Originally Posted by
fooled2x
Kenn talks about "trapped pilots" is his book. He describes pilots that can't move on for one reason or another. Currently we are hemorrhaging pilots. We need to expand our pilot ranks by 160 pilots this year! Unfortunately we are currently having a net outflow. What has management done to slow the loss of pilots? They are handing out pink slips on check-rides like candy at Halloween. How can pilots with 10,000 hours with multiple type ratings and no UNSAT's on their record start accumulating UNSAT's faster than free food at the FBO? Just another show of desperation.
Unfortunately, a few bottom feeder regionals and even ULCC's have been known or suspected of this practice. But you do have to consider whether the pilot supply/demand has changed the quality of the new-hires, maybe the same old training isn't good enough any more... the regionals have certainly found that out, and the ones that got ahead of the curve and started spoon-feeding early avoided reputations as PRIA-busters
Originally Posted by
fooled2x
Glad I have copies of my PRIA record prior to the decert vote.
Good to get a copy every year, I actually found an error on mine when I started applying to majors (a checkride I never failed).