Originally Posted by
KiloAlpha
Sorry to be a jerk, but I think we should let these 250 hour wonders get "weeded out". Anyone who thinks they should have 34-50 lives in their hands with only 250 hours deserves what he or she gets...
OH SHlT, THAT LOOKS LIKE A CLOUD AHEAD! YOUR CONTROLS...
So far it's been my experience that these low timers want to drive through every cloud they can, even the ones with tight tri/quad color gradients, and creating UGLY shadows on the radar.
I don't have a problem with the low time F/O's in general, I have do have a problem with the low time F/O's who either act like they have something to prove, or with their 250 to 500 hrs of total flight experience know more and are "superior" pilots to the captains who have been on the line for 3000+ hours, and there fore can handle anything!
TO ANY POTENTIAL TSA NEW HIRE CANDIDATE:
TSA is not an easy place to work at.
We have an outstanding pilot group, and fantastic flight attendants. Our Management has very little respect for the employees new or otherwise regardless of how desperate or not we need them.
I can promise you that your experience with our training department will be a positive one as long as you keep in mind that you will be given no quarter, you will do it right by, studying an obscene amount, spending every free hour you have learning the SOP(FSI instructors will not teach you our procedures!), profiles, and flows, or you will not pass and you will have a 121 training failure on your FAA record and PRIA record! The Union has an excellent mentor program to help those with problems in training, and the TSA instructors really are some of the best that are out there(Now that Mr. Rich Lecompt is at Flight Safety, we hopefully will see a change with their program as well) use them as a resource.
If you make it through traing and into IOE, our IOE instructor/Ck Airmen are all professional and helpfull. Ask questions , lots of questions, even if you think it's a stupid, the answer you get may save you from a potentially embarrassing problem later on or save your life if the S#it hits the fan.
Most importantly Don't come to the line thinking that you are the next Charles Lindbergh, Chuck Yegar, or Amelia Earheardt. You'll only **** of your captain, and this is a very small company that is shrinking every day!
To those of you who wish to come here, I wish you the best of luck. If you have questions feel free to P.M. me. and No, I do not walk in resume's