Originally Posted by
Rahlifer
The overall quality of available bodies seems to have taken a dip as well which leads to higher than normal wash out rates. It's not uncommon for new hires nowadays to require 100+ hours of IOE.
Is there really that much to OE? I mean it took less time than that to get a commercial ticket for both single and multi along with an instrument rating. What are those folks tripping up on?
ETA: Wow, on re-reading that, it sounds arrogant. It's not meant to be - I'm sincerely curious and have no frame of reference for what a "normal" OE should look like.