Originally Posted by
HookEm
Airing your friends laundry on this forum isn't exactly professional. I'm not sure anyone makes a quick and rash decision when it comes to spending $30,000 no matter how close they came to not finishing their, "Associate in Science" degree, whatever that is. This forum is a useful tool but you can't believe everything you hear. Gulfstream's program isn't too far off ASA hiring b/c of a jet transition course or PSA hiring 250 hour pilots into jets. Hand-flying the 1900 all over South Florida isn't glamorous by any means but it is good training for pilots in equipment that isn't too far advanced past the low-time pilots that are flying them.
training should not be done with paying passengers on board. It may be good experience but in my opinion a pilot should be highly qualified before they take the controls of an airliner (be it a turbo prop or a jet)