Capt A. I couldn't agree with you more. I was fed the same line of BS by WMU. Go through our 141 school and get a BS in Aviation and you will be a regional airline pilot when you graduate. Nothing could be farther from the truth and thank God for it. I went and instructed for several months then flew 135 freight for 2.5 years. I am really glad I had the experience of teaching and very fortunate to have the cargo experience. I have flown at the regionals in Saabs and Embraers and now fly cargo 727's. I have seen the same scary things from low time pilots, no matter where they came from. But the PFT and 141 schools tend make pilots feel they can fly anything because of their training this makes those guys really dangerous.
To sum it all up: NO AMOUNT OF MONEY OR TRAINING CAN REPLACE QUALITY EXPERIENCE !!! |