ERAU2GIA said:
You must face the facts whether you want to or not. Embry-Riddle graduates are a completely different product than a 500 hour CFI who has only been knocking around the pattern with overweight 40 year old lawyers. We are trained as AIRLINE PILOTS from the beginning. If you have only instructed or flown freight you probably are not ready for the panel of a 74. But an Embry-Riddle graduate IS. Those are the facts. Like it or not.
MR
Here's a fact: I went to ERAU in Daytona for 3/4 of a semester. It was nothing like it was advertised, the facilities were not impressive at all, and I did not find it to be the "Harvard of the skies" like the ads claimed it to be. I had already sunk in ONE semesters worth of tuition, and didn't care about finishing up the semester, I couldn't wait to leave town.
My academic advisor (his initials were N.C. and he was half-deaf from flying Lears) told me I was making a mistake and that the airlines would never hire me. Guess what? I got hired by one and have 5 years seniority. And, I did it all without that ERAU golden-wings degree. I went to a state-university back home and graduated in 4 years.
"We are trained as AIRLINE PILOTS from the beginning."
Beginning of what? There is only one thing ERAU students have in common with airline pilots: the amount of money a senior wide-body captain makes in one year is equivalent to the amount of money one wastes at ERAU in 4.
"If you have only instructed or flown freight you probably are not ready for the panel of a 74. But an Embry-Riddle graduate IS. Those are the facts. Like it or not."
I instructed for 18 months. I flew freight for 3 years. Then, I was hired into the panel on the 747 and did that for two years. Didn't have any problems. I wonder if having 2,000 hours of turbine experience had anything to do with that.
I'll say this much: an ERAU could probably get through SO training on the 747
if they have a solid understanding of aircraft systems. And by that, I don't mean being able to decipher with great detail the differences between a C-172N and a C-172P. And notice I said SO and not specifically FE. The Riddle people could probably stumble through enough to learn procedures, but I highly doubt they would know what was happening when the switches are pulled. Also, I doubt very highly they could survive the right seat initially, mostly due to attitude. First, they don't have any people with real-world experience at Riddle. Second, the use of the phrase "well at Riddle they taught us....." would surely wash them out.