tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post113888957828569731..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: A New Winner?Aviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1139626147417832162006-02-11T02:49:00.000+00:002006-02-11T02:49:00.000+00:00Hello Aviatrix,I must say that I am rather compute...Hello Aviatrix,<BR/>I must say that I am rather computer-stupid, and do not understand much more than click and pick.I would, however, be quite annoyed by such a transmission and try to get to the bottom of it.As a fellow pro-pilot, i understand your journey.<BR/>We are all on alittle adventure, and few would understand it unless they also were on the same one.<BR/>Happy Landings,<BR/>CassaundraCassaundrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373526977034140734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1139530801817894672006-02-10T00:20:00.000+00:002006-02-10T00:20:00.000+00:00That Nigerian reference is chillingly close to the...That Nigerian reference is chillingly close to the truth, Aviatrix - are you aware of the state of the pilot hiring market in the UK? If you apply to Easyjet's semi-sponsored ab initio pilot training scheme they expect you, the applicant, to pay GBP 140 for their assessment tests. Even appropriately type-rated pilots have to put up a GBP 6,000 bond to cover their mandatory "refresher" training in case they leave within a year, and I've heard (don't know if this is still the case) of pilot applicants being required to pay for their sim assessments with at least one of the other UK budgets, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1139529484201401792006-02-09T23:58:00.000+00:002006-02-09T23:58:00.000+00:00"Desactivate" was actually one of my first clues t..."Desactivate" was actually one of my first clues that it might be real. That typo is characteristic of a bilingual (French-English) speaker momentarily confusing deactivate with désactiver. Someone working for or with Air Canada is more likely to be bilingual than a random spammer.<BR/><BR/>Apparently that is part of the reason why Nigerian spammers use such poor English. They are trying to make you think "this guy is uneducated. I could pull a fast one on him."Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1139525497459942592006-02-09T22:51:00.000+00:002006-02-09T22:51:00.000+00:00Did they actually say "desactivate"? Is that a wo...Did they actually say "desactivate"? Is that a word? This sure looks like spam to me. Of course, lately I've gotten spam that has looked pretty real. It is getting harder to tell the difference, with real email and spam converging.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps they are looking for the really careful pilots who check everything out and realize that it is not spam, so they act on it. Of course, they'd also get the ones that are dumb enought to act on any email that comes along. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1139494199112304872006-02-09T14:09:00.000+00:002006-02-09T14:09:00.000+00:00No, the cryptic links lead to a login screen, aski...No, the cryptic links lead to a login screen, asking for said ID and password. Investigation showed that the domain belonged to the company that is given on Air Canada's own website as the engine behind their resume software.<BR/><BR/>All the more reason to strive to become more than a number.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.com