Initial Training
05-11-2007 | 04:39 PM
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Initial Training
I am a recent graduate of Western Michigan University and at the small chance that I get a job at an airline I was wondering how hard is the training? I guess what I am asking is should I become a flight instructor and/or take my university's jet course (25hrs of CRJ sim time), or risk going right to the airlines and failing out of training. I'm a very good student GPA wise, but don't want to make a mistake, any imput?
05-11-2007 | 05:57 PM
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MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY people before you made it through training without wasting money on a "jet course". Don't waste your money on it. Use that money to get your CFI, CFII, and MEI and instruct a while. You will thank yourself in the end that you got some experience as a CFI before diving into the airline life. With 250hrs you would have to go to one of the crappy regionals, and you WILL hate your life while there. The "I'm an airline pilot" thing wears off in a couple months, and then you wont care about flying that shiny jet, just about getting days off and the most pay. Go instruct for a year, then go to a company you WANT to go to, you will thank yourself later.
05-12-2007 | 04:52 AM
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First of all, the way airlines are hiring anyone these days... I wouldn't say "on the small chance you get an airline job." If someone doesn't hire you, you can bet the next guy would love to have you. Second, PLEASE do not waste your money on a RJ course. It's a waste of your (or your parents) hard earned money... In my initial class the only guy that seemed to have trouble was the one with previous "RJ Transition" experience. While he had a better understanding of the systems, he couldn't wrap himself around the company specifics.
05-12-2007 | 05:19 AM
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depends on how you like to learn. if youre a self study guy, go out and buy a CRJ or ERJ book and read it cover to cover. if you need to be taught stuff to learn, go take the course. different strokes for different folks. go for it
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