Spirit Airlines Training
05-02-2021, 04:24 PM
#127
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Airbus is also a plane that’s used as a zero to hero plane,
so I don’t think it’s a “one size fits all” global playbook.
Spirit has a very high pass rate going back to 4 sims, and now with 5 sims, it still remains high.
Now if I was coming from 200 hours TT in Europe,
10 sims would be helpful.
If I was hired at 2300 TT from a job fair, maybe I would like more sims.
We haven’t had issues with pilots succeeding in training, Spirit isn’t hiring based on faces they want in the terminal, I’ll leave it at that.
so I don’t think it’s a “one size fits all” global playbook.
Spirit has a very high pass rate going back to 4 sims, and now with 5 sims, it still remains high.
Now if I was coming from 200 hours TT in Europe,
10 sims would be helpful.
If I was hired at 2300 TT from a job fair, maybe I would like more sims.
We haven’t had issues with pilots succeeding in training, Spirit isn’t hiring based on faces they want in the terminal, I’ll leave it at that.
Thank you
05-02-2021, 05:08 PM
#129
That/It/Thang
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Airbus wanted to design a plane that a 250 hour pilot could learn to fly versus a less automated plane that requires "pilots". Most who have flown an Airbus knows that Fifi will try to violate you every trip, so there is still no substitution for experience.
05-02-2021, 06:10 PM
#130
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Pilots do not get paid the big bucks when things are smooth. Pilots get paid the big bucks where there are problems. Experience is being able to get out of problems with minimal issues.
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