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Originally Posted by meyers9163  However fact is they perhaps should have polished their skills up instructing etc. I dunno.... |
Don't know if that is a fact or not... but...
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Originally Posted by meyers9163 My stance is the age old, nothing will prepare you for the airlines like experience will. Getting out and flying and teaching has a lot to be said for it. More so then a jet course IMO. |
Age old... but it's open to interpretation as well.
I agree that "experience" will prepare you well for the airlines... but it's that "experience" that is open to interpretation.
There is another age old argument that went round and round here on JC several years ago... and still pops up every now and then. It goes something like this:
We can agree that instructing is great experience... but... who's better prepared for the airlines: The low time (sub-1000hr) MEI/II who trains CRM and skill proficiency on a daily basis that involves instrument skills, approaches, cross-country flying, commercial standard maneuvers, etc... or the 1500-2000hr CFI, with minimum multi, who is flying the pattern on a regular basis and who's primary teaching vocabulary consists of such phrases as: "More right rudder", "Hold it off, hoooold it", "Let's go out to the practice area", etc.
Let's throw in a third option... that same CFI in scenario 2 who took it upon himself to attend an RJ course to gain a bit more "experience". Of course there's even further arguements that say he should spend his money on a block of twin time and just fly that for an extra 100 hours to get his "experience" up.
There's arguments to all sides... however... where does one really gain the "experience" that will be beneficial to feeling prepared for a 121 program?
- Some people are just naturally self-confident and motivated enough that it's really an non-issue and they will do well in 121.
- Some people are naturally self confident and find out that training for 121 ops. ends up kicking them in the a$$ and they end up struggling.
- Some people may be either of the the above... but want to learn what it's like to prepare to fly a larger, more complex, turbine powered aircraft in a faux 121 setting with the comfort of knowing it's a "non-jeopardy" event.
As an example... I personally know lots of pilots that attended and paid for a SIM/Interview Prep for a regional... just down the street from the Candlewood Suites (that will give it away as to which airline it is). Southwest has an SIM prep course... CAL has one too... I'm sure there's more.
Here's some basic observations from random interviewees at aviationinterviews.com:
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Originally Posted by aviationinterviews.com
"For you guys that are flight instructors, be prepared to fly the sim. Unless you are one of those guys that sit around and practice flying a sim on your days off I would get some sim time before the interview. Two guys were sent home after their sim."
"Make sure you are current and fresh on flying with basic instruments and you'll do fine. I recommend a little sim prep to make sure your IFR situational awareness is good."
"The SIM was the hardest part. The approach was a difficult approach that was very dynamic."
"One guy failed the sim and was on his way home by about 10." |
So... if someone wanted to gain
the "experience" that
they personally felt was necessary to be successful in a 121 environment... much less an interview... then more power to them.
Bob