I know it's a rumour forum but sometimes it gets ridiculous. Like the Captain recently fired for offloading a VIP with 'wasta' who made a comment about a bomb on board. Funny when you ask that nobody can name him! Perhaps one to put to bed.
As for this turboprop nonsense, apart from a few exceptions, the majority are doing ok and have a very high standard of handling. They're young, keen and absorb the procedures and SOP's easily enough. The biggest issues they're encountering are energy management and route familiarisation, which is why they're getting more training sectors than previously. Most of us managed the transition okay, why should these guys and girls be different? Maybe time for some of us prima donnas to dismount from our high horses.
The only concern would indeed be the experience level of the trainers but despite losing some good guys, there are equally good and younger guys to replace them. What contract they're on is immaterial. In fact, I'm actually pleased to see the back of some of our training dinosaurs. Most were great and are a genuine loss to the department and to maintaining common sense and airmanship within the airline. A minority, however, were archaic, subjective and did no training. They checked to their own technique and beliefs. They offered no practical advice and merely followed SOP's to the letter. There was no flexibility. In their eyes, resilience and airmanship were alien terms used only in CRM classrooms and had no practical application within a simulator or aircraft. They did not encourage F/O's to 'think outside the box'. They penalised them for not learning calls by rote and for not following SOP's blindly.
They, will not be missed.
Harry
Last edited by harry the cod; 2nd Apr 2017 at 18:25.