Sincere good luck to all interviewing with AE. I've heard Eagle has zero backlog of applications and, therefor, needing new-hires. Can anyone confirm/refute Eagles lack of 'inventory'? Just curious if anyone has a feel for the hire ratio compared to those interviewing.

Having served a tour at AE, I find all the applicant concern over previous checkride busts a bit ironic.

AE has been known for it's 'baseball' mentality for at least the last 15 years I've trained and trained with AE pilots and ex-AE pilots. Baseball? Yeh, 3 strikes and you're out. Actually, most guys opt to resign prior to the 3rd strike to 'protect' their training record.

This 3 strike rule is so onerous, I once told the AE director of training he needed to hire more teachers and fewer umpires. The best thing any new-hire can hope is to be paired with a CA upgrade. He/she can be your best tutor/mentor and a substantial asset to you get you through the sim and on to line training.