A MD80 captain reported two 'terrain pull up' warnings on approach with a new hire first officer and believes their company new hire training is inadequate; creating an unsafe situation.

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Attributes
ACN	896950
Time
Date	201006
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 260 Flight Crew Total 7900 Flight Crew Type 1560
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Twice I have had to take the controls from first officer due to 'terrain/pull-up' aural. First time due to approach to wrong runway. I fear our training department at this company is not doing a very good job in training our new first officers to a point it is getting very dangerous.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A MD80 Captain reported two 'TERRAIN PULL UP' warnings on approach with a new hire First Officer and believes their Company new hire training is inadequate; creating an unsafe situation.

Narrative: Twice I have had to take the controls from First Officer due to 'Terrain/Pull-Up' aural. First time due to approach to wrong runway. I fear our Training Department at this Company is not doing a very good job in training our new First Officers to a point it is getting very dangerous.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.