Dave Doe writes:

Can you name any airlines anywhere on the planet that train their pilots
that way?

Name them? No. But I know that this is the current trend. And some airlines
don't really train much at all, in the way it is understood in the USA, which
is why safety records are so dismal outside the developed world.

eg. does the USA train their fighter pilots starting off in the FA-18's
they'll fly?

I don't know. I'm not interested in military aircraft. They obviously could,
although flying the real aircraft is expensive (and dangerous, for a low-time
pilot). Simulation is an option, but it's hard to simulate all the possible
movements of a fighter aircraft. I presume that early training is done on
cheaper aircraft, or in simulators.

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