On Mar 4, 7:22 am, Larry Dighera wrote:

Does anyone else find that lowering the bar for pilot training in the
name of necessity to fill the cockpits of airliners currently on order
is a recipe for reduced air safety?

I've seen some of these "intensive" flight schools turn out ATPL
qualified first officers from ab initio in 2 years.
I know of one such graduate who still had problems landing a single
after completing the course. I can only speculate with some
trepidation how he'll cope with landing an A320 or 737.