2 year commitment at PSA for bonuses?!?!?
06-25-2016, 04:36 PM
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There's always "more to that story" than just a lateral move after a training failure. I know guys who are at Mesa after a "training failure" elsewhere that shouldn't have been a failure, hands down. One for a FTD flight that wasn't even a checking event.
I hear from folks I trust that Mesa's training is good, as well as fair. And I am sure that in every contract airline (probably at every major and LCC as well) there are folks who slip thru the cracks that shouldn't.
Mesa's pay and benefits may be pretty low, but I know some top-notch pilots who work there. Not everyone who moves to Mesa is a training failure. Far from it, I'd wager.
I hear from folks I trust that Mesa's training is good, as well as fair. And I am sure that in every contract airline (probably at every major and LCC as well) there are folks who slip thru the cracks that shouldn't.
Mesa's pay and benefits may be pretty low, but I know some top-notch pilots who work there. Not everyone who moves to Mesa is a training failure. Far from it, I'd wager.
Originally Posted by Biggz
Although I do know a guy at Mesa that is a quality pilot, I know of three personally that have busted training at psa and passed at Mesa six months later without any problems. So this is definitely true
06-25-2016, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by CLT Guy
I'm not so sure about that. Additional training completed and additional type ratings are not a bad thing.
Delta, United, AA, FedEx, and UPS know that if you go to work there, you are not likely to go somewhere else. Why would they really care about you switching regionals a few years before?
Delta, United, AA, FedEx, and UPS know that if you go to work there, you are not likely to go somewhere else. Why would they really care about you switching regionals a few years before?
06-25-2016, 07:03 PM
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Just remember, most people will lie when they fail a training event to make themselves look better. What really happened and their version of the story is quite different.
Do you really think that people would come out and say: "Well, they gave me an extra 2 sim sessions, and I am such a crappy pilot that I still couldn't figure out how to fly a non-percision approach. Oh, and I was also an obnoxious prick to the instructor and sim partner. They offered me a chance to go back to and try again, but I told them to **** off".
Because someone failed out elsewhere and did well at Mesa does not necessarily mean that the other company was too hard. It may mean that Mesa is too easy. In truth, it is probably a little of both.
Do you really think that people would come out and say: "Well, they gave me an extra 2 sim sessions, and I am such a crappy pilot that I still couldn't figure out how to fly a non-percision approach. Oh, and I was also an obnoxious prick to the instructor and sim partner. They offered me a chance to go back to and try again, but I told them to **** off".
Because someone failed out elsewhere and did well at Mesa does not necessarily mean that the other company was too hard. It may mean that Mesa is too easy. In truth, it is probably a little of both.
06-26-2016, 04:50 PM
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Id actually heard somewhere else that they (Majors, LCC, etc) like to see a training event, like a type or upgrade within 5 years of being hired. I would imagine its like any job. If you go in for an office job somewhere and youve held 5 jobs in the last 6 years, you should be prepared to answer why. Im sure its no different. If you have a ready made speech about how you moved, or got divorced etc etc, then im sure its not going to rule you out at another carrier.
Im of the feeling, I just dont want to do 1 more basic indoc course than I absolutely have to.
Im of the feeling, I just dont want to do 1 more basic indoc course than I absolutely have to.
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