MEI situation???

[BA202]

The situation here really sucks. I am in CFI right now and it took 2 weeks to get an initial instructor, then he got hired two weeks later, then it took another week to get a new instructor, then I was paired up with another CFI, but they are 7 lessons ahead of me so we have to share our launch time equalling out to 1 or 2 lessons each week. They have to do something.

[airplanerik]

For all you current CFIs out there...fill out the survey they just emailed to us on Novell. It has to do with the current situation. There are a couple questions and it has a recommendation section on it.

[TXaviator]

Originally Posted by airplanerik

For all you current CFIs out there...fill out the survey they just emailed to us on Novell. It has to do with the current situation. There are a couple questions and it has a recommendation section on it.

out of curiosity, what opinions are they soliciting and questions are they asking?

or is this super duper top secret UND employee only classified project strategy session?

sometimes i really feel like, if you want to make things better for the CUSTOMERS (which the students are), sure we might not know everything, but maybe it would be good to solicit our feedback and find the keypoints sometimes.....

[BuickCFI]

Originally Posted by TXaviator

out of curiosity, what opinions are they soliciting and questions are they asking?

or is this super duper top secret UND employee only classified project strategy session?

sometimes i really feel like, if you want to make things better for the CUSTOMERS (which the students are), sure we might not know everything, but maybe it would be good to solicit our feedback and find the keypoints sometimes.....

mainly about whether or not the instructors will be sticking around or not, i think they are trying to work out the scheduling problems

p.s. whats going on with your situation? i was told by some people that if you arent' registered for a lab then you can't start working yet......

[ChadW346]

Originally Posted by TXaviator

out of curiosity, what opinions are they soliciting and questions are they asking?

or is this super duper top secret UND employee only classified project strategy session?

sometimes i really feel like, if you want to make things better for the CUSTOMERS (which the students are), sure we might not know everything, but maybe it would be good to solicit our feedback and find the keypoints sometimes.....

According to Prof. Bridewell, he says we aren't the customers, but rather the products. Kind of a strange idea, if you ask me.

EDIT: I see what he is saying with respect an employer's point of view, but as far as UND is concerned we are the customers, and should definitely be treated like it.

[UAL747400]

Originally Posted by ChadW346

According to Prof. Bridewell, he says we aren't the customers, but rather the products. Kind of a strange idea, if you ask me.

EDIT: I see what he is saying with respect an employer's point of view, but as far as UND is concerned we are the customers, and should definitely be treated like it.

Exactly. I was noticing it about a year or two into my training here, and I notice it more than ever now, especially since I started working here and listening to the "hangar talk". TONS of instructors and even a few people working higher up that are pretty weak on customer service.

[AngelFuree]

Originally Posted by TXaviator

out of curiosity, what opinions are they soliciting and questions are they asking?

or is this super duper top secret UND employee only classified project strategy session?

sometimes i really feel like, if you want to make things better for the CUSTOMERS (which the students are), sure we might not know everything, but maybe it would be good to solicit our feedback and find the keypoints sometimes.....

The survey requests feedback on the current hiring situation at UND. I have expressed my thoughts in the anonymous () form.

[TXaviator]

Originally Posted by ChadW346

According to Prof. Bridewell, he says we aren't the customers, but rather the products. Kind of a strange idea, if you ask me.

EDIT: I see what he is saying with respect an employer's point of view, but as far as UND is concerned we are the customers, and should definitely be treated like it.

uhm, someone is sorely mistaken if they do not view students as customers.

what exactly are they going to "produce" if they do not satisfy the educational demands of the students????!?!

[UAL747400]

Originally Posted by AngelFuree

The survey requests feedback on the current hiring situation at UND. I have expressed my thoughts in the anonymous () form.

Oh, they're going to specifically track your I.P. address, track you down, and "do things" to you.

[AngelFuree]

Originally Posted by UAL747400

Oh, they're going to specifically track your I.P. address, track you down, and "do things" to you.

Haha, that's ok. I'll sue my ISP for providing my personal information to them.

[RyosukeFC]

I was given a survey today in 414 ground school asking whether or not we would be interested in eventually taking MEI and why or why not.

[stuckingfk]

Originally Posted by RyosukeFC

I was given a survey today in 414 ground school asking whether or not we would be interested in eventually taking MEI and why or why not.

If someone could please express on my behalf to get rid of half the sim time. It's ridiculous to have 18+ hours of sim in that course. What a waste of time and money.

Maybe UND doesn't realize that for both of my PIC types, I've had less than 30 hours of sim. This is for an airplane weighing over 20,000 lbs and they have more sim time for a seminole.

Just plain stupid.

[BuickCFI]

Originally Posted by stuckingfk

If someone could please express on my behalf to get rid of half the sim time. It's ridiculous to have 18+ hours of sim in that course. What a waste of time and money.

Maybe UND doesn't realize that for both of my PIC types, I've had less than 30 hours of sim. This is for an airplane weighing over 20,000 lbs and they have more sim time for a seminole.

Just plain stupid.

i think it is because the instrument stuff is unsat a lot on the 103, which is why 14 hours of the 18 are instrument flights

i wish there was more flight time though, teaching 3 325's gets a little boring with all the sims

[N261ND]

Originally Posted by Farva

They cannot issue incentives because of some legality issues with giving away free flight time.-Farva

Just curious, where did you get this information?

[Snickersnwa]

Originally Posted by BuickCFI

i wish there was more flight time though, teaching 3 325's gets a little boring with all the sims

That’s where you can make the best of it and have fun with the LOFT’s! hehe

[Snickersnwa]

Originally Posted by stuckingfk

If someone could please express on my behalf to get rid of half the sim time. It's ridiculous to have 18+ hours of sim in that course. What a waste of time and money.

Yeah… if you could get ‘em to spend some time on Flight Sim to improve their instrument flying I don’t think there would be a huge need for all the sim time. But, I don't think many would opt to do that...

[BuickCFI]

Originally Posted by Snickersnwa

That’s where you can make the best of it and have fun with the LOFT’s! hehe

yup, been there done that

[ChadW346]

Originally Posted by Snickersnwa

Yeah… if you could get ‘em to spend some time on Flight Sim to improve their instrument flying I don’t think there would be a huge need for all the sim time. But, I don't think many would opt to do that...

IT'S NOT COOL TO DO THAT! Just like it's not cool to participate in class anymore (anyone else notice this?) Seriously though, I've dissed on flightsim before, but boredom got the best of me up here lately, and I've started using it to just practice what I'm doing in my instrument lessons. It really helps a lot. I'd really rather have more self-study instead of ground classes featuring John Bridewell talking like this: "Ok PITCH....plus.... POWER....equals peformance. Remember that now. I'll say it again..." and on and on and on. However, such is the nature of choosing a 141 school. I'll deal.

[TXaviator]

Originally Posted by ChadW346

Just like it's not cool to participate in class anymore (anyone else notice this?)

yeah im not sure whats up with this pansy-ass gen Y crap that is filling our classes. too meek and timid to participate in class.... jesus.... participating actually makes it interesting and engaging instead of mind numbingly boring

[ChadW346]

Originally Posted by TXaviator

yeah im not sure whats up with this pansy-ass gen Y crap that is filling our classes. too meek and timid to participate in class.... jesus.... participating actually makes it interesting and engaging instead of mind numbingly boring

EXACTLY dude. And our laptops make it a million times worse. I haven't seen many people that actually take their own notes on them. Actually, most of the more serious note-taking kids just use pen and paper, from what I've seen. The kids on the kids on the computers are just playing dumb internet video games. Do they seriously do this in their spare time? Really annoying. They might as well not even show up.