My freshman roomate was up to 12,000 before his first solo. I don't know if he just sucked (well, he was gay) or what...navigator72 said:$7000 to solo?????
Two words for this place
RIP OFF
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My freshman roomate was up to 12,000 before his first solo. I don't know if he just sucked (well, he was gay) or what...navigator72 said:$7000 to solo?????
Two words for this place
RIP OFF
Why's that funny? I don't really see a difference between calling someone a "flight instructor" and an "instructor pilot." Why's the second one laughable to you?Metro752 said:Isn't it cute they call their instructors IPs.
SALUTE YOUR IP!
unreal said:Why's that funny? I don't really see a difference between calling someone a "flight instructor" and an "instructor pilot." Why's the second one laughable to you?
I think your roommate was just a weakstick.
Rip Vanwinkle said:I don't care where you went to school; if you think that there are any special awesome nerves-of-steel skills involved in flying a 152, you're a Riddle Ace to me.
My job is to operate a transportation appliance. It's going to be your job too, Maverick. You'd have better luck getting girls and hot cars by trying to impress people with your 29th level druid/paladin/gnome. Which, I'm sure you're aware, is not a lot.
Have you considered the TSA? You get a shiney badge and I hear it's a short course.
unreal said:Why's that funny? I don't really see a difference between calling someone a "flight instructor" and an "instructor pilot." Why's the second one laughable to you?
unreal said:That's not exactly fair. I soloed in minimum TCO hours at ERAU and didn't spend anywhere even remotely close to $12,000. I think your roommate was just a weakstick.
Metro752 said:One is civillian and one is military. Do you call the gym teacher in high school drill sergeant? No, unless of course he was, then maybe.
Weakstick huh? You going barnstorming later?
Didn't know it was a military term. IP never sounded out of place to me I suppose. I'm glad I have people like you to help me out.Metro752 said:One is civillian and one is military. Do you call the gym teacher in high school drill sergeant? No, unless of course he was, then maybe.
unreal said:Didn't know it was a military term. IP never sounded out of place to me I suppose. I'm glad I have people like you to help me out.
Metro752 said:One is civillian and one is military. Do you call the gym teacher in high school drill sergeant? No, unless of course he was, then maybe.
Weakstick huh? You going barnstorming later?
mauipilot said:$100,000 If you get through all the ratings near minimums. These numbers are a year or 2 old.
Rip Vanwinkle said:I don't care where you went to school; if you think that there are any special awesome nerves-of-steel skills involved in flying a 152, you're a Riddle Ace to me.
TankerDriver said:If you've never encountered a person who "just didn't have it" and couldn't fly an airplane to save their lives, you haven't been a CFI for very long (if you are one). 152, 172, PA28, whatever. I've sat right seat with a few that couldn't even taxi. I spent an extra 30 minutes one day with one just taxiing around an uncontrolled field because he had near 20 hours and still couldn't keep the plane straight on the taxi way. His flying was even worse. Needless to say, after a few flights with my supervisor, I put him up for his phase check, knowing he was going to bust it, and sure enough, he did. Then he busted a second one and was kicked out of the course. So, when I see someone spending $12k just to solo, I also call "weak stick" or some other abnormalities in training to account for the high cost. Not Riddle's high prices. They're high, but not that rediculous.
Rip Vanwinkle said:.........It's going to be your job too, Maverick. You'd have better luck getting girls and hot cars by trying to impress people with your 29th level druid/paladin/gnome. Which, I'm sure you're aware, is not a lot.
Have you considered the TSA? You get a shiney badge and I hear it's a short course.
TankerDriver said:Give me a break. Is "IP" solely a reserved acronym for military instructor pilots only? Something to make some of our craniums bigger than they already are? Whether this designation came from the fact that most of the higher ups at Riddle are former military or not, doesn't matter. Flight instructor, instructor pilot? Who gives a $hit? If it makes someone feel that much more important to be called an instructor pilot vs a flight instructor, they need to get a life. They both instruct in aircraft.