You are all Pratts.........
 

...........according to Adam Trimingham, a 'reporter' for the Brighton Evening Argus. In his weekly column, he comments on the plans for expansion at Shoreham Airport. Basically, he is behind the idea of more commercial flights to and from Europe and wants the runway extended to accommodate these potential flights.

This is what he says about you.......
(The Argus, Wed Sept 8th, '04.)

What a pratt eh........ :rolleyes:

charming! :mad:

Perhaps rather than igniting an us against the press conflagration, could this reporter be encouraged to visit a local flying school and made to understand the hoops that have to be gone through in order to obtain a PPL?

Also I'm sure that the local Police chopper has better things to do than chasing spam cans around the Sussex skies.

That's a shame AT feels that way. I agree with you MaxFlyer, perhaps he should go to a local flying school cos I never realised til I started my flying lessons just how much hard work it is to get a PPL and how much hard work and dedication the instructors undertake to help us get there!

FFF v1.2

PS BRL - FFF does drink other things apart from FuFu's - he has been known to have the odd beer or two ya know!! Still, now that FFF explained what FuFu means I will have a chuckle with you at GatBash if you are there!! ;)

It seems that The Argus felt the same way about Adam as we do.

He was fired from there a month ago!! I have just phoned them to ask to have a chat with him.
:}

Why is the police helicopter following all these prattish pilots? :E

I was told he had retired on his 60th birthday recently but still writes for the paper :confused:

I can't find the article on line for you all to read, but if any of you feel the need to reply to what is written above, or to request the full article, then you can e-mail the paper direct............
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reporters are all pratts......

A Pratts Special.

Sorry. :(

The wording the writer uses is stupid and emotive, but we shouldn't delude ourselves that the sentiment he expresses is not shared by the majority of his readers.

On a sunny weekend some parts of the South of England are indeed pretty noisy, with large numbers of pilots - prattish or otherwise - enjoying themselves. I generally enjoy watching them, but most people find them a nuisance.

GA needs to quieten down, unfortunately.:(

Surely it is the prattling if ignorant elderly reporters which is the greater danger to the good people of the south coast

quote:

elderly

At 60????

>>I can't find the article on line for you all to read, but if any of you feel the need to reply to what is written above, or to request the full article, then you can e-mail the paper direct............<<

Search for him using google, there's plenty on him there.

Maybe it is also worth mentioning to Mr AT that airline pilots all start off as a 'prattish' pilots in light aircraft, no airline pilots and funnily enough, no more air travel.

I am sure though that one journalist's rantings in a local paper will not alter any plans that Shoreham had.

If you have a bigger machine does that make you a bigger pratt?? :}

BRL

He wanted to have the airport closed down after my departure a couple of years ago, so I must be a huge PRATT:{

Surely he was commenting on aircraft with Pratt & Whitney engines?

I am a pratt. lot of my mates used Trevor Thom tho!

Like all generalizations, it's such a stupid, vile thing to say. I wonder if he writes articles featuring derogatory comments about "most Americans/West Indians/Muslims/Jews/policemen/physicians/youths", etc. :(

The idea of taking reporters up for a flight and acquainting them with the realities of light aviation is usually a good one; but this fellow has proven himself so prejudiced that he is probably a lost cause. I'd suggest that the time and effort involved would be better spent entertaining a more neutral reporter, who might be open-minded or at least not such a demonstrable bigot.

Stakeholder management is the answer and GA hasn't got a clue what that is.