Originally Posted by
TheDudeabide
I’ve been through structured training my entire career. Part 141 school, some really good 135 (a few bad ones) and 2 121 programs. I’ve been through upgrade at previous jobs, including 1 of the 121 carriers. I’ve never failed any of them, until Spirit. This is the most disorganized mess I’ve ever seen anywhere. Instructors (some, not all) are arrogant pricks with something to prove. No structure to the program at all. Stay away from this mess unless you’re will to risk a bust. You will be on your own to learn the airplane, they don’t teach anything other than how to calculate a CDP for the LOC approach. Oh, and you get to play in the pool one day
What did you bust for?
Maybe the training has changed since I have went through but you might be mad because you busted. I've done 141, 135, 121 also and although the training was fast and expectations high my entire class studied like crazy and we all passed. In fact we prepared so well that I thought the oral exam was quite easy. The line pilot instructors were very knowledgeable but did not hold hands. Did you retrain and make it?