Best training department
09-23-2014 | 01:55 PM
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Since the majority of posters only have experience with one training department, they cannot make an educated comparison.
As others have said, ask about failure rates.
Some other questions I would suggest:
Is training in house or farmed out?
Do you feel check airmen are generally equally hard/easy?
During initial or transition, will the company give extra sim time to a "good" applicant that is having an issue or two?
Are the check airmen generally nice/helpful/angry/hostile?
Do you feel the training evolutions are well organized?
As others have said, ask about failure rates.
Some other questions I would suggest:
Is training in house or farmed out?
Do you feel check airmen are generally equally hard/easy?
During initial or transition, will the company give extra sim time to a "good" applicant that is having an issue or two?
Are the check airmen generally nice/helpful/angry/hostile?
Do you feel the training evolutions are well organized?
09-23-2014 | 03:46 PM
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Anyone thoughts about TSA?
09-23-2014 | 04:30 PM
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Almost every training department has their "special" person who likes to make it hard on newhires -- that's just the way it is and you had better be prepared if you get that person. Also, no one's immune to having a bad day. You just prepare the best you know how and get on with it.
09-23-2014 | 04:44 PM
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I think he's trying to mitigate any potential chance for failure. There are clearly issues with some training departments (EGL, and PDT are two I can think of) and you would do well to steer clear of the known problem children, but really OP -- if you want to do well in your training, apply yourself. Study hard, and I doubt you'll fail unless you can't fly or memorize profiles or multi-task or you tend to choke on oral or sim evals.
Almost every training department has their "special" person who likes to make it hard on newhires -- that's just the way it is and you had better be prepared if you get that person. Also, no one's immune to having a bad day. You just prepare the best you know how and get on with it.
Almost every training department has their "special" person who likes to make it hard on newhires -- that's just the way it is and you had better be prepared if you get that person. Also, no one's immune to having a bad day. You just prepare the best you know how and get on with it.
wrote. But what I've seen at PDT I haven't seen before. And it's not only for what I have seen for myself, but also what happened to other classmates.
09-23-2014 | 04:54 PM
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I already flew for 6 years for an airline and hold 2 type ratings from which one of them was the Dash 8. So I agree with most of what you
wrote. But what I've seen at PDT I haven't seen before. And it's not only for what I have seen for myself, but also what happened to other classmates.
wrote. But what I've seen at PDT I haven't seen before. And it's not only for what I have seen for myself, but also what happened to other classmates.
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