Originally Posted by
supersix-4
I don't know where you are making this up from but I've been in training since Sept. and we have not had any new hires fail the type ride. ZERO. Four from my class had type rides in the past week and ZERO had FAA in sim or review boards. There also has not been any talk like this about the 17 current f/o's that needed types.
Easy there Six, no one is making this up.
Clarification: these weren't new hires, they were well known, seasoned line MD-80 FOs that needed to be typed under the new FAA mandate. 4 busts.
Hopefully the Airbus can finally pick up the slack for MD-80s for a change.