Jay Honeck
Touchdown! Greaser!
Mary and I have been talking about doing something different to encourage new pilots. Over the last two decades we've tried everything short of bribery to grow the pilot ranks, and have succeeded in getting a few people into the cockpit...but far too few to matter. We need more new pilots!
So, we're down to bribery.
Here's our latest idea: As a reward for finishing, we want to give a gift certificate to every newly certificated pilot, good for a free night in our aviation themed hotel on Mustang Island: Amelia's Landing Hotel. This would be a nice slap on the back, a good attaboy/girl that might just serve as an incentive to push them to work just a wee bit harder to finish up?
Who knows -- maybe it will work? Regardless, it probably can't hurt. Trouble is, now that we've had this brilliant idea -- how do we do it? How do we get a gift certificate to every newly minted pilot?
We are stumped -- any ideas? Is anyone already doing this that we can piggyback with? Where are they getting the information?
Thanks!
So, we're down to bribery.
Here's our latest idea: As a reward for finishing, we want to give a gift certificate to every newly certificated pilot, good for a free night in our aviation themed hotel on Mustang Island: Amelia's Landing Hotel. This would be a nice slap on the back, a good attaboy/girl that might just serve as an incentive to push them to work just a wee bit harder to finish up?
Who knows -- maybe it will work? Regardless, it probably can't hurt. Trouble is, now that we've had this brilliant idea -- how do we do it? How do we get a gift certificate to every newly minted pilot?
We are stumped -- any ideas? Is anyone already doing this that we can piggyback with? Where are they getting the information?
Thanks!
