Originally Posted by CaptCoolHand

I don't think this is about scrubbing toilets. But "Paying your dues" goes hand in hand with the experience of what to do when it really hits the fan. We all know that real life rarely gives us what happens in the sim... Sim=wink wink there may be an engine problem on this takeoff... Real life= BLD leak in icing conditions followed by flap failure, air return, bing bong lady in 23 is having a hear attack, oh your diversion airport just closed... deal.

The reason you fly smaller planes early on or go into the military is so if you Ef it up you hurt the smallest number of things. JMO.

Going forward, I truly don't think jb will need this program and I don't support it at this stage of the game. That being said, if I was in a position to apply and attend I'd take it. Call me hypocritical, but that's life.