Would like to hear concrete "flameless" suggestions on the following. Keep in mind that it may not be long before we substitute the word "Major" for "Regional."



FACTS BEARING ON PROBLEM

1.There is a regional airline "feeding frenzy" going on trying to find pilots. The mimimums for hire keep dropping. Flaming each other about the merits of different flight hour levels will not stop the feeding frenzy.

2.The regionals will hire low time pilots.

3. Current screening and initial training programs may be designed for higher experience level new hires. Using pass/fail criteria based on higher experience levels (without changing training) may result in higher % of failures.

4.Standards for advancement to F/O IO training should NOT be changed.

PROBLEM: How should training programs be changed to insure low total time new hires recieve fair screening evaluation and then achieve all previous established training criteria before being becoming operational?