LAB727,

Let's not over simplify my situation with CAPT. Yes, I'm in the minority. But that minority is also 1/3 of the cadet core that graduated. And just because I'm the only one (that I know of) sharing with people the disgrace that is the C(R)APT program, doesn't meant that there aren't people that have been burned by the program. ONE-THIRD buddy! So yes, while we're in the MINORITY, we certainly aren't just one or two people. What's the placement rate at C(R)APT these days? Now compare that to other programs like Delta Academy and ATP. I'd say, C(R)APT failed in their goal of 100% placement that they drank beers and sang songs to in the heydays.

And allow me to digress, yes, I know there are no guarantees in life. But C(R)APT said they had 7-9 GUARANTEED interviews set up. When I started, did you know how many guaranteed interviews they have set up? ZERO. It wasn't until the last quarter of 2004 did they even get FocusAir (which isn't a flying job in my opinion because NO ONE that went there is flying yet!). So basically, C(R)APT was lying for a year before they landed FocusAir (because they love to pay for high talents with low pay checks).

I'm over the fact that I took a chance with C(R)APT and it didn't work out for me. But that doesn't mean I can't tell the world that they are a bunch of lying sons of b!tches that push used cars as new.

As far as that disgruntled bit is concerned, I wasn't like this before I entered C(R)APT. This should answer Thedude's question as well. I did my research (but evidently not enough). And I was also WELL AWARE of the www.captiscrap.com (not functional anymore due to a law suit settlement - see the archived version here). The guy that ran that site listed all the reasons that C(R)APT was not the place to be. I read that site everyday for 6 months before I signed up. Back then, I thought, this guy is just some schmuck that is disgruntled or isn't doing well in training, etc. Well, turns out, that guy was RIGHT ON THE MONEY with C(R)APT with EVERYTHING he said. At the time, I blew that guy off and read his posting with a sardonic grin and said to myself, there is no way I'm going to be like him. Well, today, if C(R)APT wasn't dropped by Embry-Riddle like a used tampon, I would have started my own website. But I think watching the forums for newbies that are looking into aviation as a career and warning them off about C(R)APT is more effective a tool. Hell, I'll even go so far as to recommend people to go to ATP and RAA, just don't find yourself at C(R)APT. The management there are a bunch of incompentent automatons following the lead of an old man who still think stealing money from people is a noble thing to do.

Did C(R)APT work out for some? Sure, two-thirds of all the people that went there. And I say, congratulations for making it through with a job at the end of the tunnel. Consider this however. Of all the people that graduated (as far as I know - statistics up to date as of April 2006):

16 out of 48 (33.33%) went to Focus Air.
02 out of 48 (04.16%) went to corporate (which C(R)APT had nothing to do with their placements, but took credit for).
03 out of 48 (06.25%) went to Piedmont (which Piedmont will never take another C(R)APT resume due to CAPT misrepresenting times on their resumes).
14 out of 48 (29.16%) went to Pinnacle.
13 out of 48 (27.08%) went to ASA.

It's funny how C(R)APT pushed FocusAir the most out of any airline opportunity. Why? Because it was the path of least resistance to C(R)APT! And you really can't count the 2 guys that went corporate because CAPT didn't help them land those jobs.

But for those of us in the MINORITY, life isn't good. I stay in touch with some of them and it's just heart breaking to hear it in their voices the defeat and the mental anguish that has been bestowed to them by the broken promises and the lackadaisical approach to handling our placement efforts as well as our plea for help and guidance.

I can go on and on and on but I think I've made my point. Don't take a chance when you might end up in the MINORITY ONE-THIRD. Because I can tell you from experience, you don't want to be here. And those who have not spoken up would also tell you that you don't want to be here. This one-third side of the dice is painful. So for "the rest of you" who are looking for a flight program, keep an eye out for the developments of C(R)APT as they get bought out (if and when that will happen) and avoid them like the black plague.

P.S. C(R)APT said that they would make a grand announcement to the world about them being bought out by a "suitor" (nice word *********s) and that the announcement was to be made on June 1. Today is July 22. No announcement. Yet another example of the continuing bullsh!t sound bites that C(R)APT is famous for. They keep dangling that stale carrot...