Originally Posted by
AirlineMerc
1. I didn’t have two weeks between SIT and sims, it was flow right into them after oral. I spent every waking moment with my classmates after class studying and quizzing each other. You know what they didn’t have in our crew lounge until much later after they transitioned hotels? A paper tiger. There was one in there shortly after I left, and goJet had just installed a poor man’s paper tiger in the closet of the pilot lounge suite. You know what we were told when we asked about learning our flows and callouts? “Don’t worry about those now..MAYBE go ahead and go from cold dark to after start, but focus on systems and limitations for now.”
2. Get off your high horse. NeverHome comes out and says he had a similar experience that I had and your response is a “Oh, I’m so sorry you had that experience, it’s not that way anymore,” and I get called a liar and told I’m making excuses? You’re a class act, Keyboard Commando.
3. Rapid expansion? Who do you think you’re kidding? TSA can barely keep up with attrition. Everyone I knew when I was there laughed at the idea of getting a Hiring Goals bonus from the company. Now with you losing American next year, and possibly RDU and DCA, how exactly is that considered rapid expansion? You’re going to have pilots bailing left and right. Get real.
Again.. you seem to be blaming the company instead of yourself. I know for sure they told us we have to study flows and call outs from like day one, besides it’s common sense! How would you fly the plane without knowing them? If you felt weak on flows, it’s up to you to do them. How did the thousands of pilots before you pass training without a CPT in the hotel room??? But yea it’s the companys fault... The other guy was sent to Houston, he probably has the right to complain. You weren’t. As far as the loss of planes, it’s good for us because we can add planes on the United side and incorporate the TSA owned planes sitting in storage. But thanks for the concern.