There often isn't a simulator assessment for many turboprop jobs or twin piston jobs. That was my point.
There is no point churning out 157hr pilots unless they can go straight into some form of flying that will develop them further.
6 months of CV posting will see flying skills degrade to a shocking degree as that which is intensively learnt is intensively forgotten.
The flying phase of an integrated course can often last less than 6 months. A modular route is more likely to see flying phased over 3 times that timeframe.
157hrs was envisaged to be a cadet - selected through a thorough competitive process - whisked away from a Graduation ceremony to a JOC course then Type Rating then Line Training.
If thats not happening on a big scale - and it isn't - then the training system is malfunctioning. Which it is.
Under the conditions of the last few years post Sept11th Integrated training should have tailed off to a far greater extent than Modular. This hasn't happened and as such - the theory was fine it just didn't work in practice.
Not really talking about individuals here - more the training system put in place under JAA.
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