*two thumbs up*

I should have been more clear... INDOC material IS important. Evenings during training should be spent going over that days material. Practicing the flows prior to a class date will give the student more time to focus on the knowlege stuff before hitting the sims. Although it sounds like you are closely tied to the training dept so I'll fade out.... quiet...ly. :D

I hope my little jest was not taken the wrong way. I used to fly a 'Van for a company that was bought by AirNow. Whenever the self loading cargo ticks me off, I troll the freight sites and think longingly of the old days.

^ agreed ^

With regards to your first couple weeks of indoc and training just study what you have gone over for the day and keep pace with the curriculum. You'll do fine just take it one step at a time. Dont spend your weekend between indoc and systems/sims going to Disneyland or something :D

I would say your problem is your multi time.

Nobody's paying me to say this; I do it on my own time . . . but I've seen a lot of pilots start the serious part of long flying careers at Ameriflight, and I've seen others bilge out of training while spouting excuses about why it wasn't their fault.

Ameriflight is certainly not perfect, but they spend a huge amount of time, effort, and money to try to get their trainees off to a good start. If you have ideas for improvement and made it out onto the line, make some specific suggestions to the upper-echelon folks at BUR Training. They actually ARE interested in productive input.

Both attrition and growth. Just took delivery of two new (to us) BE-1900Cs, and some other aircraft that were underutilized last year are getting taken up with new business.

As of Feb 2010 Ameriflight is planning new hire classes about once a month for the forseeable future, 5-10 captain candidates per class.

Online app, call in after a month or so to make sure they got it, and then update it by phone every couple of months to show your interest and keep your name in front of the recruiting people. Every couple of MONTHS, not every couple of days. They process hundreds of applications. . . .

hmm, I have worked for 2 other 135 operators (no 121), and Amflight has by far the finest training program I have ever been through. There is no comparison.

"Bobs useless drabble" <--- are you serious? Bob has his own way of teaching that can seem odd at times, but that doesnt mean that what he teaches is useless. Think about what he has to do. In about 3 days he has to teach the entire Ops manual and go over all of part 135 and 91. Its obvious that this is just an introduction to the material, not an in depth analysis of each regulation! I think for the time frame given, he lays out the material exceptionally well. You couls spend months going over the finer points of the regs, but that is simply not realistic.