Originally Posted by
Ratm0820
“Santa clause program”... or could it be that the training has evolved and gotten better, and no longer has to be a ****ing match between the instructors and students about who knows more.. but watch out everybody. we have top gun here, king of flying metal tubes around. At the end of the day training is about safety, and just like flying out on the line, bad apples have no place in the training department where people are there to learn, get reps, and hone their skills
The SkyWest Airlines Training Department has always been stellar from the time of existence. You’re well respected when you find yourself in the right seat of a mainliner. Training has always been about safety and it always will be, Not just checking the boxes to go fly the line.
Over the years training has been dumbed down as the airline had been taking any Sand Bag with some penciled whipped multi engine time. Yup, you know who your are. I get it, it’s what the market was looking for. Not so much now, come December of this year there will be well over 10k well qualified Airline Pilots out on the street.
Are the old days back? Probably? Gone are the days of the millennials with a degree and few hours in RJ heading off to mainline the second they’re in the left seat. Now is the time to master your craft and really learn what this industry is about, You’ll now have plenty of time to do just that and actually learn instead of just checking a box to call yourself and airline pilot.
At the end of the day, I’m confident SkyWest will adequately fix the Overstaffing problem.