Originally Posted by gpatelzick

Hello all -


Anyway, enough of the intro....my question is this. I have been trying to educate myself with this industry and all of it's intricacys. I read several threads and am rather overwhelmed at all the things to learn. I thought I had to learn abreviations for my pilot certs....for *&^* sake, I can't always seem to follow everything. Can someone give me some help with threads or things to read about: how the union works, why it sucks or doesn't suck, who the key players are, why they suck or don't suck, who are the good/bad airlines and why, what is "scope" and why is it going down the toilet, RJ vs. Major or legacy, how many seats???, why are they bad/good etc. You get the idea.

This is only the tip of the iceberg. Is there somewhere I can learn the HUGE amount of lingo and jargen without reading every thread in this whole forum. Books or articles would be apreciated too.

Again, I apologize in advance for the long rambling question, but the bottom line is...I LOVE to fly, always have ... always will, and I want to make educated decisions on the issues that will effect my AND your futures.

Ok - I'm done.

Greg Patelzick
CFII / MEI / AGI / IGI
Tailwheel