Originally Posted by
hotelmode
Not 100% on topic, but along the same lines... if someone where unable to renew their medical, could they be a sim instructor? Do most airlines require their instructors to be qualified line pilots, or can they work without a medical?
Yes, a medical is not required to be a sim instructor. I was just told this by a non-medical holding sim instructor yesterday during recurrent.
I can't answer the airline instructor question.