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02-21-2014, 09:18 AM
#961
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Captain Jack
Posts: 1,003
02-21-2014, 10:06 AM
#963
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2010
Position: B737NG-B
Posts: 203
02-21-2014, 05:23 PM
#964
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2005
Position: M88B
Posts: 1,182
All that said everyone should always study hard. Its not as easy as a veteran pilot in the seat makes it look.
02-21-2014, 06:57 PM
#965
Da Hudge
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Poodle Whisperer
Posts: 17,473
Yep, at least one has already been let go and there are others that are struggling. 13 years without even thinking about flying an airplane and jumping right into a Douglas... That's a heck of a combo.
02-21-2014, 06:59 PM
#966
Da Hudge
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Poodle Whisperer
Posts: 17,473
I think your concerns are not well founded. While most pilots cant even imagine how someone could fail recurrent, apparently there are "pilots" who go into it as a 50/50 proposition.
IOW, nobody goes into training to fail, but some folks apparently don't have the tools to regularly pass. Now, its 3 strikes...And GG moves up in his category.
IOW, nobody goes into training to fail, but some folks apparently don't have the tools to regularly pass. Now, its 3 strikes...And GG moves up in his category.
02-21-2014, 09:00 PM
#967
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jan 2014
Posts: 36
Anyway, Delta's stats do speak for the quality of applicants they seek out, screen, and hire. I try to approach every training event by being as well-prepared and studied as I can, coming in with a great attitude (e.g. cooperate to graduate, don't argue with the check airman), and doing the best I can. If, despite this, I still fail--then I can hold my head high knowing that I did my best and it just wasn't meant to be.
02-22-2014, 05:43 AM
#968
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2013
Position: On the hotel shuttle
Posts: 5,948
ACA 1998-2003 timeframe had a 50% bust rate in the CRJ (aka "Space Shuttle," aka the "Pink Badge of Courage.")
World busted about 25% of their MD11 F/O's as a matter of course (because it's "the mighty MD11"
)
Safe to say, Delta training is worlds apart. The most gentlemanly and pro-line-pilot philosophy I've ever experienced.
World busted about 25% of their MD11 F/O's as a matter of course (because it's "the mighty MD11"
)Safe to say, Delta training is worlds apart. The most gentlemanly and pro-line-pilot philosophy I've ever experienced.
02-22-2014, 06:32 AM
#969
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2014
Posts: 2,034
Far better odds than my present employer. Rumor was, in the past, we had around a 50% bust rate on captain upgrades. I don't know if that was ever really true or not, but I believe realistically we do have about a 7-10% bust rate on our new AQP/CQ program which is probably more than the FAA would like to see at this level.
Anyway, Delta's stats do speak for the quality of applicants they seek out, screen, and hire. I try to approach every training event by being as well-prepared and studied as I can, coming in with a great attitude (e.g. cooperate to graduate, don't argue with the check airman), and doing the best I can. If, despite this, I still fail--then I can hold my head high knowing that I did my best and it just wasn't meant to be.
Anyway, Delta's stats do speak for the quality of applicants they seek out, screen, and hire. I try to approach every training event by being as well-prepared and studied as I can, coming in with a great attitude (e.g. cooperate to graduate, don't argue with the check airman), and doing the best I can. If, despite this, I still fail--then I can hold my head high knowing that I did my best and it just wasn't meant to be.
02-22-2014, 12:41 PM
#970
Straight QOL, homie
Joined APC: Feb 2012
Position: Record-Shattering Profit Facilitator
Posts: 4,202
I had the LoD, ops limits, and boldface down cold. None of the flows; I didn't want to build bad habits. No issues in training.
I recommend enjoying indoc and not burning out. One's Delta career is a marathon, not a sprint.
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