Originally Posted by
Rottweiler22
Towards the end of my time there, it seemed the accountants and corporate bods had full control of the place. The intakes kept rolling in, with courses constantly becoming bigger. It was a case of throwing hundreds more students through an already tired and overworked machine. More bums on seats equals more money. Hammer the instructors and aircraft, with just minutes between one flight and the next.
The students kept pouring in, and the disgruntled and overworked instructors kept leaving. Student to instructor ratios were in excess of 10:1
What the beancounters and management lack are the CRM skills. At least communicate with the training department to see what is feasible as to the rate at which the sausage machine can work.
The workforce will undoubtedly vote with their feet. It isn’t until there is a significant profit dip that common sense will start to prevail.
“The floggings will continue until moral improves”
Under CAP509 (last century) CPL/IR approved training, the recommended maximum ratio was 6:1 for the twin instructor and that was with full time simulator instructors doing their bit.
Reputations are hard acquire and takes sometime, but can be lost in a blink of an eye.
Potential customers aren’t stupid. They recognise that quality full time modular ATOs exist.