Cape Air Interview
12-29-2011, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by RonWeasley
Not piston twin time alone, no. All airlines want glass and jet time since the learning curve is steep, and there has been a tremendous washout rate recently. Notwithstanding, 9K pilots have left for B6, VX, and others, all had former jet time. I can tell you this, there is going to be a lot of movement at 9K in the next month or so.
12-31-2011, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by RonWeasley
There are many with upcoming class dates elsewhere, I am told.
02-04-2013, 03:45 PM
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Hmm. Seems we got slightly off topic here. A few things to say. I received hundreds of UND, Purdue, and the like grads when I instructed in the Air Force. Not saying all but the UND pilots were the worst. I would always prefer a zero timer over the attitude you had to deal with from a UND grad. Second I don't see where glass or turbine are that hard. I self taught myself a lot of MFD/PFF systems out there by skimming through the manual for about an hour. Have guys who go out to these big $3000+ courses and somehow spend months trying to teach them all over again. Same with a turbine. I'll take managing that over a turbo piston any day. Did anyone actually talk about Cape on here?
02-04-2013, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by MusDg
Hmm. Seems we got slightly off topic here. A few things to say. I received hundreds of UND, Purdue, and the like grads when I instructed in the Air Force. Not saying all but the UND pilots were the worst. I would always prefer a zero timer over the attitude you had to deal with from a UND grad. Second I don't see where glass or turbine are that hard. I self taught myself a lot of MFD/PFF systems out there by skimming through the manual for about an hour. Have guys who go out to these big $3000+ courses and somehow spend months trying to teach them all over again. Same with a turbine. I'll take managing that over a turbo piston any day. Did anyone actually talk about Cape on here?
02-04-2013, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by northdakota
You must have been an awesome instructor with those generalizations you make. It's funny because most of the people with no personality on long trips wear USAF rings and thier optional hats!
02-04-2013, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
Haha, it made me laugh though.
...when I instructed in the Air Force.
02-05-2013, 02:41 PM
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Was in the Army for 10 years (Aviation & Armor), Air Force for 5 years (Airfield & Airspace Management), DOD Civilian (MTR Survey Pilot) for 5 Years, and USAF Contract Instructor at IFS for 5 Years. I'm pretty modest when it comes to stats but had a washout rate of 272 out of 275 over my 5 years at USAF IFS for the students I instructed. Those 3 were airsick or realized military aviation wasn't for them.
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