Very interesting debate again. May I please hijack this thread for a moment?
I spoke to a RYR pilot the other day who told the story of a guy who got chopped during line training. According to him the line trainig captain just stood up to him after a flight or a sim session and told him he would not make it. The guy basically got the boot. No reasons given. If this is true, holy sh
, it scares the crap out of me, considering the personal investment this guy had made. But why did he get kicked out?
My question to those flying for RYR, in all honesty (I know it happens with any airline, not too often though I would think!) have you witnessed this before and what are the reasons why some people do not make it all the way to line release? I mean I would think that the sim ride gives the training captain a rough idea as to how good the applicant's flying is and whether he will pass the TR course and what comes after that. So why is it that a very few do fail later on? Are they arrogant? Do they not do what they are being told?