white shirts here had the balls to stand up for whats not right...I know I have numerous times, only to get shot down, or to hear "its not your place to remark"
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Man, I don't even know where to start with this one. Let's start with Fabio. Say what you want about me, or the school or damn near anything here, but when you start with the Fabio bashing I get a little upset. Fabio for all of his bananna eating Brazilian ways
, is one of the best instructors and evaluators at this school. He is always willing to help a struggling student and goes out of his way quite often to do so. Bash away on him, but all of us that work with him know what a quality guy he is, and you will find that just about everyone here "has his back" so to speak.
As for Jake, I will say he was a good instructor. I saw him work with students numerous times and was pretty impressed actually. I think what finally did him in wasn't so much the numerous things he messed up, but his attitude. I won't go into specifics, but just as you ask folks to take your word for it that what you say is true, you will have to trust me that there were some pretty big screw ups. It wasn't so much that he had some mistakes on a VFP folder, it was how he handled the situation when informed that he needed to fix it.
As for white shirts standing up for what is (not?) right, I think I am. Not everything around here is great, this place has issues just as every other flight school and FBO does. I will continue to speak my mind here, as I am sure you will. I however, "have the balls" to let everyone know who I am and therefore feel that what I have to say carries a little more weight than someone who chooses to remain anonamous (sp? i think there is a "y" in there somewhere, lol)