Originally Posted by echelon

I don't know what fleet you got, and my only experience with the A320 training is pre-merger, but I can tell you that the pace of the 737 program is excruciatingly slow. I understand the compulsion to want to get a head start, come over-prepared, know everything ahead of time, etc (at least to an extent; aren't they going to pay you to learn it on THEIR time?) because other training programs that are more fast paced tend to demand that. Forget all those programs though, and instead come prepared for a very relaxed two and a half months. IF you live in Seattle that is. If you're commuting to training, you'll want to tear your hair out after a couple weeks of wasting time in the hotel because there's nothing left to study but there's still ten Sims left. But hey, if you're commuting to this job, just face the fact that you're already ****ed, so at least you can get a head start on hating this place hahaha!

It's a long program, and it can be frustrating and redundant at times, but having said all of that, never once did I (an extremely lazy underachiever) ever feel unprepared, stressed about what was coming next, unsure of whether I could ask questions or to whom to ask them, nervous about whether I knew enough, etc. I have almost nothing good to say about this place but the one thing that in my opinion deserves credit is the quality of our training. Don't stress out at all about training... Save that high blood pressure for the terrible schedules you get after you're done.