Originally Posted by
135TOAD
I was just assigned a trip for tomorrow.
I'm on reserve. The CA is receiving SAQ training. Do I fly my normal FO position & The airport qual guy rides in the Jumpseat or will I get cut loose at sign-in? If I get released am I free & clear for the three days of reserve availability?
If you've never been to the SAQ airport before then you have to go. If you have been there before, ask the LCA or AQFO nicely if you can go home.
I was always very eager to release the FO if they had been there before as it was much nicer for me to be able to do the leg from a pilot seat than from the jumpseat. It is an entry and an exit checkout. Sometimes it didn't work out that great for the FO to go home if it was out of base... sometimes it did.