Originally Posted by
TiredSoul
Unless the FAA requires an oceanic crossing during OE it’s never going to happen.
It’s entirely possible for a new FO to somehow not do an Atlantic crossing in 1.5-2 years.
Same for Captains by the way
False.
First of all, the part that IS required is Class II Nav on OE. That just usually happens to be an ocean. Any ocean.
Secondly, in the years before this rapid expansion at Atlas, NO ONE would be signed off OE unless they specifically logged a NAT crossing--even though it is not specifically required.
Unfortunately that became too inconvenient for the managers--the "policy" started to delay OE for some--so they just settled on any ocean crossing. LAX- NRT; ANC-ICN; HNL-SYD; they're all the same to a manager as the NAT.
And look where that got us.