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July 4th, 2004, 23:27
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-Atlantic, KMRB
Posts: 1,925
 |  Any Suckers? Anyone going for the free flight training if you sign a 4-year contract? After all, they're so generous you can finance up to $100,000! Run people, run! |
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July 5th, 2004, 17:50
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta
Posts: 2,205
| Re: Any Suckers? Probably none that will admit it... |
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July 5th, 2004, 22:33
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 813
| Re: Any Suckers? Hmmmm. The Air Force has a 10 year commitment for $2M+ worth of training. They don't make you finance it up front. Oh yeah, they'll probably still be in business in 4 years |
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July 6th, 2004, 22:40
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| Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-Atlantic, KMRB
Posts: 1,925
| Re: Any Suckers? [ QUOTE ] Hmmmm. The Air Force has a 10 year commitment for $2M+ worth of training. [/ QUOTE ] Tousche As an enlisted person, I am hoping to do the two of the things I love most: Above all: Serving my country Close second: Flying |
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July 28th, 2004, 04:52
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Inside your OODA loop
Posts: 6,723
| Re: Any Suckers? So there IS demand for airline pilots! Kit Darby was right! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] |
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July 28th, 2004, 13:54
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: So. California
Posts: 1,304
| Re: Any Suckers? Hey Aloft, I flew right by you yesterday. I love departing on RWY 18 and flying through the valley. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] |
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July 28th, 2004, 18:38
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| Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Inside your OODA loop
Posts: 6,723
| Re: Any Suckers? Rwy 18? Out of TVL? I'm up in Truckee. |
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July 28th, 2004, 19:52
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: So. California
Posts: 1,304
| Re: Any Suckers? My bad, thought you were at TVL. |
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August 6th, 2004, 21:03
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: in search of the elusive "BowieGoat."
Posts: 422
| Re: Any Suckers? Since you're looking for suckers, I thought I'd pass along what was in my inbox today... WANT AN AIRLINE PILOT JOB NOW? 9 WEEKS OF TRAINING SO POWERFUL, AIRLINES WANT OUR GRADUATES NOW! Our nine week FLIGHT OFFICER SCHOOL is designed for low-time pilots seeking to qualify quickly for airline pilot careers. This intensive training puts you on the same level as any high-time, experienced applicant, with a CRJ or EMBRAER ERJ-145 TYPE RATING. Plus, if you have 1000 plus hours, you may be eligible to upgrade to Captain by the time you reach 1500 hours! We will guarantee you an interview with one of our airline alliance partners, including: Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp., American Eagle, Colgan Air, Skyways, PSA, and others. Check out our placement record! We have immediate openings that must be filled NOW! Call our Florida campus at 1-866-709-4892 or our Arizona Campus at 1-866-307-7704. You could be in the right seat of a great airline within a couple of months. |
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August 6th, 2004, 21:25
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| Administrator  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark
Posts: 6,897
| Re: Any Suckers? Which company was that with an AZ campus, out of curiousity? |
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August 6th, 2004, 22:01
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: in search of the elusive "BowieGoat."
Posts: 422
| Re: Any Suckers? Regional Airline Academy. |
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August 7th, 2004, 02:53
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Dakota
Posts: 477
| Re: Any Suckers? [ QUOTE ] Regional Airline Academy. [/ QUOTE ] Do you really think RAA is in the same league as Tab? I'm just curious of a few peoples opinions! |
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August 7th, 2004, 04:19
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: in search of the elusive "BowieGoat."
