Originally Posted by
Short Bus Drive
DEN CMO just were making sure things were being done legally.
You can't have a pilot that is not signed off yet, flying with a FO while the PIC (LCA) was on break.
Yes you can, we did it for decades, literally since the 70's that I know of personally and maybe before that. Tell me of one accident attributed to a non OE signed off pilot being on the flight deck without a check captain. Never happened in at least 40 years that I know of. Typical govt. toadie thinking.
But how about having no one on the flight deck in cruise that is signed off. You okay with that?