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Wittmandriver · May 1st, 2008, 12:15

It kind of sounds like there are quite a few biased individuals here. My first CFI was one of them. Maybe he had his reasons. I will still thank him until the day I die for teaching me to fly, but we do have a big difference in opinion.

Here is another issue to chew on. So many times, someone's opinion is the same as or influenced by instructors/teachers. For instance, take a look at political org's on college campuses. Most are quacks influenced by faculty, whether left or right. If they had a mortgage, family, kids, etc, their political views would be totally different. Faculty is so out of touch sometimes. Flight instructors can be the same way. They go through the training pipeline, straight to airlines picking up misconceptions from their instructors doing the same thing. Sometimes they are quite young and easily influenced. Then, they get to the airlines, and being the way they are taught to be, start to berate GA and how the little guys are in "their" way and they start to believe all the airline rhetoric trying to shut down the very people that trained them. Face it, the airlines are there to make money without a care for anything else, pilots included-period. Airlines have their place, but it is not in my future.

I wish some, notice I am not saying all, because it would be stupid to generalize, instructors would get real and teach people right. I plan on becoming one because I am passionate about teaching people correctly and without bias after I finish my Navy career. I have been fortunate to fly with a few of them. Thank you.

Instructors going to the airlines-do not forget where you came from! Unless, you want your salaries to continue to decline, pensions taken away, training costs to skyrocket, etc. Think about this: The airlines will find themselves training their own pilots because they will have succeeded in shutting down GA in an extremely expensive user fee-laden environment with ATC controlled by them. That is what they want... Is that what you all want? If so, you think you are a slave now...You'll have to win the lottery to be able to leave because you will be so far in debt with no end in sight.

Well, the skies will be cleaner for them. Fly the "friendly skies".

Lemmings come to mind when I think about this...

Wittmandriver

May 1st, 2008, 12:15	#45
Wittmandriver Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Glenwood, IA Posts: 50	Re: Am I the only one... It kind of sounds like there are quite a few biased individuals here. My first CFI was one of them. Maybe he had his reasons. I will still thank him until the day I die for teaching me to fly, but we do have a big difference in opinion. Here is another issue to chew on. So many times, someone's opinion is the same as or influenced by instructors/teachers. For instance, take a look at political org's on college campuses. Most are quacks influenced by faculty, whether left or right. If they had a mortgage, family, kids, etc, their political views would be totally different. Faculty is so out of touch sometimes. Flight instructors can be the same way. They go through the training pipeline, straight to airlines picking up misconceptions from their instructors doing the same thing. Sometimes they are quite young and easily influenced. Then, they get to the airlines, and being the way they are taught to be, start to berate GA and how the little guys are in "their" way and they start to believe all the airline rhetoric trying to shut down the very people that trained them. Face it, the airlines are there to make money without a care for anything else, pilots included-period. Airlines have their place, but it is not in my future. I wish some, notice I am not saying all, because it would be stupid to generalize, instructors would get real and teach people right. I plan on becoming one because I am passionate about teaching people correctly and without bias after I finish my Navy career. I have been fortunate to fly with a few of them. Thank you. Instructors going to the airlines-do not forget where you came from! Unless, you want your salaries to continue to decline, pensions taken away, training costs to skyrocket, etc. Think about this: The airlines will find themselves training their own pilots because they will have succeeded in shutting down GA in an extremely expensive user fee-laden environment with ATC controlled by them. That is what they want... Is that what you all want? If so, you think you are a slave now...You'll have to win the lottery to be able to leave because you will be so far in debt with no end in sight. Well, the skies will be cleaner for them. Fly the "friendly skies". Lemmings come to mind when I think about this... Wittmandriver