Originally Posted by
KiloWhiskey
How tough is the training program? I've heard in the past it was a difficult program. I'm asking from the standpoint of being out of currency as I have not flown for a couple of years, although I have several thousand hours of turboprop time.
KW, I was in the same boat when I came to AMF. I had just over 3200 hours but hadn't flown professionally in 9 years and hadn't touched the yoke of an airplane in five.
It is a tough program. Tough in that it is very thorough and we want you to be able to handle any problem, in the weather, single pilot (unless you are in the E120) and get the plane safely back on the ground.
But contrary to many comments on here our intent is NOT to wash you out. We need pilots and will do all we can to get you through training. But you also have to put in the effort. And there are some guys who just can't cut it. Even if they DO have several thousand hours. So we do still have wash outs. But if we bring you in for training, we want you to succeed.