Originally Posted by
mulcher
Whippdy effing do! That’s bc they had 25 in a Seminole. Zero experience in real world flying. Let me guess you interview for the stupid 225? 50-70. I don’t think it’s that high unless it’s changed from the last 225 interview guy I spoke with. It was an additional 4 day 737 course. Again useless! Maybe they can teach them to be more comfortable when the CA has to get up and use the lav. Is it 50 or 70 hours? Because there is no way SWA is doing more than they have to. Plus that doesn't give me the feel goods when the poop hits the fan.
Easy there, tiger. No, I'm not on any extracurricular teams, but I do have friends who are, and that's how I get the scoop.
The point I was trying to make was that D225 people who came straight from CFI'ing aren't like fish out of water when they first hit the sim during their initial. Chances are, they'll probably be ahead of most of their non-D225 classmates when it comes to sim. Now, how that translates onto the line... well, that remains to be seen as the first ones are starting IOE. I do know some D225 also flew 737s at Swift, and some were at various charter outfits flying bizjets.