Originally Posted by
texaspilot76
Don't get suckered in to these 1-800-jet-jobs academies. Do like I did, go to a mom and pop FBO, spend way less, and achieve the same result. There is no listing on your certificate of where you did your training, nor does any airline care. With the shortage of applicants at the regionals, if you meet the quals, you'll more than likely get a job. At least at my airline, they are hurting for qualified applicants.
agree. I was fortunate to have received some instruction from a old-as-dirt cropduster pilot when I was a student. he would buy fuel at the mom/pop FBO I was taking lessons at and later CFI'ed at. To this day I still hear his voice in my head.