Common reasons of washouts?

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01-06-2012, 05:03 AM

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hockeypilot44

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Originally Posted by Cruz5350

I can echo everything said so far.

How do you know? Have you ever seen anyone wash out? I don't mean to be a dick. You portray yourself as that guy who thinks he knows all yet you have no airline experience.

01-06-2012, 05:03 AM

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AeroCrewSolut

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You can train a pilot to fly an airplane, you cannot train their attitude.

01-06-2012, 05:04 AM

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Don't expect everything to be spoon fed to you. Open the books and study them and be prepared for the next lesson. You have to learn some things on your own...

01-06-2012, 05:23 AM

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viper548

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Crapping in the hallway of the hotel.

01-06-2012, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by viper548

Crapping in the hallway of the hotel.

Along the same lines, having the Chief Pilot get a call during ground school from someone who noticed some odd behavior and put 2 and 2 together and knew who they were and what was going on and happened to be friends with the chief pilot. Resulted in a massive washout at my company about 6 years ago or so. All but one were fired and the one was not present for the shenanigans.

Have fun with your class and all, but do anything which will result in a call to your employer. Ever.

01-06-2012, 05:48 AM

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My roomate pulled out a handle of bacardi as we were unpacking the first night in the hotel. He passed but at that moment I thought for sure we were screwed.

01-06-2012, 06:45 AM

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Three Green

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Any reasonable competent pilot can do the EWV to 31 at LGA. It is not that difficult. I have seen Mad Dogs and Airbus' screw it up though. I would agree with you about DCA.

I agree with all of the above reasons for washing out, but surprised nobody as mentioned the INSTRUCTOR. If he sucks and don't give a crap, you are done. Seen it in the military and civilian life.

01-06-2012, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom a Hawk

In ground:
If you lied about how many checkrides you failed or why you left an old job or forgot to put something on your application it will come back to you and you will get canned. Watched it happen to more than a couple pilots.

This one always drove me nuts. In my initial, I saw two guys get pulled out and not come back again. I think it's only at the regionals where they do this. I know some guys there were interviewed on a Thursday, hired, then told to come to class on a Monday while they did their background checks.

At the majors however, I know some won't even invite you to a class until they run all your background checks, call your people you list as referalls, and run all your PRIA checks.

01-06-2012, 07:17 AM

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With lots of other factors influencing it, I'd agree with attitude. If you're a stand up guy/gal and really bust your ass, you'll get through.

01-06-2012, 07:30 AM

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When I did my IOE at a regional, I said to the guy at the end of day 4 (as he was signing me off), "man, on day 1, I thought you might as well fire me, I am never going to get this." He laughed and said, "yeah everybody thinks that." Then he thought for a minute and said,"actually, the guys who think that are fine, I can teach them. The guys who think they know more than me won't listen and have problems."