Originally Posted by
Whacker77
I was in that Chautauqua class until my Mom became very ill from her breast cancer treatment. So I left, but it wasn't due to partying. As for the people who washed out, by in large they were not the ones who were partying. In fact, two of the failures were 145 pilots for Mesa and ExpressJet. That just blew me away. The other five who did not finish had various issues.
In general, the experience at Flight Safety was uneven to say the least. There were lots of schedule changes and Chautauqua procedures were ignored by the staff for the most part. The worst part was the check airman. Friends from the class told me that he did nothing but swear at them during the check ride. This came from each person to whom I spoke. FWIW, he has a terrible reputation among the other check airmen and line pilots.
For those with experience at other airlines, is a check airman who constantly uses profanity the rule or the exception? Personally, I think it's the height of unprofessionalism. Having said all that, had the guys been able to fly the manuevers, they would be on the line.
Rick is right, that is not the norm. ASA has a great training dept (except for one or two) and I've never had someone cuss me out. But.... a piece of advice; Cowboy the F%8k up! If you can't handle someone using profanity you're not going to make it on line when the ramper, gate agent, F/A and Captain have all rubbed you the wrong way on about your 3rd day of 5 hours of sleep.
I learn to fly with a guy who hit me in the helmet and then smacked the VSI or Altimeter (to increase my scan).
I'm not picking on you, but a little mental toughness will serve you well. It's possible he's doing on purpose to rattle your cage, just to see how you'll deal with the pressure. Don't let it get to you. Make a game of it. Tell yourself there is nothing he can do to you that will prevent you from flying the plane well.
Stick
Stick,
That is the most insulting thing I have ever herd. No one should ever tolerate a ahole who can't speak with a professional tone. A one off is ok, but not acceptable during training.
And I have been around the block plenty.