Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
Why does AA have to do things so odd compared to other carriers in almost every area. Doing it that way both lowers the value of the training and costs pilot jobs.
Our biggest issues at DL with standardization is with them... and it's not their fault. It's a function of having someone that doesn't fly the line teaching line ops. What Timbo described at DL is true.... right now on my fleet there are around 14 CA instructors (and APDs), 17 FO instructors, and around 20-25 non-seniority list instructors (about half of which are qualified in the full motion sims, the rest of which are procedures trainer only). In our latest contract negotiations, we are trying to recapture more instructor slots back to line pilots as the old retired pilots that are now NSLI's retire (again). Non-instructors are not allowed to seat fill in sim sessions (although it is allowed for a line pilot to volunteer for that in the contract, it is flight ops policy to not utilize that section), and for checkrides only seniority list instructors are allowed to seat fill.
Like was already said, you have noooooo idea!
The requirement for Sim Ps is that you must be able to obtain a type rating in the airplane and you must have had experience flying the line. I don't like it, either, but we're told that's the wAAy it is.