Originally Posted by
pilotchute
You basically said it was his age. Most of this is all anecdotal evidence anyway. I have sat with many low time people of both modular and Integrated and found that the amount of aviation knowledge (not flying) is a good indicator.
Can you tell me the difference between an A330 and A340? We got told a Saab 340 was infront of us and FO asked me what that was.
This is anecdotal as well but I think works better than modular Vs integrated cause I have had great from both and awful from both as well.
fair enough, I’m not saying age was the only factor- I think it’s more than fair enough that someone that has had other experiences and learning may not be as engaging with the process as someone who is in their 20s and has gone through integrated so breathed it for years.
there’s plenty of captains I fly with who had late career changes and a few that have done it modular and you can’t tell that at the backend obviously.
I was only trying to explain why airlines have typically take a certain view on modular but I don’t have any data to back up their view but they are the ones with the money on the line so I expect they have something to support their assertions.
I do agree that motivation is a big leader of success, more than a couple who really struggled in training (and I can’t say what became of them as they weren’t there at the end) for one reason or another weren’t there because they were passionate. Motivation will get you a long way that’s for sure
embarking on this career when I have other commitments going on isn’t something I could ever fathom so I have nothing but respect for those that can and think that makes their process even more impressive id just be very interested to learn the data from the airlines to see if any serious correlations exist between different factors and training failure as one thing that is consistent from conversations I’ve had is there has been an undeniable uptick in failures and expanded footprints post covid, I doubt we will ever get a analyses of why (but the bigger airlines’ training departments will have good theories)