Originally Posted by
Mesabah
The MPL pilots would join in as second officers on the widebodies. Insurance would never allow them to sit right seat, right out of the sim.
Delta's underwriters have been issuing policies with pilot warranties "as approved by Flight Operations" for years. That included quite a few 200 hour wonders at express carriers in a command seat.
The exact question of MPL issuance has never come up, but the same underwriters insure European and Asian customers.