Originally Posted by
DryMotorBoatin
I may tend to agree with the harder checkride thing and hear me out. First let me preface this by saying that I don't consider waterskiers superior pilots. But that being said, in my class of 40 new hires, only 15 made it to the line at Trans States. So my logic says that since TSA training strictly adhered to ATP standards on the checkrides and orals that it is a realistic training program. I could be wrong but I don't know of any other regional that washes so many out. With that in mind, that means alot of people on other regionals are making it to the line who maybe wouldn't or shouldn't. Again, thats not saying TransStates crews are superior. But it is saying that maybe training to proficiency rather than giving 8 sim sessions and then the door isn't the best idea. From what I've heard it sounds like there are some airlines who are willng to spoonfeed trainees. I think TSA's typical washout rate is a bit excessive and some is related to hiring people with a temporary multi-commercial ticket but airlines with 95% pass rates may be a bit excessive as well.
All is shows is that your HR, Selection Process, Hiring Process, and Interview Process all needs to be revamped. Most professional airlines do not want to waste $15,000 finding out 3 weeks into training that the student can't make it. The point you are missing is that the other training centers are NOT pushing unqualified people out onto the line... they are just not hiring unqualified people who can't, or most likely won't finish training in the first place.
There are other "regionals" that also have high washout rates, and some that meet the bare FAA minimums fro training; but by and large most airlines just are more selective about whom they hire and spend their money trying to train. Even in the last round of hiring, there were people who didn't get hired.
When your pay is substandard, contract is substandard, maintenance is substandard, and everything else is substandard, you accept, hire and process as many people as possible the meet the minimum FAA requirements, and hopefully you can keep your "airline" staffed.
After hearing the condition your airline returned the leased jets to AMR in, and then realizing that your Captains & FO's were accepting and flying paying passengers in those airplanes in that condition....
Well, I then formed a new opinion of TSA....