Originally Posted by
FixTheMess
OneEye, thanks for giving some more detailed information. All we can go off of is what little information our union reps send out. However, I don't know why the disparity between your information (which I'm sure is more accurate), and the original statement from ALPA's minutes that were posted. Regardless, I'm still troubled by the mentality surrounding that statement. I'd also suggest that if certain trouble areas are continuously being identified for our captain upgrades, the program needs to be re-evaluated, and improved to help correct these areas. That is one of the benefits of having AQP.
The MEC minutes were accurate in that the pilots that failed (other than the written failure and early withdrawal) had issues associated with situational awareness and workload planning. To better address those concerns, the TD added more days to both the systems and procedures classes. Those days are used for simulator evaluators to discuss planning for non-normal events relative to systems failures and to review scenario-based training. Common errors are also discussed. Those extra days were added beginning with the 5th upgrade class this year and the feedback, thus far, has been positive and the success rate has increased.