I think I missed the bus here.

[Metro752]

7kt crosswind? Thats normal for where I fly, straight across the runway. Lol, ERAU

 

[kneeshoe]

Maybe it's just because I'm a newb to these forums but why is everyone so critical of ERAU?

I graduated from Riddle and here's my theory. Like any place you go to, you'll run into the "god's gift to aviation"/tools, the "mom & dad are really loaded so I can get whatever I want" kids, and also the students just looking to get their degree and start a career in aviation. Riddle puts out a lot of people into the industry...so what I'm getting at is that you have the same percentage of tools at Riddle as you do anywhere else, but since there are so many Riddle students/alumni, you run into the tools often just based on the number of people. But even as a student, I did my fair share of making fun of some of the students. Overall, Riddle was a pretty good experience for me and it just seems that a lot of people are being overly steriotypical.

 

[Metro752]

I graduated from Riddle and here's my theory......... Overall, Riddle was a pretty good experience for me and it just seems that a lot of people are being overly steriotypical.

I guess you're right, most folks are steriotypical. So much for that fancy education!

 

[NYCPilot]

I've met 3 pilots who went to ERAU and 2 of them were pretty awful pilots (skills and book knowledge) with cocky attitudes.

This one guy who was around the local airport for a checkout could barely keep a steep turn within 200' and he was working on his commerical. At the time I was an IFR student and sat in the back during the checkout. Since I was holding my steep turns within 50' on instruments, this really surprised me at the time as I regarded the ERAU ppl as having better training and high aptitiudes.

Another guy went to three different flight schools and after 100 hours of comm maneuvers and numerous instructors, couldn't get signed off for his commerical checkride. Aside from his low scores on writtens (between 70-80), he had very poor knowledge on fundamentals.

The one that wasn't cocky acutally became something and now flies for a regional. He instructed for a while and was someone I'd considered very safe and cautious in his flying. He also had a good attitude.

 

[Ill Mitch]

7kt crosswind? Thats normal for where I fly, straight across the runway. Lol, ERAU

You superpilot, you.

Hey, you gotta bring back your other avatar, I miss the hat.

 

[shamrock]

Seems to me that the people who feel the need to tell everyone that they went to Riddle are the ones who give it a bad name. They feel that they are something special because they went to ERAU and they want YOU to know it!

On the other hand, some of the coolest people I've ever flown with have gone to Riddle, but they don't feel the need for validation or recognition and only mention it in passing, if at all.

Every school has their dorks, Riddle just seems to have some of the most vocal and clueless.

 

[Regul8r]

Maybe Riddle just happens to be a dork magnet?
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so I says, "Look buddy, your car was upside down when we got here. And as for your Grandma, she shouldn't have mouthed off like that."

 

[mar]

Animal magnetism

Maybe Riddle just happens to be a dork magnet?

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

 

[say again]

I remember an instructor, who graduated riddle, teaching a intro student the lift formula!!!! Get over yourself, you freaking dork !!!

BTW- Anybody actually know the lift formula ?????

 

[semperfido]

BTW- Anybody actually know the lift formula ?????

L = (1/2) d v2 s CL
yep-- i went there also

 

[viper548]

BTW- Anybody actually know the lift formula ?????

I think it's Airspeed+AOA=Pure fark!n Magic

 

[Yank McCobb]

In response to one of the original questions...an aviation degree is not looked upon any more favorably than any other degree by the "personnel departments" at the airlines.

In fact, most pilots would recommend a degree in anything BUT aviation.

 

[say again]

L = (1/2) d v2 s CL
yep-- i went there also

What language is this???

 

[say again]

I think it's Airspeed+AOA=Pure Frick!n Magic

This I do understand!!!!

 

[kneeshoe]

I transferred into Riddle and one of the first things my roommate told me when I got there was, "don't ever join the flight team...that is one of the biggest collections of dorks you will ever see." I soon noticed what he meant.
Another thing is that a lot of people wash out of Riddle for whatever reason (ex: cost, failing out, etc.) and they go off to some other place and tell everyone how much Riddle sucks, even though they are the ones who may have failed out. I've heard that somewhere around 40-50% of students that start their flight training at Riddle, don't finish.