CAPT Grounded - Karma Prevails!
#31
So if you were indeed sitting right seat, it would have been worth it then. Whether they set up the interviews they offered or not, were you not able to get one on your own? I see you graduated in October 2005. I do believe the job market was well in pilots favor back then.
#32
I'm confused. Did you attend the CAPT program believing that you would graduate and walk into a $150,000/year job? Ofcourse the regional pay is garbage. This should not have come as a surprise. Not to sound like a bastard, but before spending $100,000, why was this critical information missing?
#33
I'm confused. Did you attend the CAPT program believing that you would graduate and walk into a $150,000/year job? Ofcourse the regional pay is garbage. This should not have come as a surprise. Not to sound like a bastard, but before spending $100,000, why was this critical information missing?
After coming up to 12 months, I had a choice. Drop out or take out more money to finish the program. Do I walk out and go home with nothing? Or do I finish what I started? The rest of the story you know. Had they made good on their word on even 12 months and guaranteed interviews, the financials would have made a little more sense despite the low regional airline pay.
#34
I just call it as I see it on the line. All I will say is that I didnt pay a ton of cash to sit in a big fancy simulator and play airline pilot for a month and later try to translate that into experience. Funny thing here, I never mentioned my background, or flying ability. The name was a joke btwn college friends....classy way to enter this forum, I see you have 9 posts now....did you get banned on another name?
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#36
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: Grad school student - again...
Posts: 104
I'm wondering if anyone saw my post that the flight school is closed television report and the chinese students are hanging out there... Here's the link again if you missed it the first time.
Flight School Problems Leave Students Grounded - Central Florida News 13
Flight School Problems Leave Students Grounded - Central Florida News 13
#37
I just call it as I see it on the line. All I will say is that I didnt pay a ton of cash to sit in a big fancy simulator and play airline pilot for a month and later try to translate that into experience. Funny thing here, I never mentioned my background, or flying ability. The name was a joke btwn college friends....classy way to enter this forum, I see you have 9 posts now....did you get banned on another name?
#38
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2008
Position: Speed tape and prayers
Posts: 376
I'm wondering if anyone saw my post that the flight school is closed television report and the chinese students are hanging out there... Here's the link again if you missed it the first time.
Flight School Problems Leave Students Grounded - Central Florida News 13
Flight School Problems Leave Students Grounded - Central Florida News 13
wooo...that is MESSED up! So much for foreign relations...
#39
The REAL rest of the story...
Unfortunately, this gentleman, when it came time for the final exam (getting an interview), choked! He couldn't seal the deal and sell himself enough to be able to get that all important interview. He thinks that with the money he paid, someone else should have done that for him.
Just thought I'd set the record straight...
#40
Truth is, during the 4 or so years that Riddle owned this program (which it doesn't anymore and which has now been turned into a completely different animal), approximately 100 students trained, graduated, interviewed, and were hired by various regional airlines (ASA, Pinnacle, TransStates, Air Wisconsin, and Piedmont to name a few). Furthermore, many of them were fortunate enough to have been hired on the front end of the last hiring wave. A few have even upgraded and many of them are senior enough to not have to worry about the big F!
Just thought I'd set the record straight...
Just thought I'd set the record straight...
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