- Pilot training comes with a certification for the person that applies to any pilot job.
- Pilot training is usually provided by a certified training organization and follows an industry-established curriculum.
- The price of the training is discoverable in advance and there is a competitive market for providing the training.
Whereas the PetSmart program comes with no certification, doesn't follow a published industry curriculum, and the price is fixed directly by PetSmart with no ability to obtain the training elsewhere.
The pilot training situation may not be ideal, but it's clear to me the PetSmart program exists primarily to lock employees into jobs at PetSmart.
- Pilot training comes with a certification for the person that applies to any pilot job.
- Pilot training is usually provided by a certified training organization and follows an industry-established curriculum.
- The price of the training is discoverable in advance and there is a competitive market for providing the training.
Whereas the PetSmart program comes with no certification, doesn't follow a published industry curriculum, and the price is fixed directly by PetSmart with no ability to obtain the training elsewhere.
The pilot training situation may not be ideal, but it's clear to me the PetSmart program exists primarily to lock employees into jobs at PetSmart.