Anyone else have some ACTUAL stats to back up the bias???
Then this wouldn't be pprune!
You mean "My friend's sister's cousin's uncle's nanny's husband who's friends with a TRE who said the pass rate is 5.7% isn't hard actual facts?? Oh my
My experience is significantly different from others in this thread.
Everyone that I know who were previous RJ captains, which is about 10 or so people from all over the world (SA, EU and NA) all passed the upgrade on the first try with no failures, extra training required, etc.
It's funny how one always receives the unsolicited CV's from the folks with lower staff numbers, who are FO's, bragging about how they were 7(add your favorite digit here)7 captains before or how many hours and years they have as a 747 FO, etc....and none of them from the US in my experience.
People fail the upgrade because they aren't prepared, have other personal issues, or just have bad attitudes. What someone flew before coming to EK has no effect on whether or not they will upgrade...the factors above do.