Originally Posted by
JoeDeertay
That would be ideal. I went to another regional that had a crap training program and failed my ATP on the first attempt and didn't get a second try. Out of my class of about a dozen, only 3 made it to the line. Pretty abysmal success rate. Hence why I am not really getting the pick of the litter at other regionals right now. ****ty too because before I chose the crap regional, I had offers from all the top ones (Endeavor, Republic, etc) but picked one that had a base close to me. Just a series of bad choices. At the end of the day, it's all my fault.
Yes, sometimes in aviation there's bad apples or giant ego's that can be unfair, but generally speaking, you must own it moving forward.
I can speak for Kalitta(K4) and will not hesitate to say that the training is very difficult for some one new to international wide body flying, is a fire hose at times, and instructors who only respect you giving 150% effort. People that complain about early or late sim times... Just don't do it.
Point being, the training I received at Mesa was geared for new people leaving bug smasher flying, new to jets, etc. It was a great transition.
It is my understanding that the training at majors is top notch and geared to making you the pilot they want. Everyone between regionals and the majors is geared towards weeding out those that aren't cutting the mustard, not interested in growing you.