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Originally Posted by
SAABaroowski
My roommate at Colgan instructed at Spartan down in Tulsa and he would tell me what type of students they would turn out, he said it was unreal that they were letting these types of guys get through................THESE types of guys/gals are going to be flying people around for a 121 airline, and have never seen ACTUAL IMC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Having learned to fly in Oklahoma I can tell you that if they did not fly in ACTUAL IMC then they must have done a lot of sitting around. Oklahoma provides PLENTY of actual IMC
I like your distinction between "pilots" and "aviators" though. There is something to be said about a difference between the two. Now whether that difference comes from being enamored with aviation from a young age or if it is just the difference in the individual philosophy is open for debate.
USMCFLYR