Originally Posted by idlethrust

I have a friend that works for Psa in Dayton at the training center.He basically told me the same thing.AAG wants a hub base,chicago,Miami,Philly.Psa's brilliant management dosen't want that,they want a base in Nashville or Cincinnati or expand the Knoxville base,which makes no sense at all he said.As mentioned in previous posts,the management of Psa will be it's demise.
They dont have any clue as to what they are doing.From the training dept to top management, someone needs to clean house Inn my opinion. Their sop's are just crazy, having the captain verify vspeeds while he is taxiing instead of doing it at the gate,a ridiculous 2 paragraph taxi brief that you have to memorize verbatim, numerous times where the poh says one thing and the fom says something different. Not to mention the 8 to 10 months it takes to get through their training pipeline. They brush if off as growing pains, no,its poor planning on mgmts part.
If you go there,get your time and get out before it implodes.Unless they make a lot of changes to their antiquated way of thinking,it's bound to happen.This industry is changing faster than they can adapt to.

Originally Posted by TallFlyer

Eh, while I agree a lot of the checklist sequence between the gate and the runway could really be better structured (the V speeds in particular), I've yet to come across a "2 paragraph taxi brief."

And it's never been "8 to 10 months." More like 5-6, which is still way too long. Lots of guys have been getting 3 month paid vacations though, so there's that.

Also, that was just painful to read.