PDT News and Rumors
03-28-2014, 10:04 PM
#4581
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Well I have been down in training now for 3 months and have some news coming directly out of CLT home of the glorious training department here at Piedmont Airlines. S*i* is hitting the fan after a whole new hire class walks out on the ground school after being accused of cheating on the take home QPT test. Another class also in training at this time, was shaken down for gouge info. Literally forced to open their personal belongings, notes, folders and backpacks so that certain people in the training department could inspect the content.
Three people out of the class initial class i mentioned were accused of cheating on this take-home test and were shipped up to SBY today. When told to pack their "sh*t and go to SBY" the rest of their class got up and walked out on the instructor. Training department told management that they did not walk out so as to cover up all the bull that has been going on with captain upgrades and new hires alike. One of the three being accused was a mid 30’s black female fed (which the training department did not know) The two others are retired from the big iron but have heavy pull.. Also in this class is a 777 DE, retired state trooper and a former WWE wrestler. The training department got belligerent with these guys and they fought back. 4 different fisdos have been called on all these matters. The class that has walked out on the training department is mostly likely to resign as a whole within the next two days.
As for me I have had a whole different situation going on but was also asked to resign today due to reasons that I will explain later in a different post that I am preparing. I am going to share my training experience so as new hires can make a educated decision before coming to Piedmont. It will be of interesting reading for all the ROA and MDT based pilots out their. In the end both incidents are connected in a way. I will be posting all of my experience and my recommendations for those that do choose to come here so that you can be successful. It is a difficult program because it is made to be. More info on that later but Kutos to the pilot group they are a great bunch of guys.
Three people out of the class initial class i mentioned were accused of cheating on this take-home test and were shipped up to SBY today. When told to pack their "sh*t and go to SBY" the rest of their class got up and walked out on the instructor. Training department told management that they did not walk out so as to cover up all the bull that has been going on with captain upgrades and new hires alike. One of the three being accused was a mid 30’s black female fed (which the training department did not know) The two others are retired from the big iron but have heavy pull.. Also in this class is a 777 DE, retired state trooper and a former WWE wrestler. The training department got belligerent with these guys and they fought back. 4 different fisdos have been called on all these matters. The class that has walked out on the training department is mostly likely to resign as a whole within the next two days.
As for me I have had a whole different situation going on but was also asked to resign today due to reasons that I will explain later in a different post that I am preparing. I am going to share my training experience so as new hires can make a educated decision before coming to Piedmont. It will be of interesting reading for all the ROA and MDT based pilots out their. In the end both incidents are connected in a way. I will be posting all of my experience and my recommendations for those that do choose to come here so that you can be successful. It is a difficult program because it is made to be. More info on that later but Kutos to the pilot group they are a great bunch of guys.
03-29-2014, 05:01 AM
#4582
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Joined APC: Feb 2013
Posts: 264
Well I have been down in training now for 3 months and have some news coming directly out of CLT home of the glorious training department here at Piedmont Airlines. S*i* is hitting the fan after a whole new hire class walks out on the ground school after being accused of cheating on the take home QPT test. Another class also in training at this time, was shaken down for gouge info. Literally forced to open their personal belongings, notes, folders and backpacks so that certain people in the training department could inspect the content.
Three people out of the class initial class i mentioned were accused of cheating on this take-home test and were shipped up to SBY today. When told to pack their "sh*t and go to SBY" the rest of their class got up and walked out on the instructor. Training department told management that they did not walk out so as to cover up all the bull that has been going on with captain upgrades and new hires alike. One of the three being accused was a mid 30’s black female fed (which the training department did not know) The two others are retired from the big iron but have heavy pull.. Also in this class is a 777 DE, retired state trooper and a former WWE wrestler. The training department got belligerent with these guys and they fought back. 4 different fisdos have been called on all these matters. The class that has walked out on the training department is mostly likely to resign as a whole within the next two days.
