What is the difference between Piedmont's AQP program and the rest of the industry's ground schools? I have spent quite a bit of time try to find the answer in older threads but haven't found much of anything.

Is there a final checkride or is it more of standardization sims with a sign off?
Is the ground school portion all self study?


I would just like to know what I would be getting myself into by submitting my application to Piedmont (and hopefully getting hired).

Thanks a bunch!

 

AQP is Piedmonts way around teaching a full systems ground school and putting the full responsibility on the trainee to learn what will not be taught.

 

after spending a week of going over indoc stuff at the new job, I kinda prefer PDT's drinking from a firehose version....right now I'm bored outta my mind

 

So is there a final checkride or oral.... or what? I take it that it is a self study course but how do they go about sims and everything else beyond learning about the dash on your own?

 

groundschool is 8 days... 3 tests (FOM/INDOC, Limitations, Systems).. 85% or better and you pass. you have to pass each test before progressing, fail one and it takes 90% to pass. once you pass the systems test you move on to APT (aircraft procedures training) either at an outstation on the actual airplane or in the sim. after 3 nights of the procedures training you move onto the sim. 5 lessons then a maneuver validation (MV)... train to proficiency so you can get 2 "re-do's" if you screw something up. 2 line oriented sim lessons where you actually go somewhere and complete flights and the 9th sim is the line oriented evaluation (LOE). That's it... 5-6 weeks and you're out. After a couple of months online you're qualified for your regional of choice, unless you stick around like me hoping for new airplanes,growth and/or the flowthrough!

 

I'm in PDT's July 9th class so I have all that to look forward to. I talked to a couple guys in the May 16th class and they actually got done in a month. Piedmont is just desperate to get them out on the line. Whether that continues remains to be seen. For now, I'm just gonna bury myself in the home study packet.

 

they'll work with you, for the most part the instructors are great. just study and they'll get you through.... we need pilots bad

 

Is their any reserve time right now????? Or can oyu hold a line right off the bat???

 

In most bases you can hold a line right away

 

cool thanks@!!!