Originally Posted by
Lighteningspeed
I don't know how this thread drifted to this topic but this is not entirely true. Lufthansa and British Airways have had Ab Initio programs for years and have hired new pilots with very little time to fly their mainline jets.
Not that it's important, but someone made a comparison and the subject was raised.
Ba
has run Ab initio programs for years but most of their pilots come from other carriers. Ab initio classes are rare and the numbers are very limited.
Either way, the direct entry or ab initio route to IOE completion is no walk in the park by
any standards.
I don't think many AF pilots are ab initio either. The AF pilots were well trained and experienced but still subject to the elements of the SHEL model.
AL