Several years ago there was a smart phone abusing Skywester who got let go during initial training. Which would, in fact back up Grumbles claim of "more" regional guys being let go.


And as you mentioned a new hire being fired is extrodanairly rare. I have not worked with any "bad" new hire students. Fighter guys and C-17 guys can't make a decent cross wind landing. Everybody has issues with the FMC at first. Some people over think/ over study, some show up for their 4 AM briefing smelling like cheap perfume and still have stripper glitter in their hair. Back ground simply isn't a factor. The absoloutley the most challenging student I had when I was on the the 756 was a new hire A-10 guy. He did not know how to do a challenge and response check list and the FMC completely scrambled his brain.

With a little extra time he did just fine. Unless a person has a serious attitude problem they are going to make it through initial training. The Skywest guy who was let go had an attitude problem.