Originally Posted by
ScaryKite
trans states has had a rep for hiring some low time guys, but they do not budge at all for performance. Its actually a good way to hire because the difference between 500 hours and 1500 hours could be a simple difference of how many landings you have saved in the pattern. Until there is quite a bit of IFR cross country experience, most instructing is just adding hours into your logbook. So I think its a relatively good thing to hire people and give them a shot, if they cant cut it, so be it. I definatley think TSAs training was very thorough and fair. If you didnt make it, probably a good thing. Thats one thing I will give TSA props for is the training department, most every captain I flew with was very knowledgeable, professional with the door open, and all in all a damn good pilot.
That was an excellent post. It is generally accepted that more experience = better pilot. Personally, I see no difference between 1000/100 and 500/100 if the trainee can pass a tough training course.
We complain about the degrading of our industry all the time. But if Trans States budges at all on the
quality of their training, we are going to have more boneheads flying in our profession. More and more people are trying to become pilots without college degrees
. Next thing you know there could be high school dropouts flying these planes. Training needs to be tough. If you can pass a tough, respectable training course, we shouldn't care so much about experience. Now if someone is lowering their mins and lowering their standards, we are going to have a problem, and nothing will be done about it until we have a crash that kills people!!!!