Originally Posted by gringo

. . . the pointless mind-numbing 10 hour days during the first two weeks of indoc, the panel trainer and sim sessions are pretty good.

But indoc? It flat out sucked. One of the worst I've been through. Luckily it's only two weeks long...

Originally Posted by Qotsaautopilot

I agree, the ground portion of initial training is purely box checking. It's not exactly "training". I think most here have experienced better. The SIM portion of training is good . . .

Originally Posted by gringo

. . . the most stressful and unpleasant ground school experience I've ever slogged through. The 10 hour days were (still are) a wasted effort; anything after 4pm was in one ear and out the other, which was too bad, because there was good information there for cargo and military guys with little to no prior passenger operation experience. There was no time to decompress, no time to build camaraderie with the rest of your class, no time to study for the next day; you were simply wiped out each day coming back from the schoolhouse. ESPECIALLY if you relied on hotel transportation for a ride. I can't remember how many times we were still waiting nearly an hour after class for pickup. . . .