Originally Posted by
100LowLife
Hey all, I'm a time-building CFI at a flight school that just contracted with Spirit for the Pathway Program. I know they've partnered with multiple schools like ATP, but just curious to know if there is anybody on here that has gotten a CJO through this program.
If so, couple of Q's for ya:
- Was your interview similar to that on the gouges on aviationinterviews.com or was it more softball questions because you were a CFI?
- Best way to study for the interview?
- If you've gotten through training already (with no previous turbine time), did you feel that training was difficult? Or not because the 320 transition course got you up to speed?
Thanks in advance!
I’m about 25 years too late to help you with questions about the program you are in. That being said, the important thing to remember for pilots in your shoes is not how difficult the Spirit training will seem, but how much you still have yet to learn on the other side of it.
To put it into context, compare the knowledge level that was expected of you on your CFI ride to what was expected on your Private. You are flying the same plane in the same airport/airspace, but under much different circumstances and responsibility. Coming off your private, you had only the most fundamental understanding of both the plane and how to operate it. This is where you will be at the end of your Spirit training. I’m sure you have had discussions with freshly licensed students to be wary about how much they bite off as they slowly expand their experience. You won’t have that luxury as the very next day when you get line qualified you can be sent to the biggest/busiest/or trickiest airports in the most challenging conditions.
If the training at any point seems easy, it’s because you aren’t aware of how much you don’t know. The same goes for your first few years on the line.