So what's the deal with the cadets being binned?
I have been reading this thread with interest as I was a contractor on the 737 for a year and had a reasonably good time. Having worked for big and small airlines I can say there are a lot worse places to be (although equally there are some better!).
In the end though, I left because of the attitude of management to promotion and the FOs in general. Quite why certain people feel the need to hire unrated DECs when there are more than a few qualified FOs around still puzzles me. At my last OPC I was graded "Suitable for Command" and then told in the same breath that this didn't mean I was going to be a captain!
So I left (and became a captain elsewhere), but found it a shame as I thought XL was basically an OK airline.
Would love to hear the truth from someone with less extreme views than some of the contributors.
KT