Anyone thinking about going to Piedmont... Here are the new hire pass/fail stats for 2011. CQhelp.info has a lot of good info. Piedmont training department doesn't cut much slack, so STUDY!

New-Hire Training Classes
NEW HIRES COUNT FAILED QUIT
1 NH 020211 4 0 0
2 NH 030211 10 0 1
3 NH 040611 16 2 0
4 NH 050411 15 5 1
5 NH 060111 12 2 0
6 NH 081011 14 4 1
7 NH 091411 14 2 0
8 NH 101211 10 6 0
9 NH 110811 11 0 0
106 21 3

Nine new-hire classes were conducted for a total of 106 pilots. Of those, 21 pilots failed
to meet the standard and 3 resigned for reasons not related to training difficulties. In
fact, all 3 of them were doing very well. The failure rate for 2011 was 19.8%. The
highest failure rate occurred in the Class of 101211 with 60% failing. Half of the class
failed written examinations in Basic Indoctrination and Aircraft Systems, or both. One
failed during LOFT.