Originally Posted by
Wink
Piedmont Dash 8 Captains were right seat qualified, but I've never seen or heard of a Captain flying from the right seat either voluntarily or at the direction of crew scheduling. Our 145 pilots must sit in their respective seats.
It did happen, in 2009-2010, captains got used in the right seat quite a bit. If I remember this right, at the time of the PDT/ALG merger, ALG CA's were exempted from the right seat qual.