Originally Posted by
Itsajob
Do these pilots think that they have a future in a world where training records follow you? I can’t imagine a LCC or major airline regardless of if it is an off the street interview or some type of CPP deal looking at an applicant who has had multiple repeat sims or especially 100 hours of IOE needed just to pass and saying that they will do. Busting a private pilot ride 15 years ago or having one bad day in the sim can be explained, but how does an applicant to a major expect that they have a chance with that kind of record? Hopefully all of the mainline airlines will be forced to bring more flying in house because of this. I was really hoping that the guy that I was talking to was full of it. Glad you’re getting some good ones, but it sounds like there is an unacceptable number of bad ones too. The problem is that they are not being fired and sent home. If the flying public knew about this the legacy companies would have a mess on their hands.
Ah...even if the legacies do bring flying in house, will better pilots magically appear? Anyhow, the legacies need their C scale/outsourced flying; how else can they keep paying their A scale pilots? Granted the C scale rate is increasing, but it’s no where near what an A scale would demand. Put your family on a LCC, they aren’t hiring pulse pilots yet, and they still wash out weakness regularly. Think about it; through the CPP, United is vetting its outsourced labor. The pilots they evaluate unsatisfactory are sent back to the left seat of a jet they possibly own, but outsource. The public/jury may find it hard to understand why something happened on a flight with a pilot United vetted unworthy to be a 737 FO, but a ok to Captain a 175.