Originally Posted by
FDX8891
Why on gods green earth would a regional airline bust balls on a checkride that means absolutely nothing to them other than extra cost to retrain an applicant if they fail the ride. Seriously, this is not an upgrade event. You are not earning another stripe. It's just a check in the box that means you can keep your job come Aug 2013
Do you want your name as the final APD to sign them off and give then a "freebee" type when the guy plants one in the ground and the Feds come asking you why he ran out of fuel or blew a v1 cut? Or immediately jump ship and use his new type to go fly corporate somewhere having had a "freebee" type? The airline might want the cheapest way out, but as an instructor who is overseen by the Feds I sure don't.....with you rationale why even give new hire FO check rides?