I found what Helen said to be light and humorous, which is a great way to create a relationship with a new student. It's the truth but why not have some fun with it.
Lacy I think you took it a bit to serious.
My$.02
By the way cool about meeting John Glen. Always great to meet people we look up to and respect.
Mike
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Well I am sorry, but that is arrogance in the face of the very people you hope to bring into flying. As you say, its a way to put yourself away from all others...... In my book that is sheer arrogance, and really lack "respect" for those who are less knowledgeable. Like I said, you can surely use acronyms in all of your writing.......... however, use the full out spelling of those words within the same posting. So that others understand your meaning. I did not mention this before, but other group may use the same acronyms but with a totally different meaning...... so there is confusion if you don't spell it out in your postings..... That in only courtesy to the peer group. I am sure when you write your posting, that your aware everyone with a computer can read it. Not just one person .............Lacy KayeIn a message dated 8/10/2011 7:59:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Helen_Woods@verizon.net writes:I think that's just pilots in general. On lesson #1 with toung only partly in cheek while I teach the parts of the plane and preflight inspection I start off with a speech that goes something like, "Now that you are becoming a pilot you will need to learn to sound like one. We pilots have many ways to separate ourselves from the mere mortals bound to the earth. The first is through the use of acronyms. We use as many of these as possible to make sure that no one other than our fellow pilots can understand us, and when we run out of acronyms, we use French."
BTW, when people text me, I call them and have a real conversation with them.
Helen
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