Does ERAU have any students left?
07-15-2008 | 12:28 AM
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Oh really? When was the last time you were here? The weight and balance on the computer puts in your airspeeds and weight and balance numbers as well as a METAR all by itself now. Granted you'll still be required to do it by hand, but now you get the clipboard, print out the W&B, and you're out the door preflighting in 5 minutes.
07-15-2008 | 04:48 AM
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Haha.. yeah I was in Doolittle.. never got much sleep... someone always used to plug the drains in the sinks and showers and leave it on all night it would flood into my room.
Crism: It's great that you pursued your aviation career and are now at that point to turn around and make some money (anytime you get paid to fly it's not bad). Riddle was simply just not a good value for me. Good luck with the rest of your career.
Crism: It's great that you pursued your aviation career and are now at that point to turn around and make some money (anytime you get paid to fly it's not bad). Riddle was simply just not a good value for me. Good luck with the rest of your career.
07-15-2008 | 06:59 AM
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I wish I could. It's actually part of ETA. If we go to Reports, then Weight and Balance. You can select the aircraft you have from a dropdown list then just type in your weights body/baggage/fuel weights and hit Enter.
07-15-2008 | 09:39 PM
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K I'm trying that right now. I have ETA powers since I was once a Team Manager Assistant.
All I have is "ETA Core Reports" and "ERAU Reports" and "Graphs" on the left nav bar, but none of them have weight and balance
must be another cool Daytona thing that PRC doesn't have.
All I have is "ETA Core Reports" and "ERAU Reports" and "Graphs" on the left nav bar, but none of them have weight and balance
must be another cool Daytona thing that PRC doesn't have.
07-17-2008 | 03:10 PM
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Wow.
Hopefully we've established that the right college differs among people. I'm not trying to sell Riddle at all...I know it's not the right college for everyone. I'm simply, and trying, to just share my experience with our fellow high-school pilot-to-be's where we once were. I sent in four college apps my senior year of HS and for me ERAU was the one I chose, after much deliberation of whether I can afford it or not. We all have our opinion on whether or not it's worth it, and I believe we've expressed them.
Hey, I had fun in the dorms, sneaking in alcohol and such. (I was a drinker [well, still am, not as much], but not a smoker) It's important to have fun indeed, however you consider fun to be. I lived my first two years in the dorms, it was a great way to meet people. In fact, I'm still living with the two guys I've lived with since Freshman year. We were probably the ones who were making the noise at 3am, sorry. I don't know if Daytona does the First Year Experience thing for Freshmen, but I would recommend to stay away from it. I wasn't part of it and am glad because as far as I can tell the people that I knew who were in it hated it. You were required to attend every little campus event, were isolated with the other freshmen from the upper classmen, and didn't have the best dorms available (from Prescott point of view that is).
To the person who wanted to get more information, hopefully we've helped. If not, please let us know.
And also, I would agree that the G1000 is not the best airplane for primary students, instrument yes, but not the basic VFR stuff. As a flight instructor, I'm going to try to emphasize on not relying on everything the the magic G1000 can do for us. However, our Seminoles still have the steam to them and that's what we use for our instrument ride for the certificate. As far as simulators are concerned, yeah we are considered "sim jockeys", but realize we were a Part 142 school during my time as a student (We've gone back to 141 last year). I don't see sims used too much for primary students, only to help procedures, but in instrument training they are. I have about 80 hrs in the sim myself, to give somewhat of a perspective.
Hopefully we've established that the right college differs among people. I'm not trying to sell Riddle at all...I know it's not the right college for everyone. I'm simply, and trying, to just share my experience with our fellow high-school pilot-to-be's where we once were. I sent in four college apps my senior year of HS and for me ERAU was the one I chose, after much deliberation of whether I can afford it or not. We all have our opinion on whether or not it's worth it, and I believe we've expressed them.
Hey, I had fun in the dorms, sneaking in alcohol and such. (I was a drinker [well, still am, not as much], but not a smoker) It's important to have fun indeed, however you consider fun to be. I lived my first two years in the dorms, it was a great way to meet people. In fact, I'm still living with the two guys I've lived with since Freshman year. We were probably the ones who were making the noise at 3am, sorry. I don't know if Daytona does the First Year Experience thing for Freshmen, but I would recommend to stay away from it. I wasn't part of it and am glad because as far as I can tell the people that I knew who were in it hated it. You were required to attend every little campus event, were isolated with the other freshmen from the upper classmen, and didn't have the best dorms available (from Prescott point of view that is).
To the person who wanted to get more information, hopefully we've helped. If not, please let us know.
And also, I would agree that the G1000 is not the best airplane for primary students, instrument yes, but not the basic VFR stuff. As a flight instructor, I'm going to try to emphasize on not relying on everything the the magic G1000 can do for us. However, our Seminoles still have the steam to them and that's what we use for our instrument ride for the certificate. As far as simulators are concerned, yeah we are considered "sim jockeys", but realize we were a Part 142 school during my time as a student (We've gone back to 141 last year). I don't see sims used too much for primary students, only to help procedures, but in instrument training they are. I have about 80 hrs in the sim myself, to give somewhat of a perspective.
Not sure how much fun you can have at an all guys school. 1 girl for every 10 guys= borring. You can spend 1/2 the cost for a a big school education and get you license on the side. That way when you get laid off, companies will know where you went to school. Most HR departments would think that was some 2 year program school unless you were aplying with the FAA.
07-17-2008 | 04:37 PM
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Well, I had a girlfriend while I was at Riddle, however she was going to UofA in Tucson. So the 8:1 ratio wasn't too bad for me, but it's always nice to window shop, so long as you don't walk in the store.
07-17-2008 | 07:33 PM
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Amen. My girlfriends in Miami so either a 4hr drive or a 2hr flight. I've done both
07-17-2008 | 07:35 PM
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the 8:1 or whatever it is, maybe how many girls to guys ...but most girls there look like the guys so it seems a lot worse... but if you can deal with man-like girls who are more interested in physics and warcraft.... great... however the guy to hotgirl ratio is like 2437:1, and then you feel like a tool talking to her (notice the singular) because every other guy has given her the "i'm a pilot just like maverick from topgun, wanna go back to my dorm and watch topgun?" line.
The alternative is Mainland HS across the street... if you like life behind bars and trying not to drop the soap in the shower.
The alternative is Mainland HS across the street... if you like life behind bars and trying not to drop the soap in the shower.
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