777 Sim instructor on CNN fired

[airplane wizard]

http://www.kpho.com/story/25268071/ufly-fires-flight-simulator-who-appeared-on-cnn

Maybe CNN will hire him?

 

[NoJoy]

That sucks. I don't think CNN had a problem on how he dressed or the reporter.

 

[t-bone]

CNN and Martin Savidge have moved on to submersibles...

 

[Freebrd]

Saw that today and cracked up! Guess satellites are next for old Martin.

 

[PropPiedmont]

Blame Canada!

http://youtu.be/bOR38552MJA

 

[StarrBuck]

Haha... Never want to hear of someone losing their job.. But the first time I saw that dude on CNN I thought "wow, that's weird that they have a sim tech running the simulator for this reporter".. Oops!

 

[J.Otto]

no good deed goes unpunished. poor kid... he spent a lot of time on air like a trained monkey for the CNN reporter.

 

[jonjuan]

no good deed goes unpunished. poor kid... he spent a lot of time on air like a trained monkey for the CNN reporter.

No kidding. If pilots were able to be canned for looking like this guy, there would be one helluva pilot shortage.

 

[SDCFI]

The person that should be fired is whomever allowed CNN to do that in the first place. Nothing good can come from feeding the media frenzy.

 

[zasca]

He worked at a dopey operation with a cobbled together FTD used mainly by kids and sim nerds. NOT a simulator. Nor a professional instruction facility. Just a high end gee wiz experience for entertainment.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Notice CNN had to go to Mississauga, Ontario to find someone with an available sim for cheap and willing to exploit the tragedy. My bet, everywhere those clowns knocked, the door was slammed hard in their face when CNN disclosed what they were lookim to do.

Between Savidge, hologram guy and Nancy Grace ("I bet a man committed that crime") and the rest of the sorry sensational tabloid reporters....I am through with CNN.

 

[dollacrackho]

I think savidge said at one point if there was a depressurization issue they would have to descend to 10,000 ft as quickly as possible so the could open the windows.

 

[waveflyer]

Notice CNN had to go to Mississauga, Ontario to find someone with an available sim for cheap and willing to exploit the tragedy. My bet, everywhere those clowns knocked, the door was slammed hard in their face when CNN disclosed what they were lookim to do.

Between Savidge, hologram guy and Nancy Grace ("I bet a man committed that crime") and the rest of the sorry sensational tabloid reporters....I am through with CNN.

I am strictly a local news guy now.

There is no 24 hour news outlet that is good for our society. Murrow and Cronkite had it right. You will lose context. And it will devolve

 

[PCL_128]

Local news? If anything is more useless than CNN, it's local news.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

I really get into the BBC news when over on the other side of the pond. They tell a story straight up. BBC America has a nightly news show but it seems filtered a bit.

 

[Dan Roman]

I really get into the BBC news when over on the other side of the pond. They tell a story straight up. BBC America has a nightly news show but it seems filtered a bit.

It is interesting how much better BBC news is and how dumbed down 24 hour cable news is. Even more amazing to me is people like Glen Beck have a following. But that sums up cable news, they tap into emotional issues and fabricate what they think will attract viewers, truth is secondary.

 

[waveflyer]

Local news? If anything is more useless than CNN, it's local news.

Maybe in Atlanta, but at least the main stories are concise and in context bc they have to fit in into their slot. That's the point. I don't need journalists attempting to fill hours on subjects they don't understand very well. If I want to dive in that deep, Id want to read it straight from the authorities and experts on the subject- take courses, etc. so much of it isn't deep and dan said it well. They need to attract viewers in any way they can. Insects to a bug zapper

 

[PCL_128]

I don't think it's just Atlanta. Everywhere I go in the country, local news is filled with useless "if it bleeds, it leads" nonsense. Not to mention the ridiculous misleading promos. "Something in everyone's house that can kill you; that's up next after the break." Which, of course, turns out to be nothing.

It's all about ratings. Nothing more.

 

[waveflyer]

Well, 2 hours a day of all about ratings is better than 24 is my point