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Originally Posted by BrettInLJ So what you're saying is that by paying for their training, they are lowering the risk factor to the regional because if they wash out, it was at their own expense? |
These people aren't paying the regional for any training AT ALL. At my regional, the new hires (bridge program guys included) receive full pay from day one and single occupency hotel.
These bridge programs aren't anything more than you going out and buying, say, 300 hours of multi time to be more competitive. They are just using the $$ to show that they can handle working in a two-crew transport category aircraft to a prospective employer. I think that pretty much anyone can handle that, even at low time, so it's not that big of an accomplishment (flying the CRJ is much easier than flying the seminole, IMO, except maybe for landing the sucker - my nemesis).
However, these lower time guys are missing some other skills that go along with being a pilot, IMO. Flying isn't really about the physical manipulation of the controls...although that is part of it.
~wheelsup