Originally Posted by
FODhopper
The LCAs were pulled by scheduling to fly four day trips in Dec as FOs as part of an FAA approved "Data gathering" program... I have no idea what the data gathering is for but...this is real.
Maybe it is for the "mentorship" program?
I'm curious as to how they got approval. We have had only a few upgrades in the past year, which is typically the mentoring timeframe, at least for IOE. How do you get approval to "mentor" a 9 year captain?