Originally Posted by
BMEP100
Must have been different at United. At CAL, a DC-10 IRO had to be current in both seats and type rated, landing qualified as a captain. I know, I went through a couple landing currency sims on the 10 as IRO in 1988.
Which routes did we use IROs on the DC-10? Were they all in the Pacific? 12 hours in the DC-10 and you're sweating fuel over destination. I did EWR-GRU and we sure could have used an IRO on that (though technically less than 12 hours). Also, the requirement for an IRO to be a captain went away soon after the implementation of Contract 97.