Originally Posted by
El Gwopo
I've been at 3 airlines so far in my career. At UAL/CAL now. Lakes was absolutely, by far, without a doubt, the most demanding training of my life. If you do go there, be very prepared. I wasn't. It showed. They had to drag me across the finish line. Must have been because I was such a fun guy to be around.
2nd that with a disclaimer:
Lakes was naturally the first job I got out of CFI-ing (Lakes, SKYW, ATA, CAL, FedEX)
And yeah, it was by FAR, the toughest training I'd ever had in my career but....
was it because I was C152 pilot flying day VFR when I took the job? I sometimes wonder if the order were reversed: FDX, CAL, ATA, SKYW, GLA if I were to think it was actually as bad as it was.
But I'll agree, if you're a CFI coming from sitting in the right seat doing touch and goes all day long (as most new Lakers were/are) expect a serious challenge (but most of us got through)