Yeah, actually it means a lot. It means they can't learn the material given to them like everyone else and they can't perform under the pressure of a type ride in emergency situations. I've spent time in the sim with some of them and many hours of my time trying to help out.

This isn't the people with family emergencies or other issues like that I am talking about. Or somebody that makes a dumb mistake on a ride once.. This is the people that just plain don't get it. Get easily overwhelmed and freeze up like deer in headlights under pressure. Even after lots of hand holding, hours of help with study, extra sims, and a second type ride attempt. They Still just don't get it and resign to go to another carrier (who just hired them) before getting "released" (fired) on their 3rd failed attempt.

Nothing false about it. PSA still hires them with recent failed initial 121 type rides, Mesa has been scooping them up too. Amazes me they still do it after the Colgan incident, but it IS happening.

Of course the pilots with training problems aren't going to advertise it to everyone, But the Check airman and instructors in the training center see it, the people in the office doing PRIA requests see it. It's well known that it's happening.

You aren't getting 30/mo of the best and the brightest in this dried up regional hiring environment. Some are.. Many aren't. PSA is scraping the bottom of the barrel to constantly fill that many classes.