Originally Posted by
4runner
I worked for a national carrier in Africa for the better part of a decade. We sent our cadets all over the world for initial pilot training, type ratings recurrence etc. our initial batch of pilots were Air Force officers. Said country didn’t have any aircraft in their inventory...out of 4 sent for type rating training, only 1 made it. This wasn’t really their fault. They needed some additional training to successfully complete advanced jet training. We sent 12 an initio pilots to the US to a well known 141 academy in Florida. 1 pilot came back with a commercial certificate out of 12. We then sent a batch to S Afrika. These were successful for the most part as they were sent based on aptitude and not political connections. The last batch, we sent to Ethiopia for an initio. They were gone for nearly 2 years. Their graduation involved much pomp and ceremony. Many photos and vip’s were present. Many delegates came and even ministers and ambassadors attended this major milestone. Eyes rolling. All of these freshly graduated cadets then did type rating training in Ethiopia. This took another 4-6 months. We now had freshly minted, expert super pilots. None of them could fly a 737 and required over 6 months of line training before they were released to fly the line. 2 failed recurrent at a different facility with non Ethiopian instructors. Others were sent to a non Ethiopian facility to redo their types.
you failed, do not blame them!