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Gregg, I liked that part about people who do not finish their training. It is especially difficult here in Chicago where we have 6 class B,C,and D airspaces within 59 miles. Frankly, most students who are not informed of the difficulties flying here are intimated to the point where they lose interest. They never realized that to fly in controlled airspaces requires lots of training. Many students just want to learn how to fly and become discouraged when it starts to become difficult. We have pilots around here like that but they spend all their time in small grass strips and miss the excitement and thrill of flying into an airport with a tower. Ever notice how the attendance to fly-in breakfasts improves when they have it on that small grass strip. I remember my CFI telling me,"Billy, you learn to fly at a controlled field, such as DuPage in class B airspace and you will be able to fly anywhere in the country". I have been doing FAA Safety Seminars for a long time and am seriously considering visiting high schools and peddling my wares there. Maybe if we can catch them young enough we might have a chance to get them started when they are young enough and are capable of learning anything. (not like me who started flying at age 60). Who knows, maybe sponsor a scholarship? Ladies and gentlemen, do you suppose we can get a thing like that going or is my senility catching up with me.? Bill Coons Greg Bullough wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > At 12:23 PM 3/17/2005, Georgia Trehey wrote: > >> Greg and all, >> >> I agree that using MSN flight sim is fun and is >> actually a good learning tool. What I was getting at >> is I find it surprising that someone could spend a >> long time, years even, using a flight sim and not >> develop enough interest and curiousity in real planes >> to at least try an intro lesson. > > > Key difference...willingness to put their butt in their own sling. > > That might be the first component of 'the right stuff.' > > People who play 'first person shooter' games don't necessarily > want to go out and become commandos, either. > > You have to realize that pilots (and maybe sailors) aren't your > run-of-the-mill people. > > Come to that, most people who try flying don't finish. Oh, they > talk about costs and that stuff. In fact, I think they just don't have > the kind of stuff that it takes to put your fate into their own hands > and to have to rely on their own skills and take that kind of direct > personal responsibility. You can't fake this one, and all the Dale > Carnegie skills in the world won't do anything for you once you've > turned final with your CFI back on the ground. > > You'd be surprised how many of us don't know who's in the > Super Bowl until kickoff at the neighbor's Super Bowl Party. > > Then of course, we win the pool. > > Greg > > > ========================================================================== ==== > > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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