Thurman Merman
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ditto
Oh yeah forgot the acedemic side. That laptop thing is new they didn't require it when I was there. They do bend you over without lube with plane costs, I remeber a seminole costing $220 w/o instructors. The whole D!ckhead instructors thing is true, fortunately my time there was spent under the tutilage of great guys that became drinking buddies on occasion. But rest assure the guys who think they're some sh!t hot throttle jockey is quickly crushed when they get to an airline, I've seen it first hand and even had to curtail some snotty FO feeding me som "co-captain" B.S. I was there for five years and they only canceled school once due to weather which that following weekend prompted a "NO SCHOOL KENDALL" chant for anybody that remembers the old pres Kendall Baker. Also, don't expect to have any decision making skills, unless its 5000 foot ceilings, a gazillion miles of visibility, with less than ten knots of cross wind, and no thunderstorms in the tri state area, you ain't flyin'. Unfortunately they don't have the option now (I think) that I had, you only had to get a com mult eng inst. which allowed for a real minor and with a lil' more effort a double major.
You know the more a recollect the more I can't figure out why I went there in the first place.
On the flip side being that there is a heavy scandinavian flavor, a lot of six foot blond haired blue eyed hunnies. The accent takes time to get use to, watch the movie "Fargo" for reference.
Oh yeah forgot the acedemic side. That laptop thing is new they didn't require it when I was there. They do bend you over without lube with plane costs, I remeber a seminole costing $220 w/o instructors. The whole D!ckhead instructors thing is true, fortunately my time there was spent under the tutilage of great guys that became drinking buddies on occasion. But rest assure the guys who think they're some sh!t hot throttle jockey is quickly crushed when they get to an airline, I've seen it first hand and even had to curtail some snotty FO feeding me som "co-captain" B.S. I was there for five years and they only canceled school once due to weather which that following weekend prompted a "NO SCHOOL KENDALL" chant for anybody that remembers the old pres Kendall Baker. Also, don't expect to have any decision making skills, unless its 5000 foot ceilings, a gazillion miles of visibility, with less than ten knots of cross wind, and no thunderstorms in the tri state area, you ain't flyin'. Unfortunately they don't have the option now (I think) that I had, you only had to get a com mult eng inst. which allowed for a real minor and with a lil' more effort a double major.
You know the more a recollect the more I can't figure out why I went there in the first place.
On the flip side being that there is a heavy scandinavian flavor, a lot of six foot blond haired blue eyed hunnies. The accent takes time to get use to, watch the movie "Fargo" for reference.
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