Originally Posted by
skylover
Out of curiosity, can you think of an example of an emergency situation where one or more of the pilots did come from a aviation university background? Unless you have specific evidence, it's probably a bit inaccurate to say that pilots who come from the education background you're mentioning "cut corners," and to imply that they may not be as prepared for an emergency situation as they should be.
Also, by the way, ERAU and places like that have never been considered and aren't "zero to hero" schools. That's what places like "All ATPs" are. ERAU gets you to Commercial w/ multi and instrument, and then it's up to you to build those hours.
bcrosier wasn't implying that they could handle an emergency but using the phrase "cutting corners". He was using the phrase to talk about progressing to certain stages of a flying career without the *usual* experience.
If you think that graduating from ERAU one day and sitting in ground school for a regional airline is the *norm* then you once again have shown that you really haven't studied much history of the airline industry (or even read many threads on the subject or the posts in this thread). Just because it has happened in the recent past, or back in the early 60s, doesn't make it the normal route. Until that route becomes the majority, it will be considered 'cutting corners' on gaining experience.
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