Ok, here I go with a pet peeve or two of mine. I consider these tpe of sites a good way to get to know others in our industry, do some networking, share ideas, answer each other's questions, etc. I feel that in order to do so, members should share some basic info about themselves. Yet so many members do not list their job and do not write anything under hobbies. Now, the hobbies block I find is a good place to write more details about what you do in aviation, where you work, etc. Maybe it needs a better title than hobbies.
If someone does not enter some basic info why would anyone want to start a dialogue with them or add them as friends? Another gripe of mine is people who require you to be added as a friend in order to view their profile. If I can't read something about someone first, why would I even consider being their friend?
As a manager at an MRO, I would like to pose a few questions.
What is most important to you when looking for employment? Is it your base wages, time off, medical benefits, challenge of the job, geographic location, the name recognition of the employer, advancement opportunity or what?
What will attract your initial attention to a potential employer?
What would be the make or break deciding factor(s)?
What will definitely turn you off to an employer?
All input is welcome.
I just read about the accidents at the Dayton Airshow and also at Oshkosh that killed the pilots. Sad.
DAYTON, Ohio - A biplane performing stunts for an air show crashed into a runway Saturday in front of thousands of spectators, killing the pilot, officials said.
Jim LeRoy, 46, was in one of two planes making loop-to-loops with smoke trailing as part of the annual air show at Dayton International Airport. His Pitts aircraft slammed into the runway across a field from spectators and caught fire. The crowd stood stunned as the show was shut down.
“It came down and didn’t have enough room,” said Aaron Smith, who was watching with his 5-year-old son. “I could hear it crunch, hard. Some pieces came off.”
The plane struck the ground at an angle and slid about 300 yards, bursting into flames and spewing smoke, said Airport Fire Chief Mark Carpenter. It took less than a minute for fire trucks to arrive and start putting out the fire.
“We cut Mr. LeRoy out of the aircraft,” Carpenter said.
LeRoy died en route to Miami Valley Hospital, Carpenter said. The crash’s cause was being investigated.
LeRoy, a Marine veteran who had a degree in aeronautical engineering, was a design engineer with GE Aircraft Engines until he became a full-time stunt pilot in 1997.
He won the Art Scholl Award for showmanship in 2002, presented by the International Council of Air Shows, and the Bill Barber Award for showmanship in 2003, presented by the World Airshow News.
A performance by the Air Force Thunderbirds was canceled. Some people with ticket stubs from Saturday will be admitted to Sunday’s scheduled performance, officials said."
Crashes mar Wisconsin airshow
On Friday, two single-engine war planes at an experimental airshow in Wisconsin collided while landing, killing one of the pilots and injuring the other, officials said.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the collision with the two P-51 Mustangs happened at 3:17 p.m. after the planes finished a performance at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual AirVenture show in Oshkosh.
P-51 Mustangs are single-seat fighters that were used in World War II.
FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board investigators were on the scene on Friday.
NTSB spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz said one pilot died and the other had minor injuries when the planes clipped wings on landing. He said an NTSB investigator on the scene scheduled a news briefing at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Wittman Regional Airport terminal.
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