Originally Posted by
swingear
How do you figure? There are two relief pilots on a heavy crew flight. Even IF he didn’t satisfy whatever right seat qual may or may not be in the FOTM, whose to say he has to relieve the FO? Why can’t he relieve the Captain and let the other guy relieve the FO? Are you up there playing musical chairs?
You may be able to do that, but if it says a CA must be current and qualified in right seat, then both have to be right seat qualied. You cant just say well one of them is so that is ok. Anyone on the flight deck has to meet the currency requirements of the position they are flying. If you are a relief pilot, then you need to be able to relieve either pilot.
if one guy can only relieve the CA, then why not just have one crew fly the plane down and the other fly back.
Why would they even have CA do a right seat check out in initial if they didn't need it to meet qualifications? So if they do it in initial, and then dont do it in recurrent, i would say they are no longer current in the right seat.