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training fee with a personal check made out to “Continental
Express”.
Every pilot hired to fly with CE was required to take the
Beech 1900D training program regardless of the pilot’s level of
experience. Pilots were required to successfully complete new-
hire training prior to their assignment to commercial flights.
The requirement that newly hired pilots complete a training
program is commonplace among commercial airlines.
CE’s new-hire training included a substantial amount of
corporate indoctrination. The training also took the pilots
through CE’s operations manual and 2 to 3 days of aircraft
systems training. The systems training included “a handout of
the systems of a Beech 1900D, the air-conditioning systems, the
pressurizations, electrical hydraulic, and so forth, and * * * an
overview of the systems.” Pilots were required to fly the
aircraft and show the instructors that they were proficient with
the aircraft’s operating systems. Each pilot flew approximately
four night training flights, and on the fifth flight an
instructor determined whether the pilot was fit to fly for CE.
Petitioner’s instructor determined that his skills and abilities
qualified him to begin accepting regular CE piloting assignments.
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