Originally Posted by
FirstClass
What's all involved? FAA stuff?
1 day of ICAT (ground school). 2 sims (including right seat qual and instructing techniques). 4 legs with a line check airman where the candidate flies from the right seat. 1 leg doing an actual line check on a CA with an FAA inspector observing from the jumpseat.
Usually the hardest thing to schedule is the FAA observation since it is out of the company's control as to when an inspector is available.