SJS - The Career Killer (tv spot)

[Kream926]

whats wrong with a rapid upgrade with the same regional?

 

[JWilliams]

I am curious what sort of other jobs you would want people to work before applying for airlines?

I don't really see how flipping burgers for several months helps make better airline pilots.

 

[LR25]

Having a 737 type, now that part was funny.

 

[BenderGonzales]

Teaches work ethic Jwilliams.

We tend to appreciate that which we work for.

 

[Metro752]

Williams has SCS, Shiney Cessna Syndrome, a pre-cursor to SJS

 

[Flechas]

Do you know any individual whose first "real" job involved carrying 50-90 people in the back of a jetliner?

This is not SJS.

CFI is a "real" job, it all depends how professional youare while doing it.

Ps. Get over it already, you are losing too much sleep over this issue.

 

[BenderGonzales]

Well gosh. since you're a moderator -- "yes sir".

 

[banned username 2]

Well gosh. since you're a moderator -- "yes sir".

ROFLMAO!!! Flechas certainly is NOT a Moderator, I think he has spent more time in the Penalty Box than out of it...

 

[bizicmo]

If flying isn't part of the draw in being an airline pilot your in the wrong career.

 

[JWilliams]

Teaches work ethic Jwilliams.

We tend to appreciate that which we work for.

I understand work ethic, believe me, that's why I am currently working as a line attendant at the FBO where I am taking flight lessons.

I break my back trying to get the $$$ to do what I really want which is obviously to fly.

I don't relish the job I have now at all, in fact, the only reason I still get up and do it is that I get to work with the planes and talk to the pilots and generally be a part of the community.

Maybe your right though, in the fact that denying ones true desires creates a stronger bond once the desire has been attained.

I can only agree with this though because right now, after I get home and shower off the smell of jet fuel I can go to bed with the knowledge that I am one step closer to doing what I want.

I hope that having to "pay my dues" truly will one day make me a better pilot, because if it does my time spent in purgatory will have all been worth it.

P.S. Yep, you caught me, I got a real bad case of SCS.

 

[bizicmo]

What's wrong with AirTran? I thought their 737 captains make more than Continental's. I would consider Continental great. I find it hard to believe that AirTran is that bad.
I can't believe we are on this backpack thing again. I carry a backpack to work. It has a change of clothes and shoes so that when I walk home from the airport after work I don't walk home in my uniform.
Not that I have "SJS" because I could care less if I were in a jet or not, but people that complain about it should check to see if they are in the correct field of work. If someone dreams to fly a 170 or any other plane, that is there dream, don't knock it. Not everyone wants to be a 777 pilot.
Next you will complain about people that dream to be doctor but not heart surgeons. Why would people spend all there time and money to go to medical school only to become a free clinic doctor. Because they wanted to be a doctor.
Not everyone's goal is to a 777 pilot.
I didn't become a pilot fly heavy metal or make fantastic wages. I became one because I like to fly. I like to travel to different locations. Hell, I even like staying in hotels. I like the idea of having 12 days off in a four week period(which is low by most airline standards). I like the idea of jumpseating just about anywhere. I really enjoy not being in a office all day. Please save me the airplane is a office response. I've worked in offices and warehouses in the past and none of them looked like a cockpit. I enjoy the interaction with the customers.

 

[Flechas]

Well gosh. since you're a moderator -- "yes sir".

ROFLMAO!!! Flechas certainly is NOT a Moderator, I think he has spent more time in the Penalty Box than out of it...

Haha, i thought that wasn't gonna be noticed!!

Don't you think I should be a moderator though? I know my way around here pretty good and haven't been banned in a while now!!

But for BenderGonzalez, you can call me Mr. Flechas

 

[F16fixer]

I agree almost

Everything that are new disgruntled member has stated is true, except for the part about SouthWest. What's the big deal if they req a type rating? It's part of the job description! You can't be a lawyer unless you have a law degree. Should all lawyers get really pissed off and tell their future employers that they should have to pay for their education. A mechanic has too be ASE cert. I don't see how having a type is any different. My friend has worked for them for around 3 years now and makes a great salary that paid for that type rating deficit in no time.

My friend you have many of good points and probably a lot of experience by the way you speak, but if you stand with the position that all aspiring pilots should try to drop their goals, dreams and ambitions because the instructing "fast track" that they are taking will leave them unprepaired, than I think we have different views. Yes, $20,000 a year is BS, but it's a hell of a lot better than $7,000. Don't try and piss in everyone's wheaties just because you made it an now you think that the stipulations should be harder.
I have mouths to feed, a heat bill to pay and cars that runs on what I think is liquid gold.

Anyway, welcome aboard. Your insight is going to fit right in here.

 

[English]

Haha, i thought that wasn't gonna be noticed!!

Don't you think I should be a moderator though? I know my way around here pretty good and haven't been banned in a while now!!