As for me I have had a whole different situation going on but was also asked to resign today due to reasons that I will explain later in a different post that I am preparing. I am going to share my training experience so as new hires can make a educated decision before coming to Piedmont. It will be of interesting reading for all the ROA and MDT based pilots out their. In the end both incidents are connected in a way. I will be posting all of my experience and my recommendations for those that do choose to come here so that you can be successful. It is a difficult program because it is made to be. More info on that later but Kutos to the pilot group they are a great bunch of guys.
Three people out of the class initial class i mentioned were accused of cheating on this take-home test and were shipped up to SBY today. When told to pack their "sh*t and go to SBY" the rest of their class got up and walked out on the instructor. Training department told management that they did not walk out so as to cover up all the bull that has been going on with captain upgrades and new hires alike. One of the three being accused was a mid 30’s black female fed (which the training department did not know) The two others are retired from the big iron but have heavy pull.. Also in this class is a 777 DE, retired state trooper and a former WWE wrestler. The training department got belligerent with these guys and they fought back. 4 different fisdos have been called on all these matters. The class that has walked out on the training department is mostly likely to resign as a whole within the next two days.
As for me I have had a whole different situation going on but was also asked to resign today due to reasons that I will explain later in a different post that I am preparing. I am going to share my training experience so as new hires can make a educated decision before coming to Piedmont. It will be of interesting reading for all the ROA and MDT based pilots out their. In the end both incidents are connected in a way. I will be posting all of my experience and my recommendations for those that do choose to come here so that you can be successful. It is a difficult program because it is made to be. More info on that later but Kutos to the pilot group they are a great bunch of guys.
Same exact thing happened to a buddy of mine a few years back. He and several others were accused of cheating on a test and told to resign. What kind of scumbag training department would do this?
03-29-2014, 06:16 AM
#4584
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Joined APC: Aug 2010
Position: FO, E-190
Posts: 12
PDT News and Rumors
I was with PDT for over 10 years. Now that I'm with a different airline with a training department that rocks, it is eye opening. PDT training department is simply horrible. JK is despicable. So sorry for all my friends that are still there but I'm afraid PDT days are dwindling and they are going to have a harder and harder time finding good people to fly their airplanes.
03-29-2014, 07:53 AM
#4585
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Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: Errplanes
Posts: 367
So with the Eaglevoy NO vote, what do you guys think the possibility is that AAG offers some 175s to Piedmont? Pedro specifically brought it up in his webinar, though he sounded like a bumbling fool grasping at straws, referring to "Q400s" because I guess he doesn't know the difference lol. I hope you guys would have Eagle's back if the situation arrises! Any rumors going around?
03-29-2014, 09:20 AM
#4586
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Joined APC: Jul 2011
Position: Reclining
Posts: 840
So with the Eaglevoy NO vote, what do you guys think the possibility is that AAG offers some 175s to Piedmont? Pedro specifically brought it up in his webinar, though he sounded like a bumbling fool grasping at straws, referring to "Q400s" because I guess he doesn't know the difference lol. I hope you guys would have Eagle's back if the situation arrises! Any rumors going around?
03-29-2014, 04:22 PM
#4589
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Joined APC: Sep 2009
Position: N/A
Posts: 637
I was a former ALG pilot for 14 years and I certainly hope that this pilot group stands tall and tells AAG to go @@@@ themselves if they offer a proposal for E-175s at bull$hit rates. XJT and Eagle said NO. Hopefully RAH will vote NO as well. Don't cave to managements empty promises.
So thankfully I don't think we'll have the opportunity to tell em' to shove it, and to be quite honest I'm not sure our union and our overall pilot group would turn down an offer. We have been s#!+ on and undercut for so long by so many carriers that I'm worried we just might become the next PSA if given the opportunity. Hell, E175s even if they were at PSA 900 rates, would be huge pay raises for all of the pilots here.
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