Originally Posted by
WhiteHammer
You make good points. Like I said in a previous post I am not as negative about this program as others. However, we should not recommend this program. Guys will not be treated well by there peers, that's already obvious. Candidates limit themselves to one airline,when with the time and money they could go to a different school and a more traditional route and better career opportunities. Finally it's not needed, there are plenty of qualified guys looking for jobs.
They aren't limited to one airline. They finish with an ATP and 1500 hours. If they want to go to a regional and get experience, off they can go. I finished flight school with $90,000 in debt in 2003. That's roughly what this program costs in today's dollars. But it was money well spent. I finished my commercial and CFIs quickly, and by spending that money I got hired at an airline faster than if I had done it cheaper and slower.
I just really don't see the problem. Many of us took different paths to get here. These guys will be trained in airline ops from day one, and will instruct over 1,000 hours before starting here. They are being thoroughly tested, and they have 3-4 years to get a good hard look at them before they get a seniority number. That's a heck of a lot better than we get with someone off the street.