Originally Posted by
Jeff Lebowski
Ok, disregard. Just got a PM from someone who definitively addressed this. IOE does not = Check Airman. So I've (sigh) unchecked that box.
And to whoever it was who pm'd me--thanks. I tried to respond to you but I think I somehow messed up and killed the thread.
I honestly don't know how important that box is to check anymore anyway. As has been mentioned many times in previous threads, mathematically, just how many check airman do the airlines really think there are out there? It's a very small percentage. And the 800 people or so per year that the airlines are hiring I know for a fact that most of them
weren't check airman or have had other leadership roles. Heck. A lot have had no PIC time either. Just my opinion. Out of the 45 or so that have left my company over the last two years to go to the majors (or LCC's)....most didn't have much more to check than education...which leads to another point...it seems that's the biggest point producer over experience. Which is stupid...