Originally Posted by
belliott
Why the high washout rate? They are in constant need of pilots and yet they wash 7 of 8/ 2 of 3 out of training... sounds not so good to me. I will be staying far far away...
Perhaps the difference is we don't relax our standards in a tight market. Unfortunatly I believe its a factor of low time new hires.
Originally Posted by
BURflyer
It's undeniable that flying a prop gets you the quickest upgrade and gives you some credibility in that you have good flying experience especially with no autopilot and GPS. However from what I saw the CAs at my previous airline weren't having any luck with the better majors/legacies out there citing not enough experience on jet/advanced airplanes. The only guys that made it to top tier airlines like CAL had a few thousand of pic and were instructors. I guess in the last few years there has been a rise in regional jet CAs applying though it has been tougher market for prop guys.
Jet and "advanced" experience has got to be one of the biggest fallacies in this industry. No offense to RJ drivers but if you can teach a 500hr CFI to fly a jet, I'm pretty sure that I can figure it out too.
