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Old 08-23-2019, 08:05 AM
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We were told in the interview that the training will have you prepared for both the oral and check ride if you put for the effort. Was also told to be careful about studying any material on the Internet prior to class. My pervious airline (a regional) had material for us to study and memorize prior to showing up to class (even with this prior study I still felt like drinking from a fire hose). My question being will someone with prior airline experience have any difficulty without any prestudy? I've heard at Brand X (Spirit) even with the prestudy materials the training can/is be difficult. How is training different at Allegiant? Or does Spirit intentionally make their training difficult? None the less I am excited to start training here, but want to make sure I'm adequately prepared prior to showing up to class.

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We were told in the interview that the training will have you prepared for both the oral and check ride if you put for the effort. Was also told to be careful about studying any material on the Internet prior to class. My pervious airline (a regional) had material for us to study and memorize prior to showing up to class (even with this prior study I still felt like drinking from a fire hose). My question being will someone with prior airline experience have any difficulty without any prestudy? I've heard at Brand X (Spirit) even with the prestudy materials the training can/is be difficult. How is training different at Allegiant? Or does Spirit intentionally make their training difficult? None the less I am excited to start training here, but want to make sure I'm adequately prepared prior to showing up to class.

Thank's for any insight!
The way things are setup currently, Allegiant literally does twice as many FTD's and sims compared to Spirit for new hires.
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The way things are setup currently, Allegiant literally does twice as many FTD's and sims compared to Spirit for new hires.
Yup. I worked at both. Allegiant Training (at least Sim training) is very thorough.

You’ll do 10 SITS which are in touch screen trainers. You’ll fly flights and practice shooting approaches and setting up the FMS (all while doing your flows and call outs).

Then you go into the Simulator and have 7-8 sims before your checkride.

Spirit is now 8 SITS, 4 FTDs (a full sim, but doesn’t move) and 5 Full Motion Sims - then your ride.
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Yup. I worked at both. Allegiant Training (at least Sim training) is very thorough.

You’ll do 10 SITS which are in touch screen trainers. You’ll fly flights and practice shooting approaches and setting up the FMS (all while doing your flows and call outs).

Then you go into the Simulator and have 7-8 sims before your checkride.

Spirit is now 8 SITS, 4 FTDs (a full sim, but doesn’t move) and 5 Full Motion Sims - then your ride.
Thanks for your insight! What training program did you like better? Did you feel adequately prepared even without any prestudy materials at Allegiant?
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