Originally Posted by
RemoveB4Flight
So you ask all your FOs how many hours it took them to finish IOE while forming an opinion of how well they did?
I've never asked or been asked how many hours it took me. I guess I just make my judgement of their skills on the flight I flew with them.
I don't directly ask them, but if they are new, it will usually come out in casual conversation. "Welcome to SkyWest, how are you liking it so far? How was training?" Not a pointed question.
I'm sorry, but if it takes you 100+ hours to do what an average person does in 40, that is a red flag. All I'm saying is that I, from direct experience, can see a correlation.
Originally Posted by
N1234
Irrespective of how many hours of IOE are required (and yes I understand that it costs money to do extra IOE etc.) the outcome appears to be pretty good as in sharp new pilots - for the most part.
So training is working. And the pool of potential pilots is deeper than what many thought (for now at least). It remains to be seen what the future holds but we seem to be doing just fine.
I agree. The vast majority of new people I fly with are very sharp. Training does a good job.