A couple of days ago I moaned to RogerW that all the folks I hung out with at Migrations had seemingly graduated from COPA. He responded with something typically anodyne like, “you should come.” Then arrived the LukeL interview/podcast with DaleK and the alert that early bird registration was ending. Since my unnatural desire to ingratiate myself with accomplished men with greasy overalls is exceeded only by my urge to “save” money, I signed up.
The last migration Julie and I attended was M15 in Nashville, eight years ago, so I look forward to replenishing my ever-diminishing reserve of manhood.
Posting as PSA to the membership to take a number if you wish to express your heartfelt gratitude to Julie for keeping me from posting more frequently.
For you Migration alum, I’d appreciate your thoughts about whether my wife would really benefit from any of the partner stuff.
I got my PPL this past January (and have since been excruciatingly slowly working on IFR). My wife has flown with me on a few relatively local flights (up to about an hour). She is very gradually warming (luke-warming) to this whole thing, but I am just happy that she’s on board (both literally and metaphorically)… However, she is skittish about anything and everything technical about the plane and controls. She gave me one of those looks when I told her that down the road, she can take on various roles when we fly.
I’m wondering how to pitch Migration to her. I live close enough to Amelia Island that I could conceivable drive (or fly) in for the daily sessions. Alternatively, we could make a weekend of it. If we do it that way, what would she get the most out of (and not feel overwhelmed, out of place, or generally confused)?
My wife has zero interest in flying, but she thought the partner in command class was great. It even got her interested in doing the simulator training in Vegas, but we haven’t made it there yet.
I’d pitch it hard because this year at Migration we - The COPA Pilot Proficiency Program (CPPP) - will be rolling out an all new AND shorter (90 minutes down from 180 minutes) partner course.
The current title is - already test run at the International Migration - Know Before You Go a Passenger Briefing. Indeed I will be teaching it along with CPPP event coordinator @megan.
It is a light easy to absorb message on how to be a good partner/passenger in a Cirrus.
That was my bad. I was heading to back surgery followed by hip replacement. I just wasn’t very mobile.
In the spirit of the revolution being celebrated today, could you tell her that Indians (starting with multiple Sanjays) are plotting to take back the land? COPA is our beachhead. We aim to usurp the gang that throws good tea into cold water… WTF is that all about?! Assuming the right ethnicity, your wife could be well-placed to be designated the mother of the COPA Indian Mutiny of 2025. (Can you believe “they” are are trying to peer pressure God-fearing sanatanis to smoke cigars? That alone is worth dispatching the Marines to the Omni, I say.)
More seriously though, my wife isn’t into planes and rarely flies GA. But she is an enthusiastic multi-Migrator. She does find a few of the program items interesting - e.g., those related to pilot health. But mainly she has found Migration attendees (including spouses) to be far more interesting specimens than the usual medical/academic/tech/desi circles we frequent. Yes, the PIC workshop, which she’s taken twice I think, is also of interest to her; though that may be because of a crush on MikeR. (Heck, even I have a crush on MikeR so how can I blame her.)
Plus, I promise that your wife has never met so many people with such strongly held opinions ranging from the civilizational importance of knives and “interesting” medical interventions to welfare queens and “the war between the states”, you name it. And Ayn Rand - even here in Cuckoo-California we never get to meet actual adults into Ayn Rand except at Migrations; hasn’t your wife always wanted to meet people who take Ayn Rand seriously? (Pro tip - tell everyone you’re related to the Shahs of Iran, but you hate the present regime. You’ll make lots of friends.)
Finally, though Julie Duluth, where the first many Migrations were held, she has continued to enjoy exploring the locales even when Migrations moved away from the mothership. So there’s also the touristy escape should your wife not wish to hang around the testosterone.
She (and you) should come. You’ll enjoy the weirdness and assure yourselves how normal y’all are.
Those are pretty to look at, but they’re not formally logged in the COPA archives as eternal credit to the sage and hilarious post to which they should rightly be attached. Sure, that would be a nice symbolic gesture, but it would lack the official gravitas that Sanjay deserves.
I dropped a laugh on Sanjay’s post on your belief, you know, for the eternal credit, although he didn’t laugh at my earlier post, which, while ever so slightly less eloquent, was equally humorous.
Duluth, where the first many Migrations were held, she has continued to enjoy exploring the locales even when Migrations moved away from the mothership. So there’s also the touristy escape should your wife not wish to hang around the testosterone.
