Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
I have no opinion on this new captain leadership course, as it was just announced. However I don't see in person discussions in the negative light that you do. If it is just a bunch of wannabe sky heroes recounting their exploits, then yes, it is all a bit much. However I have found that you can get a whole lot of positive info from real discussions with real pilots vs the LMS stuff (and yes there is a lot of good info in various places). I never "hated" the in person day of CQ. One year we actually had some ATL controllers do a presentation. Very good, and impossible to replicate with some LMS module.
I chuckle that you say "what PTC group dreamed this up." Other pilots were saying the exact same thing years ago--when we got RID of the in person day of CQ.
Yeah, whoa, easy up there! Not at you Herk, but the OP of that comment. In person is always better for learning and good discussions than CBTs and pays better too. I still remember some of the good "closed door" discussions during in-person CQ at my first airline and those were 10+ years ago.