Originally Posted by
captive apple
I think some weaker pilots targeted the 175 thinking the fly-o-matic would help them. As far as all new hires going into the CRJ it will make furlough cheaper and easier if they can drain the (likely to be) parked fleet.
I also think the transition classes went very well. In our transition class we had 0 ground school failures, everyone knew the drill. I can’t say with certainty in the Sims, but everyone in Denver got through with zero check failures, zero extra lessons.
I’m fairly confident that’s why the company is choosing to transition instead of bringing in new hires to the 175. As someone else stated, the CRJ does a better job of weeding out weak pilots.