Originally Posted by
aewanabe
It's an issue for me as well. Worst instructor here by far was a young guy with attitude problems, zero jet time straight out of Gulfstream (190 side). He got so flustered if things went off-script I actually stopped a p-phase FTD during my upgrade and got his supervisor involved. All instructors should be on our list and have time flying JetBlue aircraft. More pilot jobs overall and more opportunities for MCO guys to sleep at home. It is, of course, a cost issue...
There's no guarantee a line guy will be any good either. But most of our guys on the E190 now have numbers. The only ones who do not are the ones with no medical or aged out.
I think check airmen should be line guys, but the P phase is all about the book. You don't need line experience to teach the black and white procedures. It helps to give some color to the lesson, but it's not required at all.