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Flying Ninja · October 3rd, 2006, 16:57

Not that I have to say it, but I would have skipped CAPT and saved all that money and went the CFI route with a local FBO.

Incidentally, I just saw this on one of CAPT's recent press releases:

"CAPT also offers a full-immersion, one-year program that trains individuals with no flight experience to the highest standards of the commercial airline industry. It uses the latest technologies to deliver airline-specific training, including in-flight video cameras, self-reflecting journaling, line operations safety audits, and a curriculum built on a foundation of crew concepts and crew resource management."

I don't know where they got this idea that their training meets the "highest standards of the commercial airline industry". If you plan on going to CAPT, you might want to ask them where they got that crap from. As for that in-flight camera stuff, it was a great idea except when equipment started breaking, that whole idea went out the window. The whole idea of video was to review it with a CFI in post-brief. Ask me how many times it was done. I can count on one hand. They simply didn't have the CFI time resource to do that. Great idea, poor execution. And that "self-reflecting journaling, line operations safety audits" part is another bunch of non-sense. You basically fill out a form and that form disappears. You'll never see it, hear about it, or talk about it ever again. It's a pure waste of time, much like everything else "innovative" that they do at their training facility.

Save yourself $85,000 (plus interest if a loan is involved) and a year's time and buy yourself a $10 journal and do your own journaling and reflection after each flight.

So, bottom line, I would have skipped CAPT. And so should everyone else. There simply are better options out there than CAPT.

October 3rd, 2006, 16:57	#41
Flying Ninja Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NY Posts: 120	Re: If you had your time over again, would you do things differently? Not that I have to say it, but I would have skipped CAPT and saved all that money and went the CFI route with a local FBO. Incidentally, I just saw this on one of CAPT's recent press releases: "CAPT also offers a full-immersion, one-year program that trains individuals with no flight experience to the highest standards of the commercial airline industry. It uses the latest technologies to deliver airline-specific training, including in-flight video cameras, self-reflecting journaling, line operations safety audits, and a curriculum built on a foundation of crew concepts and crew resource management." I don't know where they got this idea that their training meets the "highest standards of the commercial airline industry". If you plan on going to CAPT, you might want to ask them where they got that crap from. As for that in-flight camera stuff, it was a great idea except when equipment started breaking, that whole idea went out the window. The whole idea of video was to review it with a CFI in post-brief. Ask me how many times it was done. I can count on one hand. They simply didn't have the CFI time resource to do that. Great idea, poor execution. And that "self-reflecting journaling, line operations safety audits" part is another bunch of non-sense. You basically fill out a form and that form disappears. You'll never see it, hear about it, or talk about it ever again. It's a pure waste of time, much like everything else "innovative" that they do at their training facility. Save yourself $85,000 (plus interest if a loan is involved) and a year's time and buy yourself a $10 journal and do your own journaling and reflection after each flight. So, bottom line, I would have skipped CAPT. And so should everyone else. There simply are better options out there than CAPT. __________________ Graduated CAPT 10/2005 - Summa Cum Laude, Highest Time (459TT/101ME) of any graduate! No Job, Big Debt! Tip: Stay away from CAPT!