Pilotpip

The Asian Carriers also have a higher acccident rate than any US carrier. They fly good equipment, and are up to ICAO standards, so what else could it be?

cmelevu2

New guy with my 2 cents on MAPD. I have flown at gateway, spent time in the practice areas and heard the mapd folks around. I will tell you the only reason this program works is because of the tight leash that mesa now has on anyone coming out of this program. At the beginning of this thread it was said perfect about ICAO mins! The FTD sucks and in no way is a device that helps the learning process of the crj. The attitude of the students at mapd in my opinion is the worst. "I will get a job in a crj in 4 years" if you get recommended. A school that will allow someone to spend $30,000 on an instrument rating says something...maybe its not the student. one of my instrument students came from mapd with over 100 hours dual givin and could not fly an ndb. The best thing i heard from that student was "i've shot this approach 20 times and once in a while i can intercept the outbound course" and dont give me the nonsence that all the ndb's are going away, it is a basic navaid. and i love the one line above that they are trained to airline standards, put a mapd student in a 10kt x-wind and hang on. and lets not forget the faculity at mapd either. i have only met one person there that i have any respect for. the one "fish" (if you know what i mean) is by far the most unperfesional person that i have ever met. so here is what it boils down to, ICAO mins probably aren't going away. There are plenty of street captians that can take those positions. mapd is the compete success story of lies, incompetent training and extorsion! look back 10 years and see how the program has changed!