Originally Posted by
rickt86
Say what you guys want, when eagle closed sju. The guys on props for the last two decades around the islands turned into a train wreck I heard in jet training. Rumor is many are either now retired or on a long term leave.
You don't think you could learn a jet coming off a turboprop?
Please. If you can go from a 172 to a jet, you can go from an ATR to a jet. Now that being said, some people just don't have the right attitude or work ethic and don't put the effort in that initial training demands. But to attribute inability to pass based on what equipment you've previously flown is foolish.
The sju guys have probably not held in the actual airplane once in the past 15 years, shot one approach every six months, and could fly island to island with their hands tied behind their back... great at what they do down there but basically the opposite of what they got displaced into (or what Piedmont guys do on a daily basis)