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Old 04-07-2015 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
I try to stay off this thread, philosophically I try to have a more positive outlook but lately I must yield to self-evident truths, between Peter Garrison and today's winner...

Help A Young Girl's Dad Be A Pilot by Philip Webb - GoFundMe

Aggravating factor, he posted this multiple times on APC under the name "Philip Webb"...have no idea if that's his real name.

Additional aggravating factor, says he originally wanted be a military pilot but "family and friends talked him out of it". Bet it sucked that his dream of being a military aviator was screwed up by those annoying wars...who wants to join up during a war?
And the dude is going for the whole $80k! He is not willing to invest even a little in his own career advancement. I wouldn't give this guy a penny. Now, if he needed $5 or $10K to finish up? Maybe I would throw him a buck or two.

Using Go Fund Me to raise money for a pilot certificate makes this guy delusional. Trying to pull heart strings by saying his daughter inspired him makes him a tool. Man up like the majority of us and make your dream happen, do not sit around and wait for others to make it happen for you.
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Old 04-07-2015 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Keizer Soze
And the dude is going for the whole $80k! He is not willing to invest even a little in his own career advancement. I wouldn't give this guy a penny. Now, if he needed $5 or $10K to finish up? Maybe I would throw him a buck or two.

Using Go Fund Me to raise money for a pilot certificate makes this guy delusional. Trying to pull heart strings by saying his daughter inspired him makes him a tool. Man up like the majority of us and make your dream happen, do not sit around and wait for others to make it happen for you.
And just imagine how much time with his daughter he's going to miss once he gets his Dream Job and he's commuting to NYC 20+ days a month!

Does he really think $80K and a starting CFI job is going to land him the right seat of an airliner in 180 days.

I don't think he's really thought this all the way through...
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Old 04-07-2015 | 02:53 PM
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Dad: "What do you want to be when you grow up, sweetheart?"
Kid: "I want to be Anna, from Frozen!!"
Dad: "Ahhh, I'm sorry sweetheart, but Frozen isn't real. Anna is just a drawing. So is her boyfriend, Kristoff."
Kid: "Well, you want to be 'TopGun', and Tom Cruise is a Scientologist, and Kelly McGillis is gay!"
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Old 04-07-2015 | 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Karnak
Dad: "What do you want to be when you grow up, sweetheart?"
Kid: "I want to be Anna, from Frozen!!"
Dad: "Ahhh, I'm sorry sweetheart, but Frozen isn't real. Anna is just a drawing. So is her boyfriend, Kristoff."
Kid: "Well, you want to be 'TopGun', and Tom Cruise is a Scientologist, and Kelly McGillis is gay!"
You're killing me!

Luckily, I had just finished my last sip of beer, or I'd have spit it all over my Surface and have to get a new one!
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Old 04-08-2015 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
I just donated $0. Do your part and give the same!

Originally Posted by Keizer Soze
And the dude is going for the whole $80k! He is not willing to invest even a little in his own career advancement. I wouldn't give this guy a penny. Now, if he needed $5 or $10K to finish up? Maybe I would throw him a buck or two.
Great post I agree with that. I'd give $100 if it was a reasonable story and he just needed to finish or something unexpected happened etc.

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Luckily, I had just finished my last sip of beer, or I'd have spit it all over my Surface and have to get a new one!
I nominate Timbo for TOTD for having a Surface tablet. Does it hook up to your "Zune" to play music?

(just kidding I know they are actually pretty good now)
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Old 04-08-2015 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by cardiomd
I nominate Timbo for TOTD for having a Surface tablet. Does it hook up to your "Zune" to play music?
It was FREE! (Delta gave them to us, so we could watch porn inflight).

I'll take a Zune too, thank you very much, if it's FREE!
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Old 04-08-2015 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by cardiomd
I just donated $0. Do your part and give the same!
I gave him my banking details in Kenya.
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Old 04-08-2015 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Timbo
It was FREE! (Delta gave them to us, so we could watch porn inflight).

I'll take a Zune too, thank you very much, if it's FREE!
Glad I'm not the only one that does that. Although I sense that the guys I fly with get a little uncomfortable when they only hear male voices emanating from my iPad.
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Old 04-08-2015 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER
Although I sense that the guys I fly with get a little uncomfortable when they only hear male voices emanating from my iPad.
Now I know you're 'full of it'!! I can't imagine a (single) SWA pilot being uncomfortable with (alternative-lifestyle) porn in the cockpit!
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Old 04-08-2015 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Elliot
Now I know you're 'full of it'!! I can't imagine a (single) SWA pilot being uncomfortable with (alternative-lifestyle) porn in the cockpit!
I'm gonna exercise restraint in this instance.

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