Oh really? I wasn't aware.

 

To my knowledge, a student pays for a "CRJ Jet Transition" course at whatever establishment offers it. Anyway the average price of the course is $6000. That is something they pay that qualifies them for an interview. That money is gone. It isn't reimbursed by anyone. So they pay to put it on their resume. Anyway the only reason I know the price is b/c a person in my last training class had done a program like this and was hired with far less time than everyone else in the course. I don't know if that was the reason why I just took note of it.

 

What I've been hearing is that AE and ASA, if you pass the interview at low time, will pay for your RJ course. Seen it at other threads.

 

Well like I said in my previous post, I don't believe everything that I read, I do take it into account. My purpose was not to argue, only to point out that a 250 hr. pilot is going to be hired at one regional or another. I just think that a 250 hr. pilot in a jet is more dangerous than a turboprop. If someone wants to pay the money, that's their preogative but no longer are they taking away any jobs.

I'm not at AE or ASA so other than their posted minimums and requirements I can't speak for what type of initial training they are paying for.

 

A 250 hr pilot may be just as dangerous in TP or a 747... now a pilot that doesnt even care about doing some research before spending daddy's 30k just beacause """"instructing is lame....." I think i;s irresponsable
i dont think anybody said anything about anybody taking away any jobs, thats not the point.

 

no, h$^# no. it just helps you out getting the interview and also helps you out in the sim eval. asa is hiring people w/o the transition course as well with low time.

 

training should not be done with paying passengers on board. It may be good experience but in my opinion a pilot should be highly qualified before they take the controls of an airliner (be it a turbo prop or a jet)

 

AROO???

It's called an upgrade and QOL man.

 

The difference between Gulfstream and the RJ course is that you are paying for the RJ course like a college class. You take it, you get your certificate, and you add it to your pedigree. The Gulfstream program, you pay to go to work. You have to interview first then get a job. The problem is pilots subsidising the airline's cost of doing business.

 

Programs like GIA's will never go away because the majority of their applicants are uneducated about our industry. They have never heard of this website, their friends are all on the outside looking in with them, and none of us "veterans" are showing up at job fairs to inform the new guys. The GIA inductees are just looking for a way in, and they believe that experience (hours) speaks the loudest. Getting 121 ME time is gold to them. And until the past year, 121 ME time was gold. You can pay thousands to GIA, or you can pay it to your University. In the end, we all have loans and we all make it to someplace better than GIA if we want to. I agree that GIA is not the most cost-effective option for getting one's foot in the door, and I also agree that pilots paying to work is detrimental to us all. But, it is a small group that does so. The net effect on the industry is minimal, and if I had a choice between 500 wunderkids, I think I would choose the guy with 300 in a 1900 versus 300 in a 172.