Was bashed a bit on my previous post ……I’ll try to explain.....once.

This is why the poster to lurker ratio is SO low on almost all forums of this type…..some folks seem to spend every minute of their spare time just waiting to pounce…

Anyway, regarding my previous post (look it up)…….my point was not that regional/corporate/non heavy types are in any way inferior. In fact, I used to do IOE and the best sticks IMHO were regional guys. But…….even though it is only a one or two day school for INTL, heavy and overwater are different birds, particularly at a very junior domicile. You can have a recently upgraded CPT with little or no heavy/INTL/overwater experience paired with someone similar in the F/O seat (meeting min FAA requirements). Legal, but safe? Ask someone from a certain MEM based carrier how it has worked out for them.

Virtually all UPS new hires are going into F/O seats in big airplanes flying some of the most trying equipment (MD’s) into some of the world’s lousiest airports. Yes, Clark in the Philippines night/IMC/no radar in a big airplane is different that Akron in an RJ. That is my point. Can the RJ/corporate/non-heavy types be trained and get experience to do it with the best of them?......Certainly. But the situation with junior/low experience in seat folks in the INTL environment is very non forgiving.

Fire away if you like……I’ve expressed my opinion. And it is just that, an opinion.