Originally Posted by
Birdsmash
The Atlas training programs are not designed for the same set of pilots the regionals are targeting. If a pilot does not see themselves capable of flying a complex arrival into a challenging international airport at night in crap weather while managing the energy of a heavy jet, they have no business applying to Atlas. If the hiring board chooses to hire someone who built hours in a C208, barely finished OE in a B737 at a marginal carrier (now defunct), and then struggled through 777 training despite excess OE, that is a problem with the pilot and those that hired him. Some pilots have above average skills and learning capability that overcomes their lack of experience. Some do not.
Atlas training is not a guaranteed pass. It’s big boy/big girl training with ATP ACS standards as the “minimum acceptable”. I make no apologies for that. Not everyone gets a trophy buttercup.
Doesnt your flight department have some say on what the hiring criteria is? If all you advertise is ATP minimum, then dont complain when you actually get candidates with barely ATP min. If all you just mentioned is the hiring criteria, then advertise as such.
When you interview candidates, have a filtering mechanism to filter out those whom you dont think would pass the program you design. After all, only you know what kind of people your program is designed for.