Originally Posted by
JMarco9111
I did the mistake of selecting an airline well-known for its failure and washout rates for my first 121.
(1) It wasn't me. It was them. Passive-aggressive.
Originally Posted by
JMarco9111
The training was sub-par.
(2) It wasn't me. It was them. Dismissive.
Originally Posted by
JMarco9111
The instructors were all great, as well as the LCA's who did my evaluations. However, the problem was that there was no standardization.
(3) It wasn't me. It was them. Condemning.
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JMarco9111
During my checkride, the APD said I did things wrong (which the instructors told me to do).
(4). It wasn't me. It was them. I was a rock star. It was the instructor's fault. Blame-game.
Originally Posted by
JMarco9111
There are other things, but I wont go there. I was asked to resign, which I did.
(5) I wasn't me. It was them. Lots of faults on the part of the company; so many I won't bore you with the details, but it was them. I wouldn't have resigned. I was a rock star. They asked me to. Also their fault; they didn't know a rock star when they saw one. Implication.
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JMarco9111
More than half my class also failed something along the way, with all the remaining requiring extra training, and a small minority (me included) asked to resign.
(6). It wasn't me. It wasn't all of us. It was them, the company, Spread the blame.
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JMarco9111
To keep things short and anonymous, the training was absolutely not an issue for me.
(7). I was a rock start. It wasn't me. It was them. Denial.
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JMarco9111
I knew my callouts, triggers, flows, my flying was good.
(8) It couldn't possibly be me. It was them. I was a rock star. It doesn't matter how I was evaluated by check airmen, or an APD. It's not possible for me to fail if I know my flows. I know "triggers," (whatever those are). C'mon. I got the call-outs down pat. That's worth something, right? Besides, my flying was good. It's the fault of the check airmen who failed to recognize that. Denial.
Originally Posted by
JMarco9111
I have no problem studying, as I have a bachelors degree and am almost finishing up my JD law degree.
(9) It wasn't me. It was them. I study well, ergo, I should have passed. Why couldn't they grade my performance based on my study habits? Plus I am getting a law degree. Nobody fails a checkride, when they almost have a law degree. Straw man, red herring, non-sequitur. Irrelevant.
Originally Posted by
JMarco9111
It was the poor training and non-standardization that failed me.
(10). It wasn't me. It was them. It wasn't my flying. That was good. It was all them. I'm a new hire, first job, new pilot with no experience, being evaluated by check airmen and designated examiners, but it was all their fault. I was a rock star. Their training was ****-poor. I've seen better (where?). It was their non-standardization, and let me tell you, as a guy that's never worked as a pilot before and is new to all of this 'standardization' business, I know standardization. After all, it was their **** poor standardization that cost me a checkride. I was a rock star. Accusatory. Blame game. Finger pointing. Denial.
Originally Posted by
JMarco9111
I know you guys dont like the person not taking the blame, but trust me when I tell you it is the airline's training.
(11). It wasn't me. It was them. It was all them. It's their training (the ****-poor training). Trust me, because if anyone knows airline training, it's me, the guy who who was just asked to resign because I failed a 121 training program (my first). My blame is just. My blame is perfect. The fault is with you guys, the ones reading this; you don't like blame, but you gotta know, I'm an expert at airline training, and I'm her to tell you, it's not me, it's them. I blame them. Trust me.
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JMarco9111
But of course in interviews I would say it is my fault.
(12) Eleven times I just explained and emphasized that it is NOT my fault, but the fault of the airline (it's not me, it's them, in case you missed it the first eleven times), but I intend to lie in an interview, though I'm convinced it's a lie and that I'm in the right. Remember, it's not me, it's them. I'll just say it's me. I've been able to convince myself through utter denial. I should have no trouble selling this lie long enough to get the new job...and because I'm a rock star and it's not me, but them, I'll blow through training at the next place with top honors. After all, it's not me, it's them.
Originally Posted by
JMarco9111
I regret coming to this airline, even when multiple people on APC DM'd and warned me before joining, telling me about their experience.
(13) It wasn't ever me. It was always them. Passive-agressively I blame them, indirectly by saying I regret my decision, making it seem I'm humble enough to take some element of blame, but here's the rub; I was wrong once; there was this one time in band camp when I thought I was wrong, but it turned out I wasn't....and there was this one time when I failed 121 training, and it was my fault....for accepting a class invitation to a **** poor company with **** poor training and **** poor check airmen and **** poor APD designated examiners who failed to take into account my exceptional study habits, my rock-start triggers and flows, and did I mention that I nearly have a law degree? It was my fault, alright; my fault for allowing a rock star such as myself to be dragged down by those two-bit, four-flushing, dirty, rotten, low-down, indiscriminate clod-hoppers. It's my fault (I'm getting better at saying that with a straight face) for allowing them to screw me over. I'm better than that. Because it's not me. It's really them. Even though I'm just saying it's me.
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JMarco9111
My friends who went to Republic/Piedmont/Endeavor/Mesa/Envoy and had nothing but positives to say about the training quality and they all made it, even the ones I knew were poor pilots.
(14) To further punctuate my assertion that it wasn't me, it was them, I point to my friends who are ****-poor pilots who can make it through a half-way decent training program. I do this to use my ****-poor pilot friends to show that a rock star like me should have made it anywhere by here, where I was asked to resign when the company failed to recognize the gem they had in me. After all, if my ****-poor friends can make it, a guy who almost has a law degree like me, with great study habits and a sure knowledge of triggers and flows, should make it anywhere. Except here, where it's their fault. Not mine. I'm a rock star. And I almost have a degree.
Originally Posted by
JMarco9111
Now, I am asking for advice on how to move forward with one PPL failure and two 121 failures on my record + being asked to resign.
Was the private pilot failure the fault of the examiner? The person who wrote the checklist? Bad practical test standards? ****-poor instructor? Crosswind? R in the month? Meteorites? Gingivitis? Sea monkeys? Bad maintenance? Seagulls?
Not one Part 121 training failure, but two? Two different companies, or the same one? We understand if you don't want to bore us with the details. What really counts is that you'll lie briefly in an interview and take the high road by accepting blame, and that you can get advice to get you in somewhere, with three training failures under your belt.
The other 121 training failure...whose fault was that one?