ASA's newest milestone

[ohplease!]

I guess you guys just don't get it. It really doesn't matter how you perceive it or what your whining is about. I guess that should have been almost predictable. However, one common thread for us all, is that we had some role model or other inspiration to pursue our goals. Whether it was another aviator, or a Mother who said, "Yes, You Can!", there was some catalyst and/or encourager in our life.

so, are you saying these girls didn't have anyone, not even a mother, to say "yes, you can!". Now thats a situation I can have feeling for.....

 

[ohplease!]

The real issue here is role models and values, something most of you guys on here dont understand or take for granted. She mentioned having a relative working as a pilot who inspired her to follow in his footsteps, do you think she would have been a pilot if it wasnt for that?

I didn't have a relative working as a pilot, yet I seem to have made it...wonder whose footsteps I was following?

things that make ya' go hmmmmmmm?

 

[s.o.sJTB]

I didn't have a relative working as a pilot, yet I seem to have made it...wonder whose footsteps I was following?

things that make ya' go hmmmmmmm?

Neither did I, but I did have a supporting family, someone to co-sign my student loans, help me out when I needed it Etc, I am sure you did too and so did those Women it seems. Now those Women can do the same for someone in the next generation...it's a healthy cycle.

 

[ehaecker]

I can't believe some of these comments...
We should ALL be happy about this. This is a breath of fresh air from all of the negative news articles about regional airlines lately!

 

[crj567]

Neither did I, but I did have a supporting family, someone to co-sign my student loans, help me out when I needed it Etc, I am sure you did too and so did those Women it seems. Now those Women can do the same for someone in the next generation...it's a healthy cycle.

That's not the rumor I heard... This had to do with a "gift" from a very special buddy, not some type of co-signing.

 

[CaribPilot]

 

[Browntothebone]

Ask the training dept about their skills. There were many issues with one of them. We had a female pilot a few years ago that required 125 hours of IOE. I remember 3 guys in my class (granted, long time ago)that were let go after sim 8. I have no issue with a female, or minority being an airline pilot. I have a huge issue that exists with the double standard that surrounds them. Affirmative action only serves to continue the divide and anamosity that it strives to eliminate. If you want racism and such to dissappear, then stop bringing it up.

You should not consider that an excessive amount of IOE considering that she probably had never flown a jet before and as you know, the sim is NOT the real world. I'm glad that she got the time she needed to become comfortable flying the jet in the real world, on the line. I can guarantee you that if YOU needed 125 hrs of IOE, that you would be grateful to your airline giving it to you and not showing you the door are hour 26.

 

[LazyLightnin']

You should not consider that an excessive amount of IOE considering that she probably had never flown a jet before and as you know, the sim is NOT the real world. I'm glad that she got the time she needed to become comfortable flying the jet in the real world, on the line. I can guarantee you that if YOU needed 125 hrs of IOE, that you would be grateful to your airline giving it to you and not showing you the door are hour 26.

The thing is someone far more capable could have gotten that job. But if the company would have treated her like any other struggling new hire and let her go, all the outside entities with acronyms for names would be alerted. Which is far more trouble than it's worth.

 

[samballs]

Will ASA celebrate the first time they have an all white ground crew work a plane? Will Cnn put them in the news? At least the whites would say stuff we all understand instead of using words like Axed.

 

[Browntothebone]

Will ASA celebrate the first time they have an all white ground crew work a plane? Will Cnn put them in the news? At least the whites would say stuff we all understand instead of using words like Axed.

Why don't you AX them where the gate for the Picksburgh flight is? Racist.