Originally Posted by
LAfrequentflyer
Give me a break about 747-400 systems class for a semester...You actually paid for something the airlines send you to for free? BTW - did the 747 Captain fly in Nam?
-LAFF
Wouldn't that be similar to the ATP Professional Pilot Program, which includes jet training, that you would be paying for??
The point of those classes (and for a lot of college classes in general) is to help prepare you for what you will encounter in your future occupation. By learning/analyzing the systems of a complex aircraft (in this case 747-400), you would more than likely be able to encounter and deal with other, similar, systems on other jets in an effective manner. It gives you some background and past experience, lessening the learning curve.
As for your question about the "Mig Alley" stories, no they did not. They did however have good things to say about the school.
You seem to have a fixation on these professors telling stories about flying in Veitnam, specifically about "Mig Allet", yet if memory serves on the history department, "Mig Alley" was in Korea.