Originally Posted by
450knotOffice
Everything you have said in this thread is naive, at the very least. In 25 years in the airlines, I've never had one single issue, however, with that said, much of it (besides attitude) is/was due to the two airlines having excellent training programs (some of it more so than others). I've known of airlines with well known horrendous training programs, and as far as I and most pilots are concerned, those awful training programs are a reflection of the airlines themselves - airlines most sane pilots would NOT allow themselves to work for.
Therefore, why NOT ask for opinions about training departments in general? It could help keep a pilot out of a bad operation.
Agree to disagree. When did personal merit and good old fashioned hard work go out the door? If your opening statement is "which airlines have the crappiest instructors and most unfair situations" then you're looking for an excuse if you don't pass the training. I've been through 3 very different 121 training programs and one was extremely unfair with crappy instructors. But I passed with no issues. I had to work extra hard and dedicate a ton of extra time. I could have talked crap about the crappy instructors (crappy in my opinion) but I didn't. I buckled down, acted like a professional and did my job. Quite the concept. And I'm hardly naive as I've been through more training departments than you have.