Originally Posted by
boeingsky
Thank you for the advice. Is Silvers Training that rushed? What else is problematic with it? What other regionals have good training programs? I was going through republic training at a strange time. Along with the reasons i have already listed, Just the wrong place at the wrong time. They had just ramped up training and their were a lot of old instructors that were going to be replaced. The current employees at flight safety were not happy about this and made life as hard as it could be for us in training. Comments like " none of you should be in training, anything less than 5k hours is unacceptable" LOL No standardization at all, instructors taught us more about Pan Am flying in the 60's than flying the e170. We all felt ill prepared for our rides. Most washed out in systems or did not pass the oral. I learned a lot tho, about a 121 program, Flight Safety's mess does not mean that i did not like Republic. They were good people but it did not work out. I know what i can do better the second time around, and the sabb is more of the equipment i have been flying. So like i said I am limited to Piedmont or Silver, or another 135 and after doing air ambulance, pipeline patrol, aerial security, and every other flying job, i need to do the 121. And of the two airlines Silver seems better than Piedmont esp the training. Any more input is appreciated.
Silver has what I like to call space shuttle training. Especially in the beech. I don't think it's built to be pilot friendly whatsoever. Saab training was easier, I don't know if they have switched the sim to MIA yet with silver instructors. The panam guys are hit or miss on sim training, I think the biggest problem with those guys is trying to adapt silvers policies and distinguish between technique and what's required.
What the guarantee of even getting the Saab if you get hired? You could end up on the beech flying up in CLE as well, that takes away the domicile quality of life if it happens.
As far as other regionals training programs I think XJT and Skywest are some of the better training programs. If you're required extra training they will give it to you as necessary. I think after 5 extra sessions that's when some of my classmates at XJT washed out, I guess to that point there's more fundamental issues that they can fix. CP is a good company too but as far as training they send you home with self study material before returning for training.
I guess if you're committed to silver I probably wouldn't take it unless you got the Saab. If you do just study, hopefully you will have good classmates that will study with you and get through it. The systems binder is garbage so don't depend on that.
Good luck hopefully you make a choice like you say for quality of life and not so much for upgrade chasing.