I honestly have no idea what JB or Frontiers training is like. Yes like any 121 there is a mountain of informational to review and internalize. We have amazing instructors that will guide you through the process, however we don’t really spoon feed you the knowledge. It’s more “here is the FCOM, put it in your head”. The regionals I worked for often took time to explain little details and how those fit in the bigger picture. On the other hand we give you the big picture expecting you already have the little details figured out (ex: what’s an op spec, what is a controlling RVR, derived alternate minimums, etc). If you have questions they will happily explain it, otherwise the topics are covered but not dissected.

Clear as mud? Certainly we are not born with this knowledge in our heads. And we all started somewhere. However if a candidate doesn’t have these concepts cemented down then it will be very challenging and they will have a lot more work ahead to learn it all. Lots of digging to figure it out.