PSA Training Moves Like A Truck Stop Toilet - Page 3

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Herb Flemmming , 07-02-2015 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by seafeye

Sure beats being on reserve not flying and sitting hot reserve.
It's not like they don't positive space you around either.
It's July. Go to the pool. Study for 2 hours a day at Starbucks. Go for a run. Eat healthy. And thank god you aren't at a sleep inn with just a Waffle House around.

man study 2 hours a day? sounds painful! back when I worked at burgerking in highschool and made 1,200 a month I didnt have to study at all.

#22

PilotCrusader , 07-02-2015 02:51 PM

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I can't believe you guys are trying to paint 2 months between class and an oral as good thing. New hires are concerned with passing and flying at this point in their careers. Emphasis on passing. Should I start a new thread on pass rates at PSA?

#23

snippercr , 07-02-2015 03:23 PM

Does NOT get weekends off

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Originally Posted by PilotCrusader

I hate PSA as much as the next guy does (and he hates PSA too, just fyi) but this is actually good for them. Each day getting paid to do nothing at first year pay is a day closer to getting paid to work on second year pay.

When I got hired at Eagle I had almost 2 months between checkride and IOE. That was 2 fewer months that I was not on reserve at first year pay.

#24

TalkTurkey , 07-02-2015 04:35 PM

Banned

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Originally Posted by Arvik

At least it's about an actual issue that's going on now and not another discussion of whose flow that might not turn out remotely close to forecast is better than whose flow that also might not turn out remotely close to forecast.

And it is an issue. Once you put someone through ground school, you kind of have an obligation to get them at the very least through their oral in a timely manner. Otherwise you're really doing them a disservice.

It's PSA. They'll pass them regardless.

#25

3inthegreen , 07-03-2015 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by elmetal

That's simply not true.

It may be so at PSA, but at my shop I was in CASS by the second week of ground.

Psa is completion of checkride. That is almost 8 months worth of time before being able to Jump Seat.

#26

CBreezy , 07-03-2015 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by snippercr

Your math is terrible. You are on 1st year pay for a year regardless. The the difference is you're getting paid the absolute minimum whereas you could be out crediting 100 hours. The latter has you malong way more.

#27

Flightcap , 07-03-2015 03:49 AM

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If I go to PSA and if this happens to me (two ifs, so new-hire-baiters please begone), my plan is to continue working as a CFI and make plenty of coin by combining my two paychecks. Those months will be the most money I'll earn in quite awhile.

Any new-hire going anywhere should know about the negatives of their chosen regional. Any less is just poor pre-flight planning. This negative of PSA is a lemon that can be used to make lemonade. Other regionals have negatives with no solution.

#28

AZ wildcat , 07-03-2015 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Flightcap

Hopefully you know to get PSA's permission to fly commercially outside of their operations.... Which is almost unheard of btw. But other than that, good idea bro!

#29

Nyflier , 07-03-2015 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by 3inthegreen

My buddy works there, got hired in April. They are so backed up they just sent him a letter saying to plan on coming back for a 3 Day "Refresher" prior to his oral. He has already been waiting 5 weeks for the oral. Now I can understand waiting on Sims or even IOE, but to let your training department get so plugged up the only solution is to to bring guys back for refresher ground school after being out of ground school 60 days???? Someone get a plunger in there and help these poor fellas out!

The problem is after the oral, the applicant has 90 days to complete the sim checkride. Otherwise, they would have to do it all over again. The oral "expires" in a sense, so if they know they can't get them to the sim, they won't schedule the oral.

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Nyflier , 07-03-2015 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Nyflier

...or maybe it's 60 days...I can't remember which. Either way, there is a time limit as to how long they have to get the sim done.