This is lame.

[saabtrash]

Sounds real safe:

CAPT and Focus Air Sign Hiring, Screening Agreement



Daytona Beach, Fla., Dec. 20, 2004 -- An agreement signed by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Commercial Airline Pilot Training (CAPT) program and Focus Air, a cargo carrier covering the Pacific Rim, clears the way for CAPT graduates to be hired as flight crewmembers by Focus Air.

Under the New Hire Bridge Program agreement, selected CAPT graduates will be employed in Focus Air’s Flight Operations Center as a flight follower for six to eight months. They will then enter training to become a Boeing 747 flight engineer for 12-18 months, followed by training to become a B-747 first officer. Upon successful completion, candidates may be assigned to a flight-crew duty position in as little as eight months after graduating from the CAPT program.

“I know of no other programs, beyond those at Embry-Riddle, that offer opportunities for brand-new pilots to realize their goal of flying overseas and logging time in a Boeing 747 in such a short period,” said Guy McClurkan, executive director of CAPT. “Embry-Riddle has succeeded, once again, in creating a highly professional and innovative ab-initio training program that allows our pilot graduates, with no previous flight experience, to participate in unique opportunities like the one with Focus Air.”

The New Hire Bridge Program also calls for CAPT to perform all new-hire screening for Focus Air. CAPT has one of the most thorough screening programs in the industry. To be admitted, each candidate must pass an airline-style background investigation and a screening process involving psychometric testing, simulator evaluation, and a formal airline-style interview.

“We are pleased to be able to put our experience and practical knowledge of pre-employment screening to good use on behalf of our airline partners,” McClurkan said.

The CAPT program at Embry-Riddle is an approximately 12-month immersion program that trains individuals with no flight experience to the highest standards of the commercial airline industry. The program employs the latest technologies and training tools to deliver airline-specific training to its cadets. These include flight video cameras, self-reflecting journaling, line operations safety audits, and a comprehensive academic curriculum built on a foundation of crew concepts and crew resource management.

Cadets graduate from CAPT with private, commercial, multi-engine, and instrument ratings, as well as a DC-9 series type rating, gained in the program’s FAA-certified Level D Boeing MD-90 glass cockpit simulator. This airline type-rating course gives graduates loggable jet time as both captain and first officer, as well as expert knowledge and real-world experience in a modern transport jet. Additional information about the CAPT program is available at www.captprogram.org, (877) 577-CAPT, or [email protected]. Embry-Riddle, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering and meets the needs of students and industry through its educational, training, research, and consulting activities. Embry-Riddle educates more than 30,000 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through the Extended Campus at more than 130 centers in the United States and Europe, and worldwide through distance learning.

 

[Pugh]

How does a DC-9 type done in the sim qualify as "real-world experience"? I wonder how the other crew members are gonna feel once they start flying with these CAPT folks. Good luck to them, their gonna need it.

 

[EagleRJ]

Let me see if I've got this straight...

ERAU takes dreamers off the street, puts them through a rush course to get them their tickets, gets them a type in the glass MD-90, and then lands them on the panel of a 747 Classic flying freight in the Pacific? No doubt the newly minted pilots will be overcome with the glamour of being away from home for weeks on end, getting up at 2am, and sitting watching the gauges for 10 hour legs. Then they will have the chance to upgrade to the right seat, with only a few hundred hours total time, and no free time or money to keep their flying skills sharp.

Each of these people has an ice-cold bucket of water waiting for them! What a bad idea.

candidates may be assigned to a flight-crew duty position in as little as eight months after graduating from the CAPT program.

That's all-telling. In other words, it may be substantially more than eight months before graduates begin flying the Rim. Meanwhile, they'll be dumped on this job market with the aforementioned several hundred total time and no prior experience in the industry. And no doubt Focus Air will be in need of hundreds of flight engineers with only two aircraft!

Looks good in the brochure, but it smells like a scam.

 

[Kaman]

what a crock...

 

[CSY Mon]

Hmm, this may have been discussed earlier:


http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=51923

 

[Flyeys]

Wonderful...

...something else for ERAU peeps to be cocky about. How exactly is a Mad dog considered "glass"(Even the -90). Perhaps "Half Glass" at best. D&mn riddle.

 

[flx757]

The "MD" that ERAU has is the old Saudi MD-90 sim that used to be at LGB. It is all glass. It has the same cockpit display as the 717 and MD-11.

But still, this whole program is BS and basically worthless.

 

[FN FAL]

The "MD" that ERAU has is the old Saudi MD-90 sim that used to be at LGB. It is all glass. It has the same cockpit display as the 717 and MD-11.

But still, this whole program is BS and basically worthless.

I wonder how such programs will be viewed by HR and interview boards at airlines?

The military runs em through pretty fast, what's the difference if they run em though quickly on the civilian side? After all, the bare minimums at any airline to be an FO is a commercial multi-engine with instrument priviledges and a medical.