Originally Posted by freezingflyboy

Even though I am a low time guy applying to the regionals I agree with you guys completely when it comes to quality of training/experience. One of the reasons I came to UND and one of the reasons UND guys get hired with such low time (and survive training) is quality of training. Any putz can get his commercial certificate by flying around in clear blue skies in a C152 every Sunday morning and build 1500 hours doing that but has he learned anything? Just look at the training contracts we have had from around the world. Starting next year we will be training pilots for ANA. Last big contract I know of was for China Airlines. Currently we have a contract running with Aramco. Must be a reason they come here (anyone who says more sunny days a year=better training environment is fooling themselves). Now I understand landing a CRJ or a Beech 1900 or an EMB 120 full of people or cargo on an ice covered runway with a 15 knot crosswind at night is a lot different than landing a Seminole with a student on the brakes on an ice covered runway but it is still a good place to learn how to deal with less than ideal conditions. I know instructors back in California who have never seen ice on an airplane or think you can't fly in snow because it constitutes "known icing" (just because snow is frozen precipitation does not mean it will stick to your airplane). But here in North Dakota, we deal with ice, we deal with thunderstorms, all that stuff that increases that pucker factor. The only thing we dont have are mountains. Personally, I'd rather fly into some really bad weather with someone who has 800 hours and been there before than with someone who has 1500 hours and never seen the inside of a cloud. Anyone can push buttons on an autopilot, and with some basic flying knowledge, fly the airplane from A to B. But when your autopilot is MELd, an engine quits on you and you may or may not see the runway at mins on this ILS, thats when you need the skills that count.

Originally Posted by SkyHigh

Freezing,

Perhaps someday you will get some experience. You have such low time you don't even know what you are missing. Good luck to you UND super heros.

SkyHigh

Originally Posted by captain_drew

I guess they don’t teach English Compostion in school anymore? Ever hear of a paragraph? There are some pretty strict and long established rules on how and when to use one.

This kind of crap gives the reader a migraine -or- vertigo <g>

Originally Posted by freezingflyboy

Sorry Drew, didn't realize you had left Fed Ex to be an English teacher. I know that post was long and rambling, thoughts were just flowing between flights. I'll try and keep my future posts more managable, I know how easily you old guys get disoriented

Originally Posted by captain_drew

Spelling, grammar, punctuation and proper construction give people an impression that you are intelligent -and a professional -in ALL aspects of your life. Attention to detail! -TRY it sometime <g>

Originally Posted by LDmax

Also, allow me to point you back to your own web site and suggest that you spend some time, and attention to detail, fixing THAT train wreck before offering any more advice.

Originally Posted by LDmax

I couldn't agree more, but allow me to add page layout, color selection, and usability to the list of essential skills for effective communication on the web.

Also, allow me to point you back to your own web site and suggest that you spend some time, and attention to detail, fixing THAT train wreck before offering any more advice. Keep in mind that just about every "zit-faced teenager" who views it is annoyed with and/or laughing at your site in the same context as you and your peers nit-pick on page breaks.

My point? Your poop stinks too, lighten up.