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$$$4nothin

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I was ashamed of Embry-Riddle for the first time yesterday when I saw a HoJets pilot walking through IAD with an Embry-Riddle lanyard on. With all the ********************ty things about that school I was never dissapointed until yesterday. You would think for $100k someone would teach these kids what this company is and has done. If there are any current ERAU students that don't know what this company has done PM me and I will give you a lesson that won't cost you hundreds of dollars.
 
Did you say anything to him?
 
siucavflight said:
Did you say anything to him?
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Agreed, It shouldn't have been that hard to go up to this person, introduce yourself as a fellow alum, shake his hand and then proceed to educate him.

Just sincerely and straight faced tell him you are embarrassed for him. Then give him your card and tell him if he wants help alleviating his situation (getting out of there as fast as possible) that he can give you a call anytime.

Trust me, this will make more of a statement than missed hotel vans or mumbled insults ever could.
 
Don't feel bad $$$$, I'm sure he was thinkin' the same thing about you.
 
It seems to me like the same kind of person that would spend $100k on flight training is the kind of person who would go to GoJets...

I'm not surprised at all
 
The day I realized how big of a scam Riddle was, sometime during my junior year of HS, I felt horrible about how many times I told "real pilots" flying 727/757s where my mom worked, I am going to "Embry Widdles."
 
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.
 
$$$4nothin said:
. You would think for $100k someone would teach these kids .
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You'd think for 100K they'd find out themselves... then again it probably isn't thier 100K....

Oh the quagmire! The Humanity!!!




p.s... not sure if the rest of us were ever ashamed of Riddle... but we've always wondered .......why!!
 
I was ashamed of riddle from square one. The moment i saw that gay folder peppered with bratty kids surfing and riddle skanks trying to act sexy. God if you are going to hit us with a meteor please make ERAU the center of the impact.
 
Riddle skanks? Are these guys who wear skirts?
 
I personally think lanyards of any kind are tacky looking. I think I'd rather wear a pink tootoo than a lanyard.
 
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.
 
Riddle...

I have never been there-but I am embarassed and ashamed for all who have and all who will. That place really instills in the vast majority of its grads all the wrong values!

Suckit-ERAU!
 
$$$4nothin said:
I was ashamed of Embry-Riddle for the first time yesterday when I saw a HoJets pilot walking through IAD with an Embry-Riddle lanyard on. With all the ********************ty things about that school I was never dissapointed until yesterday. You would think for $100k someone would teach these kids what this company is and has done. If there are any current ERAU students that don't know what this company has done PM me and I will give you a lesson that won't cost you hundreds of dollars.
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Hey man...you can't be ashamed of Riddle because of some choice some guy made. The younger the pilots, the less understanding they'll have about outfits like GoJets and what "scab" really means...(not GoJets).

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.

I'm proud to have gone there. I fly with many guys that feel the same way. YES, I know there are a hand full of the "mommy/daddy" paid gig...but that is over-stereo typing. I'm still paying for it all and so are a bunch of buddies of mine. Opportunities I got there paved a path that allowed me to reach Captain at a regional when I was 24...no special treatment. I'm the only one in my family in the airline world.

I had more than a few fresh Riddle grads as my FO. Only a small few needed an ego correction.

I know ERAU isn't the only nor the best game in town for aviation degrees...but it sure isn't worst either.
 
I agree. I'm currently attending Riddle, but for me it was convenient because of the Distance Learning Program. There are people out there that hate just about every school you can name. Riddle like all places has it's ups and downs. I know more than one alum that will tell me they should have gone to the WW campus instead of Daytona because it would have been alot cheaper.
 
I think riddles admitance requirements consist of having a check book.

"Congratulations on your ERAU degree, the most expensive and therefore best school"
 
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?"
 
RemoveB4Flght said:
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?"
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Ha ha ha ha

So.....................................did he??
 
Headfake14 said:
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.
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Daytonaflyer said:
The fact is that you get what you pay for and ERAU definitely provided a superior education than the other university I attended did.
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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.
 
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