Originally Posted by tennisguru

No regional today intentionally forces a high washout rate among their new hires. Every now and then a class will randomly be made up of a group of losers, but that's a statistical anomaly. The problem is that one class's washout rate magically becomes the washout rate for the whole airline. Today it's a buyers market, so the mere fact that you chose to go to XYZ regional means they are going to do everything they can do to keep you. Rather than wash out a high percentage of candidates, I'd say the opposite is more of a concern - pushing people through who might not cut it otherwise.

Basically, to survive airline training, study hard (i.e. don't go out drinking every night), show up with a willingness to learn, and have a good attitude. They're going to spoon-feed you basically everything you'll need to know. As long as you are showing progress and have a good attitude they'll give you some extra training if you need it.

If you do wash out, it's mainly for two reasons. One is attitude. Even if you might make it through with some extra training, they'll be much less likely to give it to you if you've been a douche the whole time. The second is simply poor flying/multitasking/decision making skills, and that reflects on a lack of experience.

If you're head is screwed on straight, you're a nice guy/gal, and you're a halfway decent stick, you'll have no problems passing any airline's training program.