Originally Posted by
RiddleEagle18
Very true. JB hires instructors and then promises them a line interview after 2 years. For 2 years these guys are teaching you how to be a JB pilot without ever touching a JB aircraft. Some of them don't even have any real hours in type!
It's a huge issue to me. I am a huge proponent of having line guys teach, or at a very minimum be the ones giving check rides.
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At least get your facts straight. After 1 year they can apply for a line number. Most of the guys have numbers now, in fact several just got line numbers.
There is definitely value to having line qualified instructors, but the non seniority guys do a fine job. And we are pretty unusual in that we let them apply for numbers. The non seniority guys at Delta cannot ever apply to get numbers. They would have to go through the normal process.