Originally Posted by
Cruz5350
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!
In sorry dude, but there's so much more to this job than doing well on tests in a classroom. When the sh!t hits the fan it won't matter if you can recite the type of engine and how much oil is in the reservoir, what matters is the experience that you bring to the table. Experience that you can only get by flying around and making a mistake that scares the crap out of you. While it may be true that this place isn't like the gulfstream of old, it still seems like it can only attract the type of people that either cant get a job anywhere else because of past mistakes outside of aviation, low time, or guys that are chasing a quick upgrade. But please, I hope y'all prove us all wrong and y'all start to stand up for yourselves to management and fight for a decent contract with respectable payrates. Dont be fooled by a measly $1000 bonus, I promise you that they did not do this out of the kindness of their heart, I guarantee you that there is more to the story.