Originally Posted by
pangolin
Mesa had a chief pilot who was an FO on a DIFFERENT TYPE - not even holding a type rating on the type. Those days are over but it happened. Sometimes nobody wants the Job.
I know several that wanted the job, one of them a local guy with lots of time on property. Thank god that didn’t happen, would have been a terrible choice. This could also be a placeholder/acting chief scenario until MSP gets who they want.