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seagull · May 22nd, 2006, 16:28

B76,

Well, thanks for that. The civi thing is particularly frustrating to me for the reasons you state. I guess it feels like we have to defend our background enough as it is, without dingbats making it worse for us (I am thinking there is an analogy here for a few members of this forum!). Too often it is an attitude issue. Again, this is just within that proverbial "10%", but the fact that such a high % of that group seem to be civi is, at the very least, confusing to me. In terms of overall numbers, it is still very small, happily, as both groups tend to perform very well on average.

I really can't say much about the customer service part of it, as we (fortunately) don't interact with customers that often. Getting the plane to the destination constitutes the "mission", and military background seems to jibe with that, not too surprisingly.

Anyway, enough of that, or perhaps this should split into two threads, one being about the issue above, and the other about how to improve the quality and standardization within civilian flight training.

May 22nd, 2006, 16:28	#82
seagull Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,045	Re: Who was taught this (crosswind technique) B76, Well, thanks for that. The civi thing is particularly frustrating to me for the reasons you state. I guess it feels like we have to defend our background enough as it is, without dingbats making it worse for us (I am thinking there is an analogy here for a few members of this forum!). Too often it is an attitude issue. Again, this is just within that proverbial "10%", but the fact that such a high % of that group seem to be civi is, at the very least, confusing to me. In terms of overall numbers, it is still very small, happily, as both groups tend to perform very well on average. I really can't say much about the customer service part of it, as we (fortunately) don't interact with customers that often. Getting the plane to the destination constitutes the "mission", and military background seems to jibe with that, not too surprisingly. Anyway, enough of that, or perhaps this should split into two threads, one being about the issue above, and the other about how to improve the quality and standardization within civilian flight training.