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Originally Posted by kellwolf

Show me where I mentioned the CAPT program. You're ASSUMING we're still talking about that other thread, which we're not. IMO, if you go to a school with a "specified training course" that gets you hired on to an airline with reduced mins, you're buying the job. Could you get said training course as a CFI? Nope. Do they give the CFIs that eventually get on with 100s more hours the exact same training in ground school at the airline. Yep. So, why in the heck are you spending $1000s on something you're gonna get for free? So you can get the job quicker and beat the other guys to that seniority number. THAT is what I see wrong. You can't deny that it's a possibility that in order to stay profitable, some carriers might start taking $$$ under the table from these flight schools. Sorta a "Give us X% of the money, and we'll interview your guys with 600 hours." Some people don't see a problem with that, until it gets wide spread. Suddenly, CFIs stop getting calls b/c they didn't do some crazy bridge program.

I personally see bridge programs as a money making scheme that uses reduced hiring mins to line the suckers up. It seems to be working, too.