A large number of TRE's have left the training department in the last 3 months with more planning to go. Most of these had a lot of experience - and not simply the "magenta line" type. They also had many hours on type and in training. Most importantly they were big picture guys and were constantly pushing the training agenda against the checking and box ticking mentality that was constantly being pushed by a company obsessed with data collection but not entirely sure how to use the data it collected.
They will go and be replaced by less experienced checkers that will tow the company line and check against rigid policy and the letter of the OMA. "Resiliance" and airmanship will be a thing of the past. That will not be good for any of us. We've been down this road before to the point where new captains were terrified of making any decision lest it be the wrong one. Better to endanger the aircraft than risk a grilling from Fleet.
How the company is not alarmed by the drain from training can only be explained as ignorance and arrogance. In time it will probably cost them dearly. A lower grade of training, robotic checking leading to unneccessary failures, leading to more training, lower standards and on and on it will go. Hopefully nothing more serious than a simple loss of profit and standards.
While the bean counters cannot measure experience and never will get it, one would think the cost of replacement alone would give pause for thought.
There has been little attempt on the company side to offer much to training captains to entice them to stay. I dont think there's been an increase in pay for years and apparently the rosters get worse and worse. Little wonder that they choose a life they have more control over by going back to the line.
They purged good training management, and are now purging the trainers themselves. Good for rotation I suppose - everyone can have a go and get it on their CV.
But we will pay for it two or three times a year at least. Every year.
Now do you see?
New joiner here. I wasnt going to post being more of a lurker than a poster but I am concerned. I got through the initial EK training Programme recently and was quite happy with my trainers and checkers. After a chance meeting with one of them, a TRE, at a recent social event he told me that most of them are now back flying the line citing QOL issues as the main factor. I also flew with a real good line captain recently - the sort of character I would like to see in training - ex B744 TRE, no chip on his shoulder and nothing to prove. I asked him if he was interested in Training and his reply was Yes very, but not here.
It does seem a waste that good talent appears to be forced out of training and that experienced and highly capable line captains with a decent attitude and strong training background are not inclined to apply.
Or am I wrong?