But for BenderGonzalez, you can call me Mr. Flechas

I noticed. I tried to change mine to "Flecha's Moderator" and it was censored!

Can't put the word MODERATOR in...thanks Flechas! Now my visions of power have been destroyed!

 

[runway9]

Wow, that was great! I'm so glad to see other people recognizing that, though it's a spoof, it's actually very true. Our industry is in a race to the bottom. When can we de-throne Duane Worthless and appoint someone to do something about this?

 

[Flechas]

Our industry is in a race to the bottom.

This is very true, but it can't be blamed on young people taking reginal jobs.
That' a desperate way to try to put out the fire, and that's the way people try to fix everything in America, attacking the consequences, instead on going to the source of the problem.

 

[k_EAT=ho_ME]

This is very true, but it can't be blamed on young people taking reginal jobs.
That' a desperate way to try to put out the fire, and that's the way people try to fix everything in America, attacking the consequences, instead on going to the source of the problem.

Flechas:

In your new role as a M'zero'derator, you have taken on a quite serious and contemplative tone. And here I thought you only did schtick.

 

[Flechas]

Flechas:

In your new role as a M'zero'derator, you have taken on a quite serious and contemplative tone. And here I thought you only did schtick.

This is not my new tone, i do schtick a little, but there's a few topics here that I do have a very set opinion on, like this one.

Besides, now I have to become more serious and responsible, wouldn't want to get fired from my new job!

 

[TonyC]

Sally: "We've done a lot, but you can help. For just $246 per day you can sponser a flight instructor or regional airline pilot.

For less than the cost of a good-quality, high definition television you can sponser an aspiring airline pilot and show them what life would be like if they actually made the money that major airline pilots used to make. This is the first step in ending SJS."

Nice job.


A few suggestions before it goes to syndication. First, lose Sally and cast a fairer face like Terri Hatcher.

Second, and I guess this doesn't really matter since we can't see spelling in a TV ad, but it's sponsor with an "o".

Lastly, you need to come up with a catchy comparison that will trivialize the $246 daily contribution. You know, you gotta say something like, "For less than the cost of a ....". Cup of coffee won't work here unless you're talking about Starbucks. Even the USA Today costs less than that (if you have to pay for it, so I've heard ) so the newspaper thing fails. I'm scratchin' my head (never having developed a $246/day habit for anything.) Oh, wait, the "habit" word gave me an idea. Is there some sort of drug that costs that much? How much are those blue pills? Well, anyway, you get the idea. I'm sure someone can help out with an idea. You gotta put something in there so you can use the line, "That's less than the cost of a daily ______" to get the real punch at the end.




Remember me when you're accepting the Emmy.





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[TrafficInSight]

for less than the cost of your coke habit.

 

[k_EAT=ho_ME]

How much are those blue pills?

Yeah, like you don't know how much they cost, Tony. Riiiigght.

 

[TonyC]

Yeah, like you don't know how much they cost, Tony. Riiiigght.

Problems, I have, but that ain't one of 'em. Your Avatar posed a problem just a few minutes ago when my five-year-old started speculating what it was. His mother and I cringed when he insisted that the slang he had picked up from his sisters was correct, and the "anatomically correct" word was wrong. Go figger.

Besides, tell me how that looks like a breast!?!!? Their little imaginations....




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[FurloughedAgain]

I think I saw Terri Hatcher in an old episode of "Night Court" last night. Did anybody else catch that?

 

[viper548]

For how long is the night court marithon going?

 

[FurloughedAgain]

According to tvland.com its for the rest of the weekend. At least through 5:30 or 6:00am according to the schedule on their website.

 

[viper548]

I haven't seen any night court re-runs in years. When did they stop producing the show? I remember my parents watching it when I was a kid.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

According to classic-tv.com it ran from 1984 to 1992. 193 episodes.

Teri Hatcher played "Kitty" in episode titled: "Who Was That Mashed Man?" (episode # 5.7) 19 November 1987.

But we're getting off topic...

 

[viper548]

I never watched love boat. I didn't see the night court episode with her in it.

 

[MDAutry]

thanks gad, my kid doesn't have that, he when straight into cargo operations.

Let me know how your kid went... For now my dream is to fly DC-3... The first real airliner. I love the systems on that plane, very simple yet bleading edge for the time.

I will finish my Commercial soon. I am looking at flying banners for about 1000hrs and then looking for a dc-3. I am an A&P and I love real airplanes, you know the ones you fly by hand. I also give special recognition to turbine retrofitted Twin Otters...

 

[AA717driver]

Tony C.--They got Sally because she's cheap. She's been undercutting the other actors doing infomercial gigs for years now. She's dragging down the rest of the infomercial acting profession...TC

P.S.--It's ok to use Viagra. I do. Some times she wants it more than three times an hour...

P.P.S.--Fletchas SHOULD be a moderator. Who else here knows more about what gets people banned?