Originally Posted by
Hou757
As someone considering Spirit I'm curious by what you mean by this? I've heard mixed things about newhire training at Spirit..
No free coffee until you get to the sims was my biggest gripe.
But others have summed it up pretty well. Takes the fire hose approach to 121 training and multiplies it. Some of the guys who didn't have the automated 121 aircraft type experience struggled with the 4 sims. Most made it through no issues, one guy washed out. Also all training is as a Captain. I came over from the left seat so it wasn't an issue but some guys weren't expecting having to learn how to be a captain on day 1 of sims. You call for the checklists, makes decisions, talk to the pretend FA's etc. Which is fine and expected of you but it just added to the stress for guys who'd never been a captain in a 121 environment.
Also some of the personalities running around the training center left a bad taste in my mouth. Just the general cockiness of JS and MO. I dunno... It may have changed since I went through a year and a half ago.
All the pilots that help out in training and check airmen were great. It was some of the corporate training guys and one riddle douche that left a bad taste in my mouth.