Originally Posted by
apaw269
Has anyone that is whinning about this graduated from Western Michigan University? Doesn't sound like it to me. I really don't think Pinnacle would have agreed to this if they didn't like WMU's program. Each person who has commented on this thread had 250 hrs at some point. Everybody also flew through a storm or hail for the first time at some point or another. I find it very disturbing that so many of you are unwilling to help someone new to the industry. I graduated from Western, and one advantage I have over a lot of you, is that I was taught that flying an airplane involves tons of team work. Who knows, you give us a chance and we might be able to educate/help each other. It's also good to ask questions. Many of you act like you never had to ask a question and were born with the ability to fly a jet. We are all on the same team here people!
Of course you are not going to hear anyone from WMU "whinning" about this. Every students mission there is to fly a jet and now they can do it without even interviewing. It would be one thing if they had to take the JET course first as a prerequisite. Correct me if Im wrong, but from what I hear they dont. And plus theres WMU grads who have sucked it up and flight instructed for 2 or 3 years while the industry was in the toilet and built a lot of hours who still have to go through the strenuous process of interviewing because they are passed the graduation deadline this fast track program has. And this is all while the kids that they taught go straight to CRJ class. Half those kids have never flown in a cloud for goodness sake. Nobody is born to fly a jet but it seems to me that you are trying to say because you graduated from WMU that you are entitled to it. Have you ever flown a jet before? The first time I stepped into the Lear, my ass was still sitting in the FBO when we were leveling at FL400. The sims can only do so much.