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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
Not necessarily.
At different time the military flight training programs have often had high washout rates and certain military specialities have high washout rates.
The training is TOP NOTCH.
Not everyone can succeed, not everyone gets to play first string and not everyone gets a trophy and it isn't always the companies or training program's fault.
What's really going on is they let just about anyone play their game which is a huge disservice to the many who fail at that game. 1900s are only slightly harder to fly than King Airs, but the failure rate being this high means something is wrong with recruiting, training, or both. And we know what it is- Great Lakes is cheap, cheap, cheap. U.S. armed services are not so cheap by contrast. They have exotic aircraft and tough programs to fly them causing substantial washouts, but selection and training are first rate and sheer cheapness is not the reason. This company in contrast lures wannabees who really do not know they are incapable of flying airliners because there was (is) a glut of civilian pilot wannabees out there wanting to try, encourages leaving paid jobs in many cases, supplies false hope they'll be the minority who pass, pays zip while they donate their time, lets them pay for their own travel and other expenses during training, and then some number of weeks later calls a cab that it will not pay for either to get them home. It's not the same thing. Quality airline training departments do not exceed 10% failure.