Frequent Flyer

Those who know me well know I’ve never really liked flying. I think I got that from my mom who isn’t a great flyer either but has gotten a lot better over the years.

I spent last year flying all over the country and it’s changed me.

It seems that I’ve been living on an airplane for the past month.

I just figured that from Dec 16th through Jan 28th, I will have been on 16 flights.  That’s a flight every one and half days.

Last night at dinner I said that I was looking forward to my flight this morning because I could get some work done. That’s what it’s come to - I am looking forward to being on a plane!

Give me a large bottle of water, a couple bananas, some nuts and dried fruit, my iPod and Bose headphones, and my laptop and some spare batteries and I’m a happy guy on an airplane.

Comments

[jackson]

I think ther'sa Wilson in the air at all times. I've gotten to the point where I can actually doze a bit, mostly I read, every once in a while th mood strikes and I hit the Heinekens and strap on the walk-man.

[Dave]

I've always felt the same about flying ... I get to actually get some work done almost without interruption. Then there was the time I forgot my laptop SOMEHOW (still not sure what happened) and didn't have any reading material with me ... noticed the missing laptop as we taxied away from the gate.... Had some nice thoughts on that flight. ;-)

I'm on the 9:30am flight to San Francisco tomorrow. Back Monday night, then off to Vegas Tuesday morning. And no - I didn't schedule it. ;-(

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kstreetfriend comment:

According to the New York Times: Recently, a number of for-profit colleges have faced inquiries, lawsuits and other actions calling into question the way they inflate enrollment to mislead/increase the value of their parent company’s stock.

In the last year, the Career Education Corporation of Hoffman Estates, Ill., has faced lawsuits, from shareholders and students, contending that, among other things, its colleges have inflated enrollment numbers. The company acknowledged that it was under investigation by the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In February 2004, F.B.I. agents raided 10 campuses run by ITT Educational Services of Carmel, Ind., looking for similar problems.

Kaplan is wholly own by the Washington Post Company. I provided the S.E.C., Department of Education, and federal courts information that appears to prove Kaplan inflated the Concord School of Law enrollment, telling investors that the “flagship” of its higher education division has as many as 600 to 1000 or more students.

Why didn’t the Justice Department and S.E.C. included Kaplan with their investigation?