Originally Posted by
Qotsaautopilot
Most were not captains at their previous job but some were and that scares the crap out of me for the flying public on regional airlines and also people spending thousands on a 135 charter. The latter thinks they are getting a premium product yet the captain can't make it through training at cheapo air.
In my observation, there are two kinds of folks who struggle with training. Those who just need more time, and those who suck.
The former are often great pilots, maybe far better than average once everything "clicks" for them.
The regionals are starting to try to accommodate the former, but unfortunately it's often hard to discriminate between the later and the former in training.