Welcome to Flightinfo.com

  • Register now and join the discussion
  • Friendliest aviation Ccmmunity on the web
  • Modern site for PC's, Phones, Tablets - no 3rd party apps required
  • Ask questions, help others, promote aviation
  • Share the passion for aviation
  • Invite everyone to Flightinfo.com and let's have fun

Spirit Pilots under attack

Welcome to Flightinfo.com

  • Register now and join the discussion
  • Modern secure site, no 3rd party apps required
  • Invite your friends
  • Share the passion of aviation
  • Friendliest aviation community on the web

:-)

Hail Calvin
Joined
Apr 1, 2004
Posts
525
The FSDO Feds are pissed at a letter some Spirit pilot wrote it Oklahoma City complaining about unfair checkrides. Now the FSDO weinie is taking it out on line pilots. At least that's the word on the street.
 
Do you have AQP? If not, the Fed's are crawling all over the carriers that don't (including AirTran). They have been sitting in on nearly every checkride since mid-June, and will be doing so into September.

The "a Pilot wrote a letter" story sounds like spin or Company disinformation.
 
Do you have AQP? If not, the Fed's are crawling all over the carriers that don't (including AirTran). They have been sitting in on nearly every checkride since mid-June, and will be doing so into September.
Actually, the Feds are focusing on pilots that have had multiple busts or required extra training in the past. If you are one of these pilots, your chances of having a Fed observe your next training event greatly increases. If you have had a clean training record in the past, the Feds aren't that interested in observing your next training event.

Do you really blame the Feds after the amount of heat they are taking publicly over the Colgan accident due to the Captain's previous training track record?
 
Actually, the Feds are focusing on pilots that have had multiple busts or required extra training in the past. If you are one of these pilots, your chances of having a Fed observe your next training event greatly increases. If you have had a clean training record in the past, the Feds aren't that interested in observing your next training event.

Do you really blame the Feds after the amount of heat they are taking publicly over the Colgan accident due to the Captain's previous training track record?

I must have missed it, how many busts did that capt. have? Every one has a bad day now and then, and it can happen to any one on any given sunday, but if there seems to be a pattern? I don't know, not throwing stones just wondering.
 
Apparently a Capt & FO both got invited for a 709 ride after getting busted on a line check........
 
I believe USA Today reported the Captain had 5 previous busted training events. That is why all the emphasis on looking at guys that have had previous diificulties in training. We are talking about the lives of millions of people every week at the mercy of airline pilots every week. This type of accident grabs alot of press coverage.
 
Do you have AQP? If not, the Fed's are crawling all over the carriers that don't (including AirTran). They have been sitting in on nearly every checkride since mid-June, and will be doing so into September.

The "a Pilot wrote a letter" story sounds like spin or Company disinformation.

No AQP.

The "pilot wrote a letter story" came directly from an assistant POI with a last name sounding like "hit" "me". He made that statement to a check pilot meeting last week
 
It's not just Spirit pilots... it's all "small airlines" that are getting scrutinized. At ours, they are trying to INCREASE their failure rate on checkrides to make the feds happy.
 
Increasing the failure rate only serves to make the training dept. incompetent..
 

Latest resources

Back
Top