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Why do Student Pilots give up? And Why I Won't.

Eclectic Current — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:20:22 GMT

If the statistics are to be believed, the pilot population is both ageing and shrinking. Unfortunately

re: Taking My Family Flying

Rocha — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:00:25 GMT

Amazing, the first time a take my girlfriend to fly was perfect.

Helicopter flight around the "Cristo Redentor" Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.

Excelent post.

Regards

Rocha

re: Green Card - Life Will Change

General Eclectic — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:47:52 GMT

Thanks Flyer1, I appreciate your best wishes.

re: Green Card - Life Will Change

flyer1 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:09:43 GMT

Go for it! and All The Best to you and your Family.

http://flightglobal.com/articles/2008/01/01/218144/boeing-777-aircraft-profile.html

TrackBack — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:06:45 GMT

re: I'm not going to beg..., but I might if it'll help

General Eclectic — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:49:15 GMT

Well, if you had only made it sound like an awful experience the queue wouldn't be half as long :-D.

Thanks for the link to the video; it really looks like a great operation and I’ve really enjoyed your coverage of it. I have to say, though, that the video did absolutely nothing to help me address my rampant jealousy.

Best Regards and Safe Journeys.

re: I'm not going to beg..., but I might if it'll help

Runway Girl — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:54:14 GMT

Happy to have you along. Just one problem - I think we've got some competition for the next amphibs package :) It was a wonderful experience from start to finish, though, without a doubt. I'm not sure if you saw my video blog about Seaborne, but just in case, here it is: www.flightglobal.com/.../video-seaplanes-st-croix-and-h.html

http://flightglobal.com/airspace/default.aspx

TrackBack — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:23:40 GMT

re: A New Year's Reflection.

General Eclectic — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:06:52 GMT

Thanks Mav. My current customer, an hour's commute and a wonderful family are keeping me away from the site more than I'd like, but I'm still here.

On the subject of the post.., I guess the staff at Flight see the variety in the industry more than most.

re: A New Year's Reflection.

Maverick — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:30:55 GMT

It's good to hear from you again General,what's good about this industry is the variety and that things are always busy!

re: No, I've not disappeared completely

General Eclectic — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:09:24 GMT

Thanks Mav. I really feel that I've not been pulling my weight around here recently and I'm looking forward to re-engaging (he said using horrific manager-speak).

re: No, I've not disappeared completely

Maverick — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:47:49 GMT

It's good to have you back General, we've missed you :-)

re: Where have all the Grey Beards gone?

General Eclectic — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:34:26 GMT

Hi Vtol, thanks for the comment, I wonder what has given me such a different impression?

There are several similarities in the companies I've worked in. Firstly, they are all tier 3 suppliers - supplying engine manufacturers with systems of one sort or another. The secondly is that I have worked more in the Engineering offices than in Manufacturing and lastly they are all in the UK or France.

There was a definite contraction a few years ago that saw redundancies at the company I was at at the time. Not surprisingly the first to go were the nearest to retirement and this dropped the average age in our office in one swoop. As I said in the post, a parting CEO mentioned in the press the (lack of) experience in another company I know.

So have I really discovered the pockets of youth, am I misinterpreting, or is experience poorly distributed in the industry? At least it gives me hope that there are people out there to learn from.., but that's for another post.

re: Where have all the Grey Beards gone?

Vtol — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:57:16 GMT

If this is the case in your manufacturing environment then I'd say you were jolly lucky. Its a fact that the average age profile of the manufacturing/aerospace engineer is 45+ in the UK.

The industry is despaarate to encourage more young people to take up engineering as a carreer as opposed to service industries, IT or banking. The perception is that were all grubby and oily and slightly boffin'y, poorly paid and constantly being laid off !

Perhaps you have all the bright young things at your firm so the rest of us have to cross our fingers for the future ?

re: The perception of luxury - A380 and 787

Batfink — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:07:00 GMT

I've flown on A330s, 747s and 777s and to be brutally honest I didn't really notice a huge amount of difference (Though admittedly, I'm not a frequent flier). The only one I really remember thinking "Oh, this is nice" about was one of the 777s but that was because it was obviously still very new.

I love and am fascinated by aircraft but have to admit, when it actually comes to me flying I don't really mind what it's on as long as it gets me there safely.