Originally Posted by
Airhoss
Two versions of a “bust” the sat short cycle. Which flags a pilot and requires them to come back every 90 days whether or not they are getting landings on the line. Then there is a retrain short cycle where a pilot is NQed and retrained until they can be brought up to standards. After that they are on a short cycle schedule where they have to come back every 90 days whether they are getting landings or not.
I always thought the concept of a sat short cycle was perhaps the most bizarre thing that exists in the training center. “You aren’t good enough for the simulator but we’re gonna let you go fly real people for a while and come back and try again.” Lol.