Reserve depends on the base. I sat reserve for half a month. Other people from my training class are still sitting reserve.

 

I am finding that seems to be the case....would you say that a lot of the people in your class had low time or high....and of those in your class, how many got through to the end...just curious to compare it to a non-AQP program the more I read about these....it seems that Piedmont is hiring a lot of low-time guys and I was just ondering how that came across in the training, i.e. if an AQP program works well for low time guys or if a lot fail out. Thanks.

 

80% of my class was low time. The only people that failed out of my class were high time.

 

really?....that is very interesting...I would think the opposite. Why do you think this was...and what was the pass rate? Thanks.

 

Only one of fourteen guys in my class didn't make it through training. We had another guy quit in the middle of SOE, but no one has any clue why and as far as we know he just did it on his own and the company had nothing to do with it. Must have gotten a job somewhere else.

 

Lower time guys tend to do better in training because they are still in the training/absorbing information mindset. A guy right out of college TYPICALLY has much better study habits and tends to absorb information faster and retain it longer than a guy who has been out of college for 10 years. In addition, there is the "old dog, new tricks" cliche. If you have been flying an airplane a certain way for 10 years it is going to be a lot harder for you to change your habits and methods than it is for a lower time guy who is used to learning new techniques and methods.

Where lower time guys TEND to fall behind the old dogs is in the decision making arena. With experience, you are able to apply what you've seen in the past to new situations and make more educated, considered decisions. I am willing to bet the first time you saw ice on an airplane you freaked out a little bit but once you've seen an airplane continue to fly covered in ice and gotten out of the situation, you are more prepared to handle that situation when it arises again.

 

I agree with that training indet theory the more I think about it. Also, I've been reading a lot about that AQP training, and the more I read the more that it makes sense, especially if the AQP is geared towards lower time pilots. There's a pretty big advisory circular (161 pgs) all about AQP training...I never heard of it before researching this stuff, but then again, I've had no reason to look into 121 training procedures.

 

Anyone have any information on the Piedmont test? Im guessing it will be a lot of ATP test questions and AIM. Im just curious which parts they will ask the most questions from. Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

Anybody have a realistic upgrade time at Peidmont? Where does MDT stand as a junior senior base CA/FO?

 

Right now MDT is one of the most junior FO bases at the bottom of the list (you can get a line quick), but, I think there are some senior FOs and it is VERY senior for captains.