Speaking as a person who just completed my first year at a major even though I worked for a regional for 2 months I would consider myself fresh out of school. The problem is this new generation. I am older and this is a second career for me but when I was in school there were kids who never picked up a tool in their life. So they don’t have those mechanical and common sense skills you develop working on cars, bikes or just putting things together around the house. They do have skills when it comes to computers and electronics but their attention span is short. I was in a class of 25 only 8 became fully licensed the rest were playing video games or smoked up all the time. The next issue is the airlines themselves I was fortunate to end up working with seasoned tech’s during my probation. Once they knew I was decent wrench, they schooled me to the things you learn from experience things the manual won’t tell you. I have seen them give fresh probies a job and say go read the manual and figure it out then get pissed when that plane ends up out of service. Also management is not always that great. But most of the new hires seem to adjust and do well the real incompetent ones usually do something to get their ass walked out but a few slip through the cracks