Interesting small-scale program for bridging the university-industry gap. Not sure what "...on their way to Frontier cockpits..." means. They would still need r-ATP flight times and surely a formal interview. Still a few questions in my mind:
“The Purdue-Frontier-Airbus team has conducted a small-group trial and successfully demonstrated that A320 Type rating can be integrated in the traditional collegiate program. Two Purdue students who completed such training are
already on their way to Frontier cockpits.”
I suppose Frontier could reconsider their total flight time hiring requirements for such students or perhaps it means they'll just provide outcome data from this program to the FAA to make the case for changing the 1500-hour rule ? If it's the latter case, good luck with that:
"In addition to the inclusion of an A320 Type rating, Frontier Airlines will provide resources to
re-evaluate quality and quantity of the current total flight time requirements under the Airline Transport Pilot certification rules."
https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/newsr...ssional-flight