Posts: 422
| Re: Any Suckers? No, but I think the ad is shady. |
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August 7th, 2004, 21:11
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| Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-Atlantic, KMRB
Posts: 1,925
| Re: Any Suckers? I got that same ad in my inbox, don't remember signing up for them to email me stuff, but I guess I did! Doh! |
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August 8th, 2004, 00:14
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| Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 91
| Re: Any Suckers? Got the same e-mail too. I spoke to them a few months ago about their program. Sounded a lot like DCA to me. Including the price. |
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August 8th, 2004, 00:53
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: CVG
Posts: 4,095
| Re: Any Suckers? SJUFLYER, went to DCA with me, and went to RAA after getting his CFI at DCA. He went to a local FBO and got his CFII and MEI really quick. He did RAA's bridge program and is supposed to get his CRJ type rating next week if I remember right. Suppossedly he has an interview with Air Wisky as soon as he's done with his type rating. I guess with their program, you get to skip most of the systems part of class at Air Wisky if hired. I know Skyways hired a buch of their instructors right after they came to DCA and hired 8 of our instructors. |
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August 8th, 2004, 12:40
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| Agent Smith  | Re: Any Suckers? [ QUOTE ] Since you're looking for suckers, I thought I'd pass along what was in my inbox today... [/ QUOTE ] Damn. That's embarassing. Regional Airline Academy is pumping out crap like this? |
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August 8th, 2004, 14:13
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 537
| Re: Any Suckers? [ QUOTE ] Which company was that with an AZ campus, out of curiousity? [/ QUOTE ]They started up a very small operation here at willie (2 old cherokees) and dont seem to fly much. Myself and another member of JC were up visiting the tower a few weeks ago and they mentioned that they nearly had to violate the two very first RAA flights. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] |
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August 9th, 2004, 03:22
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| Newbie  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Arizona
Posts: 24
| Re: Any Suckers? Hey Missed, thanks again for the tour! Checking out the tower was excellent. When I went to Willie I checked out RAA as well as ATP and ASU. RAA was just getting set up...the place was almost empty except for a simulator they had up and running. There were two students in the sim, with a couple alleged "retired airline pilots" giving instruction. They were nice guys and all, but I left there feeling pretty uneasy about the place. I felt like they REALLY needed some students, fast. They (the recruiter and the pilots) put on the "hard sell"...and kinda reminded me of used car salesmen or something. Maybe it was just cuz they were so new, I don't know, but my gut told me to keep walking. They only had one plane at the time, but their "fleet" was supposedly arriving soon. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] |
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November 12th, 2004, 21:00
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| Newbie  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Space Station
Posts: 19
| Re: Any Suckers? I called RAA when I found out they were coming to town to see if they needed instructors. The guy asked where I trained and how far along. I told him I was an MEI with nearly 1000/150. He said great, we need instructors especially with your experience.....come on down. When I got there, they immediatley put me in the conference room with two of them and tried to sell me on their CRJ type rating for the everyday low price of $25,000 ... I explained to them that I did not need that with the amount of time I had and was only interested in the instructing job they said they needed filled. They pressed on and continued to piss me off. They said I have too much TT for their operation because their instructors get hired at 700TT with the CRJ type. I finally said thank you, but no thank you and left. I can't stand people that cannot be honest with people and who intentionally try to mislead them. My short experience with that company really spells out the charactar and management behind the whole operation. It reminded me of what I have read about the poor ATA guys. IP |
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November 13th, 2004, 00:33
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| Agent Smith | Re: Any Suckers? [ QUOTE ] As an enlisted person, I am hoping to do the two of the things I love most: Above all: Serving my country [/ QUOTE ] I'm still all "doe eyed" from touring the D-Day museum again in New Orleans yesterday -- just wanted to tell a vet "Thank You". |
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November 13th, 2004, 16:00
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 13,257
| Re: Any Suckers? [ QUOTE ] I'm still all "doe eyed" from touring the D-Day museum again in New Orleans yesterday -- just wanted to tell a vet "Thank You". [/ QUOTE ] I love that museum. Flew MCO-MSY just to see it, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. |
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November 13th, 2004, 23:02
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| Agent Smith | Re: Any Suckers? I might even go again next week. Not as much for the museum, just for another chance to hang out with vets, ask questions, get answers first-hand and say "thanks" to a group of people that prevented German and/or Japanese from becoming an occupied US's official languagfe. |
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December 10th, 2004, 15:31
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| Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA
Posts: 277
| Re: Any Suckers? RAA actual words: "We have immediate openings that must be filled NOW!" Run, Forest, Run, fast and far as you can from this scam! |
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December 10th, 2004, 21:10
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Left Seat
Posts: 5,340
| Re: Any Suckers? RAA seems to be growing by leaps and bounds out here at IWA. Not sure why from everything I hear about them, but there are a whole bunch of nice looking Warriors and Senecas on their ramp. Now, as to their flying skills? I've heard two of the Senecas be asked to call a phone number in the past 3 weeks. Not a huge vote of confidence there. As far as TAB goes... I don't understand their scam as they don't really have an airline yet to push their students into. Eh, who cares really. Less competition for me when I finally get to my airline interview  Ethan |
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