Originally Posted by
CaptainNameless
Why are today's 1500+ hour new hires having any trouble at all in training? I thought the 1500 hours was supposed to deliver a more competent pilot to the front door of the airlines, wasn't that the intent? I was hired at 1300 with 700 dual given. Never required any additional training.
What is so different in the quality of the hours people are getting today?
There are many people that struggle with a faster paced training that is common now in compared to years past. When all students were 300 hour pilots, training was much slower and it was more about individual training. Now, with everyone at 1500 hours (and many lateral moves with guys coming in with 5000+ hours) training is faster paced and you are expected to be more proficient.
After 1500 hours in a C172, you are really not much of a better pilot than you were after 500 hours. Many pilots do not have any real world experience, and instructed to get all of their time. No turbine experience, no real cross country experience, no experience in icing/convective weather, no experience in complex airspaces (DC, NYC, LAX).