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06-17-2006, 08:22 AM
#11
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I think thats a pretty reasonable explanation. Consider a civilian going through the ratings. Training varies so greatly between a Mom and Pop flight school as opposed to a University or 'flight academy.' I am not saying that either is better than the other, but there are a lot of different training methods for these places and the end product is never the same, as opposed to the military route which has a training schedule set in stone from day 1 to the end with proficiency checks all along the way to ensure the end product will be the same as every other one.
06-17-2006, 01:34 PM
#12
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Civilian, then military
It works the other way too. The Air Force instructors told my UPT class that previous flying time meant nothing, but that wasn't really true. Those with civilian ratings had little trouble with the T-41 (Cessna 172) and the T-37 pre-solo flights. Since almost all washouts (about 30% of the class) occurred in these early phases, that was significant. After T-37 solo, the "previous time" advantage faded away.
06-17-2006, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
It works the other way too. The Air Force instructors told my UPT class that previous flying time meant nothing, but that wasn't really true. Those with civilian ratings had little trouble with the T-41 (Cessna 172) and the T-37 pre-solo flights. Since almost all washouts (about 30% of the class) occurred in these early phases, that was significant. After T-37 solo, the "previous time" advantage faded away.
06-17-2006, 07:19 PM
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it can work both ways, the military has better standards of training, etc
how ever, if your being working in the regionals for x amount of years, you would already know how airliners tend to operate, already accustomed to airspace limitations procedures etc,
i believe they should take regional time over military time, as generally the regionals have a lot more experience going in and out of majors hubs etc..
how ever, if your being working in the regionals for x amount of years, you would already know how airliners tend to operate, already accustomed to airspace limitations procedures etc,
i believe they should take regional time over military time, as generally the regionals have a lot more experience going in and out of majors hubs etc..
06-18-2006, 05:01 PM
#15
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Originally Posted by vizz1
it can work both ways, the military has better standards of training, etc
how ever, if your being working in the regionals for x amount of years, you would already know how airliners tend to operate, already accustomed to airspace limitations procedures etc,
i believe they should take regional time over military time, as generally the regionals have a lot more experience going in and out of majors hubs etc..
how ever, if your being working in the regionals for x amount of years, you would already know how airliners tend to operate, already accustomed to airspace limitations procedures etc,
i believe they should take regional time over military time, as generally the regionals have a lot more experience going in and out of majors hubs etc..
06-18-2006, 08:43 PM
#16
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Originally Posted by 757Driver
Plus they can shift you to a short-call reserve at the drop of a hat and not pay you one dime extra until the 3rd time they do it to you.
More BS from our last contract that nobody bothered to read before voting on
More BS from our last contract that nobody bothered to read before voting on
Hey 757driver...ya said our contract was crappy!!..hell we didn't even think of that. Our guarantee is 5 hours less than max, regardless of short call or long call reserve..........
06-18-2006, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by iad737
Exactly, and any major airline instructor will tell you that commuter guys/gals (as a whole) are much easier to train for the job.
Ever been shot at? Trust me avoiding fire makes flying into LGA on a Friday nite childs play.....I've done both. And not sure what you mean by easier to train. I'm a Marine so the instructor did have to use mono-sylabic words, but I made it through OK....
06-18-2006, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by iad737
Exactly, and any major airline instructor will tell you that commuter guys/gals (as a whole) are much easier to train for the job.
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