The instructors are great. But the syllabus is too short in my opinion. There was a steep learning curve for Boeing techniques as a former French speaking Airbus pilot. The differences and the way the sims are set up don’t help.

Because the fleet has so many differences and instructors from different legacies, I personally felt that the amount of “technique” being taught as procedure was significantly higher than my previous fleet training. Additionally, with FOX, it seems like you’re working with a different instructor every day, and that makes it even more difficult sometimes because todays “technique” isn’t the same as yesterdays.

I wouldn’t try to talk anyone out of bidding the fleet. I love the jet. I love the flying a whole heck of a lot more than the Airbus flying I was doing. I miss the Airbus cockpit but that’s about it.