Originally Posted by
SWAcapt
Certainly this must be a typo. If they are really spending eight months to get a former pilot 'back in the saddle', they are doomed to fail. Our new-hire training is only six weeks.
Since the retiring collegue is a captain, these things would have to happen:
Notify recallee.
Window for him to decide.
Window for him to give notice to current employer and report.
Complete retraining.
IOE.
Once all that is done, THEN you have to
Award upgrade to a senior FO.
Presumably he gets some time before reporting.
Complete CA training, probably on a new type.
IOE.
8 months would be a comfortable amount of time for all that to happen.