by emilyp
7. November 2009 14:11
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Posted by Emily Pleshinger
Senior, Aviation
It’s the end of the 9th week—-a time when all students start to feel the strain of procrastination. Like many respectable college students, I have saved one of my multiple quarter long projects until this weekend. Yes, I have at least started it; however, now, it’s time to get serious about the project. I have to analyze Delta Airlines, make suggestions about how it could improve specifically its customer service, and then write a customer bill of rights. My group presents a week from Monday.
As unsettling as this may sound, I am currently in an organizational behavior management class in which I learned about the punctuated equilibrium model. Basically, this model shows how a typical group’s performance over time is small until right before the deadline, and then performance skyrockets. Although I don’t condone this type of group behavior, at least it has been proven that I’m not alone!
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by emilyp
19. October 2009 10:39
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Posted by Emily Pleshinger
Senior, Aviation
Well, the Flight Team competition ended on Saturday, and after a long, cold week in Michigan, I am happy to be back at OU! Unfortunately, the team did not advance to nationals, but we did place second in the flight events and third in ground events.
It was a very fun, sometimes stressful week which included squirt-gun fights, techno music, frantic studying, airplane pushing, and lots of fast food. The team members also got the chance to talk about and compare flight programs with other teams, and I think we came back with some ideas to make our program stronger. Overall, it was an extremely positive experience, and all I can say is that I wish I had joined the team sooner!
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The pictures below were taken by Sara Hetrick and Ben Endress. The first picture is taken from up in the air:
This picture shows all of the teams lined up in their planes, ready to start an event:
The last picture with our team in flight suits was something silly we did for the message-drop event. We didn't wear flight suits and mustaches the entire time (although, maybe we should have!)
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by emilyp
8. October 2009 21:13
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Posted by Emily Pleshinger
Senior, Aviation
Today, I traveled with the flight team to Western Michigan University for the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) competition. I was fortunate enough to be selected as one of the seven team members to fly up, while the rest of the team had to make a 6 hour van ride. In order to get there, we flew out of Ohio University’s airport (identifier UNI), made a fuel stop at Findlay (FDY), and then continued to Battle Creek Airport (BTL).
The flight was pretty eventful, because not only were we trying to beat the bad weather, but the sky was congested with aircraft when we reached our destination. All in all, it was a successful trip, and the day ended with a swim in the hotel’s pool and an early bed time!
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by emilyp
27. September 2009 22:27
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Posted by Emily Pleshinger
Senior, Aviation
I spent this past weekend out at the airport taking part in (and frantically studying for) flight team tryouts. OU’s flight team, The Flying Bobcats, is spooling up to go to Western Michigan University to compete in the Region III SAFECON competition. Both ground and air events are offered to participating schools: events include message drop, power-on landings, power-off landings, computer accuracy, aircraft recognition, simulated comprehensive aircraft navigation, ground trainer, and pre-flight.
Although the stress to perform this weekend was intense, everyone trying out kept a positive, playful attitude towards the process. There was a race to the Marathon gas station for lunch, an improvised hockey game while washing the planes, and much banter from recent alumni chosen to judge our performance.
After the day was finished and points were tallied, a solid, competitive team was formed. Due to the fact that it is my first year on flight team, I was only eligible to make ground events, and happily, I scored well enough to compete in the computer accuracy test. We only have one more weekend left until we leave for Western Michigan, so now it's crunch time!
To learn more about how flight team competitions work, check out http://www.nifa.us/.
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