I was ashamed of my school for the first time yesterday

[flyboyzii]

Back after Mother Nature first tried to remove Riddle like a festering zit from the face of Florida with a tornado.. The small flight school I instructed at loaned them a few of our 172's after a desperate call from them... They didn't want to miss a chance to bill Johnny and Susie's parents
for one less tick of the hobbs meter..

Anyways I was tasked with shuttling our planes to Daytona and then enduring the flight back with some of their "finest"

As we crossed over/around Orlando International each time.. here's some of the comments that just seem to epitomize recent grads:

"It's just seems stupid they make you instruct for so long before you get hired at a regional, i'm not gonna know anything more then than I know now"
(then he missed a radio call)

when I asked the other one about the cost of tuition:

"Pretty soon everyone at an airline will be competing with someone from Riddle for a job.. then you'll know what the extra money is for"

"i'd feel safer knowing someone from ERAU was flying my family"
(another missed radio call)

and my personal favorite was when i was in the back seat on the last flight home when one said to the other:

"so did you end up hooking up with that fat chick?"

Ha ha ha ha

So.....................................did he??

 

[Thedude]

Back in the early 90's riddle guys were p.o.'d when their diploma didn't come wrapped in a UAL application..

Are you fking kidding me. We knew there were NO jobs when we graduated. '93 Grad

 

[I Hate Freight]

I personally think lanyards of any kind are tacky looking. I think I'd rather wear a pink tootoo than a lanyard.

It's called a "tutu" and you can get yours here!

 

[Rip Vanwinkle]

see below.

 

[Rip Vanwinkle]

Secondly...all of you Riddle haters...I don't quite understand. Either you went there...didn't like it. I'd ask, then why didn't you transfer out. OR...you wanted to go but didn't get accepted and ofcourse now you'll talk smack.

Take a look in the mirror. That's the reason people hate riddle aces. Flying used to be for men who so tough they couldn't keep all of their girlfriends in one town. Now it's for boys who argue about whether the CRJ or ERJ is "better looking", whether UND or ERAU is "better education" (they're technical schools. It's not an "education", it's a trade. It's like being a plumber), and what might be under those fascinating "skirts" women wear.

 

[freightrash]

At least UND is in top 500 university as university standing not specific major ranking.
If you ask any non-aviation person about ERAU, they say "what kinda stupid school name is that?"
Don't get wrong if you are Riddle grad. I give respects to Riddle grads.

 

[Daytonaflyer]

I still don't understand why some guys who never attended ERAU feel the need to bash it. I transferred there from a large Pac 10 university and had a great time. The education was so much better at Riddle, the campus was nice, the classes were small, the professors were good, and people actually showed up for class everyday.
I didn't encounter many of the so-called stuck up "Riddle brats" either. The vast majority of students there were really nice people. They came from all over the place; many were from other countries, so I really got to experience personalities from other cultures too. It was great!
The fact is that you get what you pay for and ERAU definitely provided a superior education than the other university I attended did.

I'll never understand why some pilots feel superior to others because they managed to spend less money on their college. Do you honestly think lawyers and doctors go around mocking their coworkers for paying higher tuition to go to Harvard or Yale when they could have gotten the same job by attending the University of Michigan or Texas?
I doubt it.

I really can't complain. I've made some lifelong friends from my time there, and as a direct result of that, I got hired to fly an MD-80 in about 4 years of professional aviation.

 

[Rexamaroo]

Yes I did stop and introduce myself and edjucate him.

Oh, the irony.

 

[Rip Vanwinkle]

The fact is that you get what you pay for and ERAU definitely provided a superior education than the other university I attended did.

Perhaps that other university taught basic english usage and grammar. You know. The stuff you should have learned in high school. What bunch of ($&#$(* peasants we suffer in the aviation field today. No wonder management has contempt for us. Clearly, you got what you "paid for", Riddle-Aces. God save us all.

PS. You're a plumber. Your "education" is a tick on a computer screen. You know it, we know it. You're a technician. You're a cog.

 

[ExFokkerFlyer]

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[Rough67]

Back in the early 90's riddle guys were p.o.'d when their diploma didn't come wrapped in a UAL application. But I guess when mommy and daddy are wondering what kind of return they're getting on juniors education-he needs to run out and find the quickest shiny jet he can find.

?....

'95

 

[crxpilot]

I always say to those who paid dearly for their flight training in universities that my certificate looks exactly like theirs and it only cost me a fraction of what they paid via fbo's.

 

[Rough67]

I always say to those who paid dearly for their flight training in universities that my certificate looks exactly like theirs and it only cost me a fraction of what they paid via fbo's.

..why?

 

[skygod75]

(they're technical schools. It's not an "education", it's a trade. It's like being a plumber)

With two very significant differences:

1) The plumber paid much less to get his training
2) The plumber makes substantially more fixing a toilet than a pilot ever will flying a $hitcan.

 

[737 Pylt]

To answer your question. Yes I did stop and introduce myself and edjucate him. Well I tried anyway. (He didn't seem to care). As I said there is a lot that sucks about the school (i get it), but I was never ashamed of it. I had a great time there and a lot of great people come out of the school, but this guy is the reason we have a bad name.

Trust me, this guy is not why you have a bad name!

737

 

[dpneedham]

<--------used to live in Grand Forks, ND. At the time, I was commuting to Fargo, ND (75 miles) to work on my Private/Instrument. My Private cost me about $3000, and at the time UND was charging over $6500. Not counting books, and tuition for college.

I did a BFR once with a UND flight instructor. I think I know where all the extra money goes. I think they memorize and practice reciting the FAR/AIM in class for three days of at least one semester.

But that don't make better pilots is my point. I still live close enough (Minneapolis, MN) to know when their planes crash.

I can fly as good as any of them can, and at a fraction of the cost . . .a University a better pilot don't make.

 

[dpneedham]

I meant to say 3 days a week for at least one semester.

Oh, and I don't have one single hour of sim time yet. All of my 340 is actual airplane time, and it cost me alot less than some University sim time.

 

[Daytonaflyer]

PS. You're a plumber. Your "education" is a tick on a computer screen. You know it, we know it. You're a technician. You're a cog.

My flight training was from a trade school (off campus), but ERAU is a fully accredited university and has been for over 80 years. Therefore, I must assume that you're trying to pick a fight, or you're just misinformed.
I'll assume the former since I don't know you well enough to verify the latter. If I'm wrong, speak up.
I experienced ERAU first hand; it was a good school. I know what it's about and what it has to offer; and I would do it all over again if I could. It was a great experience.

 

[trachyte11]

Oh, and I don't have one single hour of sim time yet. All of my 340 is actual airplane time, and it cost me alot less than some University sim time.

I'm not a riddle grad, but there's nothing wrong with sim time built into a syllabus. Personally, I believe you should have some sim time for your IR. At least 20-30 hrs or so. It's cheaper than an airplane and you can do a lot more instruction with it since you don't have to worry about ATC, among other outside factors.