Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
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I presume you know that most foreign airlines do just that through their cadet programs. That the US Military does the same, putting 500-hour pilots in planes with bombs or with 200K of cargo on international routes with 3 air refuelings planned. It is the type of training, the discipline imposed and the willingness to can those that can't hack it that defines the graduates.
GF
But those programs are very rigorous, and require at least one (more likely multiple) interview.
US programs have only one admission criteria: Credit Score (failing that, Daddy's credit score).
They also have only one graduation criteria: Can you pay for enough remedial training to get you through?
There are some real losers out there, and many of them can be successfully trained as switch monkeys. That doesn't mean you want to spend 4 days with them, or have to rely on them in a pinch, or let your family fly with them after they upgrade.
We had a guy like that at my last flight school...classic pompous loser with passive/aggressive, insecurities, etc. I lost track of what happened to him, but I know he flunked several regional interviews back in the day. That guy was the poster child for why airlines need to evaluate the whole person and not just the numbers.