Originally Posted by
arouth
That is great advice so thank you so much. I've instructed before in the military and it is a great job. 2 questions I can think of.
1. Do you need to be in the left seat to be an instructor or could I do that as a first officer?
2. I've heard the Delta simulator trainers run 24/7. If I instructed is it like midnight shifts or anything like that? I could be wrong on that one since that is something I heard in passing when I did my ATP CTP course in Atlanta with Delta a while back.
Thanks
1. No you can be a first officer. In fact that is where most of the hiring in the training department comes from. Normally in order to become a CA instructor you will have instructed a stint as a FO.
2. Simulators do basically run 24/7. With that said that is not where the bulk of the sim periods fall into. You would get a mix of events throughout the month. There are 4 sim periods that are between the hours of 0500 and 2300. The late night events are usually equally distributed since they are usually last on the want list and as of right now are the exception. I would be prepared though to do your fair share of late night sims when the training pipeline gets packed full.