Not to start an argument but UND does run their kids through a CRJ specific ground school and basically half of a CRJ type rating (including profiles and emergencies) the only reason they do not recieve a type is that the sim is not full motion. I am not saying that this qualifies people with low times to be regional pilots but.... basically they have already have gone through the same ground school that pinnacle has. Therefore one would anticipate that a UND grad would be more likely to pass training than someone who has had zero CRJ experience.

Sidenote: JetU has finalized a contract with UND to put their students through ground school... apparently they find UND's standards for completion high enough to justify this move.

Again, this is not to insinuate that these low time pilots should be at pinnacle but they do have previous experience with the knowledge required to pass ground school and IOE.