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Old 11th June 2001 | 13:45
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Hope the missus appreciated your sacrifice Blindside!!

G-SXTY - Dave - you will never hear the end of the honeymoon saga. Giving up your honeymoon to go to the PPrune seminar - now that is dedication for you!!!

 
Old 11th June 2001 | 14:22
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It's worse than you think martinf. Room 104 - The Honeymoon Suite - had the lumpiest bed I've ever come across.

It made for a turbulent approach and a hell of a bumpy landing



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Old 11th June 2001 | 14:32
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An absolutely brilliant day - learned loads and found it really valuable.

Sincere thanks to everyone for organising it and for giving up their time.



As for the hangover......

Flik
 
Old 11th June 2001 | 18:44
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, an absolute stunner of an event! Huge thanks to IFR, Danny, WWW, Grandad Flyer, Prune Towers, Scroggs, Stop Start, Prune Radar, Hamrah, Crash Dive, Sick Squid and all the others, I hope you all know just what a collosal difference you folks are making to all of us wannabes. I also hope that in a few years time there'll be a whole new host of names; seminars by VTOL, VFE, Pielander, Vicious Squirrel, Send Clowns...........

....can't wait!!!
 
Old 11th June 2001 | 20:40
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A whole day's worth of impartial career advice..? In the world of aviation...? From people who really know what they're talking about?

Ground-breaking stuff - thanks to all concerned for a really valuable day. I hope you managed to collect enough beer payback to make it worthwhile...

 
Old 12th June 2001 | 19:51
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IFR

Meant to ask you on the day but any more news on the Mentor front?

 
Old 12th June 2001 | 21:57
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Good question. Yes, things are on the move in that direction. I just need a couple of weeks. 1. To get over this sinusitis and 2. to have a little breather after the work of the past few months.

Trust me! It will happen!
 
Old 13th June 2001 | 11:28
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Having met you IFR - I can truly beleive that.

..Although are you sure it isn't hungoveritis from the bash!!!!!

When it is up and running may I be the first in line. Also if you need any help with the admin side I duly offer my services.
 
Old 13th June 2001 | 22:52
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Well, maybe a little bit of that but when I do things like that I tend to make sure that everyone is enjoying themselves.

The itis is getting better with a strong dose of antib's and I am now thinking of the next 6 months again.

The feedback I have been getting on the seminars has been very positive and I suspect we shall keep the same format. If anyone has any ideas I will be happy to listen.

Anyway, it was great meeting a bunch of super guys and gals with great enthusiasm, which drives me certainly, and the others too no doubt. Who know's, I might do a lecture myself at the Xmas seminars.
 
Old 14th June 2001 | 00:04
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IFR

What will your specialist subject be??

Very best regards
 
Old 14th June 2001 | 01:27
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I'll hold on that for the time being.
 
Old 14th June 2001 | 01:40
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I know what it should be, but I'm not sure it'd help the wannabes!

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Old 14th June 2001 | 12:55
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Well my talents spread far and wide, modesty prevents me from saying how far and how wide.

Depends on the angle
 
Old 14th June 2001 | 17:31
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From this angle, I'd say very wide indeed!!
 
Old 14th June 2001 | 19:04
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On the subjects of seminars in the next bash, had an idea of splitting people into two groups depending on their experience!! Eg. no flying experience, little or PPL into one group & in the other one people with ATPLs or on their way to them!!!
This way, more specific and relevant information can be given to each group!!
Any views?

Cheers
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Old 14th June 2001 | 20:42
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The principal is OK but in practice it won't work - because you actually finish up with four or five small groups, I thought of that from the word go but 50 was our top number and it proved to be impracticable. In the event we had two groups with four subjects which people liked.

In addition, there was the cost of hiring three, maybe four, rooms and ever mounting costs. The price for the two rooms was high enough, and you might care to know that the fund paid over a third of those costs.

The format of last Saturday worked very well indeed, and it was important that everyone got to know about the many routes that are available to them in an aviation career. Remember, whether you are a PPL with low hours, or no hours at all, there is a real avid need to know what is available to them too - including the CPL and ATPL routes.

I don't think an alternative to that is good right now - but who knows what might transform it, or take it's place in the future, when we have a really solid fund.

Thanks for your input though. Shows you are thinking about it positively.
 
Old 14th June 2001 | 22:12
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I think I would probably be speaking for everybody if I said that I would be more than happy to pay £20 or £30 for the seminars to cover the cost of hiring the rooms. No need to use the fund for that, because we're getting priceless information out of them in any case, thanks to the people who are so kindly willing to give up their time.

Pie
 
Old 14th June 2001 | 22:15
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IFR,
I`ll back Pielander on that,I don`t mind paying £20 to £30 for a seminar...if I can come to the next one as well.

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Old 14th June 2001 | 22:52
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I know that this is a "pilot" forum but would it be impossible to have a concurrently run FA wannabe forum? I am sure that there would be a few potential FA's out there that need some good impartial advice.
Just a thought.

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Old 14th June 2001 | 23:54
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Reddo, I know what you're getting at, but I think we should stick to what we know. I know there are one or two FAs that regularly appear on Pprune, but each airline is so different that we'd need a fair few FAs to give a balanced view. It's worth bearing in mind if the demand starts to pick up.

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