http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=113 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:01:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=113&cpage=1#comment-110 Sandy St.John Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:17:47 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=113#comment-110 We all have, at times, done things to make Dumb & Dumber look like Einstein and Edison. But this guy acted more than stupidly – he acted dangerously. By the general public calling him a hero says more about the public and the airline than it does about him. People are fed up with the airlines generally running roofshod over the customer by charging more and more for amenities that used to be free, as well as the rude or uncaring service of gate agents and some flight crew. As for the public, society has changed. We no longer have patience nor authentic caring for one another. We’re all in a hurry and don’t want our podcast to be interfered with. We are, for the most part a selfish, self-absorbed, self-oriented society. And it seems that Mr. Slater turned into a folk hero the minute he started acting like the rest of society, as opposed to upholding the high standrads of a professional. Maybe everyone applauded his actions because he did what they secretly wanted to do. Man’s rebellious nature will always gravitate downward unless something or Someone stronger draws it upward. God help us if Mr. Slater is the 21st century “hero”!

]]> http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=113&cpage=1#comment-91 Maddi Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:28:42 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=113#comment-91 Good job Chip. I agree 100%

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