Originally Posted by
Oskeewowow
You've sparked my curiosity. Can you expand on what specifically about sitting left seat in a heavy jet is so challenging? Not trying to disagree with you. I have heard of a few guys with only regional experience who upgraded at Omni after only a year though.
Sometimes you don't know what you don't know. As long as one is flying domestically, not too much of a problem with proper training. But tossing a domestic only pilot out into the rest of the world, with all the different procedures not only through the NATs, but also procedures through Africa, S. Atlantic etc. It's just a learning process that takes a little seasoning. We see this all the time here at Emirates.
If your friends upgraded successfully then the training at Omni may be really good. Don't know. Or the pilots they flew with were really good at mentoring.