Originally Posted by
Da40Pilot
....a VERY long time ago. The CFI who got me through my solo got hired at Skywest in 2006 with 650 hours and is now a Captain. He only instructed for a few months. He did pass the training, and that's what matters. You're there to learn and you learn quick. Europe puts you in the right seat of a 737 at 250 hours and so does South America. Undermining CFIs is pretty low. Everyone has to start somewhere.
Then go get your JAA ATPL. It'll only cost you several thousands of dollars and a ton of studying. They require levels of magnitudes greater knowledge of their ATPL candidates than most 10 year Captains in our airlines have.
No one is undermining CFIs. Fact is, that 1500 hours isn't a lot of experience and doesn't give you a golden ticket to flying families through the mountains in near zero visibility conditions. Additionally, you aren't paying for your training, the airline is. They aren't going to invest tens of thousands of dollars "giving you a shot" to pass their training. Most people fail out of training because they can't fly instruments. If, by sim 3, you can't fly a SE ILS within PTS with very little issues, you are behind.