Originally Posted by
flynd94
You missed his major point. Learn how to fly the line and your aircraft before heading to the TK. I went through the full course Airbus for upgrade last august. I was on the bus the whole time as a FO.
I had multiple instructors that barely had a year at UA and very little time on the Bus. I had to interject a few times (in a professional manner) when they were wrong. I filled out my critiques and that was my number one gripe.
The training quality improved towards the MV and definitely in the LOE phase. The difference was seasoned instructors.
^This^
I understand it's a contractual item, First Class Deadhead to/from a flying assignment. And God knows, I write
"Fly The Contract" a lot.. (along with saying it!)
But as FlyND94 stated- get the point!
Last year when I went through the Capt course, I lost my FO because I had to deal with a serious Family issue and pulled out of training for a week (Side note- everyone within the training department was super helpful. When **** hits the fan, there are still a lot of good people at our company).
Coming back, I had a lot of different instructors and different seat fills. But I will never forget the London CDA lesson. Between the two other guys in the box- they had less than 8 years at the company and had been to London maybe a half a dozen times?!
They were
Professional (again- something I tout) but there was a little friction in the beginning when I was briefing my UPSET calls. Guess my NY and German accent along with my fast talk didn't go over well! LOL (And no, did not curse~).
Learn your Plane.. fly the Line.. be a great instructor- but only after you have become a good line pilot!
You won't have that if you've only been here for a year. Not even one full season of flying the line at OUR company. When you do get into TK, think about picking up legit trips where you get a feel about what we do out there. DH to EWR, to fly to Europe and maybe DH back to DEN isn't what being a Professional Airline Pilot is about, if you're actually suppose to use that Fly Time to operate!
Just my opinion~
Always
Motch