Originally Posted by
Jetlife
That's good advice. Try to mentor them as much as you can while they are flying with you. I always tried to teach them as much as they wanted to learn. Lots of guys would just have them warm the seat, I put them to work regularly.
I remember when SH was doing recruiting and running the Korean program. If she found out a captain was only letting them "warm the seat" and not actually flying and gaining real experience she got a TAD bit upset.
I'm with the rest of the guys. I haven't personally had any really bad ones (but I have heard of a couple) and I have had some VERY good ones. There are some who come in with the "yes, Captain. Yes, Captain" mentality. IMHO those are the toughest to train. They say yes to whatever you tell them, whether they understand it or not.