Originally Posted by
Snuffaluffagus
I've been through both XJT ERJ and Compass programs. Both are great programs but I seemed to like Compass better. Instructors were great guys and nice. Examiners were cool guys and laid back. A lot of the instructors at Compass are line pilots so they know how to separate sim world and real line flying. Never got a mean vibe or an out to get you feeling from anyone at Compass.
Agreed with this, except coming from envoy. envoy instructors taught you how to fly the crap out of the sim and do V1 cuts all day, with little emphasis on line flying since you'll have 7-8 year of sitting in the right seat to get the hang of it. Compass was more oriented towards line flying because of AQP and the quick upgrade, also responsible for captain and FO flows so you have a little bit better understanding of how the whole system works. I'm sure the envoy training has changed up and become more comprehensive now that they're AQP though. No longer "sit on your hands and watch the guy fail his PC" attitude.
The environments couldn't be more different as far as envoy having grown men who'd nearly wet their pants when they'd come back for recurrent because they're afraid of failures.