Originally Posted by
MolonLabe175
The ATR training has a lot to improve. Flight Safety does a lousy job and a lot of people got pink slips when I was there, the ATR is not very automated, you have to work flying that thing, but it is great fun once you get the hang of it.
Agree. The training has to improve. But not all the fault is on FS. They had some great Instructors in the past, now they are all retired or gone. The quality of people hired in the last few years has a lot to say too. At MAC they had been hiring from the bottom of the barrel. That is what they can find for the crappy salary they offer. The ATR is not easy to fly. Don't go to the first day of sim without opening the books, cause you are already behind. That is for ANY airplane.