Originally Posted by
MaxQ
Once a person decides to take that chief pilot position, or any other non-flying position at an airline for that matter, they slowly stop being a pilot.
I guess that depends upon your airline. At our place, the Chief Pilot flies as much, if not more than a line Captain. Unless, of course, he's in the Sim doing instructing/checking or doing line checks.
Where our line guys either get 3 days off a week or are on a 16/14 homebased schedule, the CP is on 6 days a week only getting a break because CS has to give him the regulatory 7th day free of company duty.