Originally Posted by
Soxfan1
I was going to post the same thing but I have been waiting to get some creditable info. I directly asked an assistant chief and a LCA who does the sims - both said it’s about 20% washout rate.
The misconception is when the pay day hotline comes out and has a high number of 27xxx numbers on the resignation list. People assume they are all training resignations.
They are not all failures/washouts. We are hiring 10-20% retired military pilots who are moving on once they get 300-500 hours of recent currency. We sent about 5 to Delta in the past 2 months alone. Plus the low 27xxx numbers have been on property 12-15 months. Those are not washouts. Even the mid 27xxx numbers are 7-10 months in. Even with extra sims, a check ride failure, retraining, second check ride and say 4-5 IOE trips and not able to get signed off- it would only take 6 - 7 months. So they may not be washouts either at this point.
Which in its own way may be even more telling, at least for the non-military types. Those with little seniority at stake finding it preferable to go elsewhere or quit the industry altogether rather than continue to work at Air Wisconsin.
That's not newbie's washing out of training, that's trained personnel making the decision it's a crappy place to work and they are going to go somewhere else.
That's scarcely reassuring to the newbie looking to apply.