Well...I'm unable to comprehend why any of you would even have an opinion as to why he spent the said amount on his CRJ course at ATP? It’s his money…Hellllllo!
It’s so easy for us (hiding our real selves) on this forum to make fun of those whose identities are out in the open…wow…what a comment by that guy who said that he will print that and if finds himself jump-seating with him, will pass on that to his captain upon leaving the aircraft. If it were to have affected this FO, why would you want to ‘harm’ him in any way? Are we simply jealous?
Not that anything precludes you from printing your feelings on this forum…but…on moral basis…what has he done to you?
If he had the money and he thought it would help him (I’m sure it did), why would you even have a comment about him spending his own money any which way he wanted?
Why are we (on this board) so against people who have more money than us? Why are we against those whose parents have paved the way by paying every single penny for flight instruction? Are we simply jealous? I see it mentioned on this board repeatedly the words used like: “…mom and dad paid for it.” First, how do we know that mum’n’dad paid for it (it’s a pure assumption), second, even if they did…why would you care. More power to those whose parents are better off and can afford to pay for flight and other programs, like ERAU’s CAPT program. The same ‘opposing-those-who-are-more-fortunate-than-me’ mentality is what’s tainting your judgment about these people you don’t even know.
Now…let’s say…trying finding a link on this form about the unfortunate event where this guy was fired due to ‘inability to complete training’…would’ve loved to have his hands on this kind of money and ATP sponsored CRJ course or some other ERJ course and I’m sure he wouldn’t have failed the IOE.
May be this guy would’ve have done very good if he hadn’t done this course…and he admits that it helped him so I think it was a brilliant idea…and the money well spent. To put him down for his ‘Elivs’ comment is a ‘low blow’. Didn’t we all feel good about our achievements when we passed the 121 Check in whatever planes we trained on? I was proud of my achievements and I felt great. This guy was simply trying to say that he was able to stay ahead of the curve because he had the previous exposure/training. Put him down all you want…I’d rather spend that much money for ‘prep’ than have a Part 121 Training Failure on my record.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Bunny