fenix1

Traditionally, Part 121 carriers (regional airlines) favor Part 141 training due to its regimented nature, many evals (stage checks), etc. But 141 schools - especially with 2019’s rapid movement & opportunities across the industry - have a lot of relatively inexperienced instructors teaching, as flight schools tend to hire their own students once they earn their instructor certificate/ratings. Given this, it seems there would be significant value in training at Part 61 school with an experienced (possibly career) instructor, rather than a time-building instructor at a 141 school. Yet most regional airlines still prefer 141 training over 61; regionals just want everyone to reach hiring/ATP mins ASAP above all else, but most regionals will indicate a preference for 141 training if asked. Can you please help me understand why this is still the case?

I don’t mean for this to become a degree-granting flight training (college/university programs) vs stand-alone flight training debate, but instead I’d like to get thoughts from experienced pilots, especially those flying 121, on Part 141 (degree-granting or stand-alone training) vs Part 61 (stand-alone training) and why the regionals continue to prefer 141 training (even when it’s ‘babies-teaching-babies’) instead of Part 61 where there’s more experienced instructors available potentially.