[nagdu] Tell the whole truth

Tracy Carcione carcione at access.net
Wed Apr 11 17:00:19 UTC 2012


Thanks, Chantel.  How far do you live from Pilot?

I live about a 40-minute drive from TSE, and an instructor brought me home
and helped me work on a couple things in the neighborhood.  It was nice.
Tracy



> When I came home with Motley, Pilot's director of training took me and we
> worked here in my area.
>
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> Marsha, I appreciate your perspective.  I too am not interested in
> relentless negativity.  We would all have to try hard to stay calm.
>
> The story Laurel tells seems, at least in part, to be one of not getting
> effective follow-up.  That is useful to know.  In a recent example, Daniel
> in Colorado had a lot of trouble getting effective follow-up from Leader,
> but Steve in Wisconsin got excellent follow-up from them.  Knowing this,
> if I were considering applying to Leader, I'd probably ask them what kind
> of follow-up I could expect, living in X.  Then I could decide if that was
> acceptable, or if I should apply elsewhere.  I have an impression that
> Pilot only offers phone follow-up. That too would be useful for
> prospective applicants to know.
> If enough people ask questions about something, it might change a school's
> practices.
> Knowledge is power, as they say.
> Tracy
>
>
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