Originally Posted by
FlierOnTheWall
Interesting. I assume the 7 month upgrades had 121 time prior to coming on board? If so, you'd think 7 months as an FO would be enough experience to upgrade on top of what she came in with.
I also wonder since the "pilot shortage," regionals have become much less picky in who they hire which is now (a year or two later) resulting in more upgrade failures and/or career FOs.
The two captains I'm referring to weren't made CQFO upon hire, one wasn't current, and the other I'm not sure (I can only speculate that there was something sketchy in his background that the company wouldn't allow him to be a CQFO at the time he was hired).
Like I said out of all the CQFOS I flew with, they were all well qualified and decent pilots imho.