Originally Posted by
TXTECHKA
How come you think an riddle or und pilot would have better training than someone from an FBO school? Have you been to both? I never attended one of those schools (went to a regular college) I can't say anything about their training programs. However, at the flight school I taught at while I went to college, we've had a couple of these guys work there and I don't think anybody was impressed by them. One of them even ran one of our cherokees off the runway and just about totaled it. I guess he couldn't divide his attention between worrying about the bill collectors calling nonstop for his student loan payments and the student he was with. Anyway, if I had a choice I would take the FBO guy any day. But that's just me.
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Riddle/UND/Purdue/Parks/WMU/OSU/etc offer a standardized pilot. In essence, each pilot they graduate is a "product" that (hopefully) has completed a standardized training program and performs to a minimum standard above the basic PTS. They also typically have advanced systems and simulator and/or aircraft experience. Because of this, these programs have proven the "trainability" of their graduates to the airlines...and the same cannot always be said of pilots who have trained in the FBO environment.
Doesn't mean one is better than the other, and all programs (and graduates from each program) are not made equal.
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