Originally Posted by
Outof410
Wondering what everyone knows? I heard a few months ago PSA had some huge fail numbers, now I heard Air Wisky had a less then 50% pass rate.
Who has the a good pass rate and a good training department? On the other side who else has the high fail out numbers?
I can't see how this helps the "pilot Shortage".
Lurker here.
I can't speak for the regionals, but at my current airline (a 121 heavy jet charter) we've got about a 40% washout rate right now. I'm not sure what the problem is exactly as our training program is pretty good and the planes are honestly pretty "easy" to handle for anyone with some jet experience.
My speculation and that of some instructors I've talked it over with is just the quality of the candidates is decreasing. It's safe to say we should expect more of that everywhere as the pool of pilots looking for jobs keeps getting less experienced and the airlines have to reach deeper for bodies to fill the positions.
I wouldn't let these sorts of things worry anyone coming to the airlines though. If you're a CFI or whatever and competent and study you'll be just fine learning to fly an RJ. Just be sure you are confident and comfortable in whatever you fly now and you'll know you're ready to move to the next level. Even the cruddiest 121 training program is designed to help you pass and no airline would hire you so they can waste the cash to wash you out.
Good luck!