I'm not going to dive into details, but everyone made it through ground. To answer the second question yes you need a good attitude and willingness to succeed, but let me break it down more. This is the first class that afaik is not PFT. While non revving home I was immediately compared to the old GIA even though were not GIA anymore. Now let me tie it back into your question. If you do the bare minimum and are a lousy pilot you just keep that old GIA mentality coming up. I believe though that if you learn as much as you can, score well on your tests, do good in the sim, and are professional on the line there maybe a way to reverse the negative connotation associated with this place. Either way you can get the min score on the tests and make it on to the sims and barely pass through there and life will still go on. Too me it's not fair to the passengers in back for them to have a guy/gal flying around who only passes by with the bare amount of work given. Is it hard to pass here egh it's not easy but not hard. Is it hard to do well and score good.... heck yeah!