Originally Posted by
Britany757
just accepted a class with Mesa for the EJET this past week . However, since i accepted a late class due to personal commitments and the gentleman over the phone did offer the CRJ as well and said if you like you can switch ac types. I wanted to get some input as far as the training format and structure and differences between them as far as training at Mesa. For example the CRJ training is mostly done by company instructors and EJET is by flight safety instructors only, so i would like to get a insight on how both types of training structures and personnel differ. And what is the washout rate and if there is, what is the main reason for both ac types as this is my first 121.
Any information on training dept for both ac types at Mesa will be helpful and if you dont want to publish it openly, you can message me freely. Thank you .
I can't speak for Mesa's training program but I've flown the CRJ-200/700/900 and the E-190. The CRJ is a lot easier to learn. The ERJ is much more automated and has many more modes on the flight control panel. The E series requires much better descent planning as it doesn't like to slow down and go down. V-Nav in the E series in theory should make flying easier but there are lots of gotchas you have to look out for.
Systems wise the two planes are somewhat similar. I would choose whichever plane has the earliest class date, will give you the base you want or get you seniority faster.