Originally Posted by
IBPilot
You are clueless if you think it is the legacy 9e check airmens fault, and have no idea how the current department operates. There is a reason original 9e never gave more than 50 hours of OE, and there is a reason why at least 3 FO"'s banned from upgrade there are now 900 captains.
It isn't always the pilot candidates fault. Excessive amounts of OE can also be traced back to the training department. Ten years ago I remember hearing people from Pinnacle boasting that they had one of the highest failure rates in the industry like it was a good thing. To me the failure rate speaks volumes about the quality of the training department and their pilot selection process. Sure there are going to be some that don't make it, but the percentage should be relatively small.